Question

A gentle love motif by this composer is in a three-note question-and-answer form between a solo C-clarinet and the flutes and violins. This composer provided most of the music for a ballet whose grand pas de deux is danced in an underground grotto by Medora and Ali. Conrad is the title character of that ballet that uses this composer’s music and is adapted from a Byron poem. (-5[2])Act II of a ballet by this composer is a (-5[1])ballet blanc (-5[1])led by Queen Myrtha (15[1])(“MEER-tuh”) and (-5[1])set in a (*) forest. Carlotta Grisi (10[2])premiered the title (10[1])role of a ballet by (10[1])this composer (10[1])who ends Act I with a mad scene (-5[1])in which she dances (-5[1])herself (-5[1])to (-5[1])death (10[1]-5[7])after (10[1])learning (-5[1])that (-5[1])her beloved Albrecht (-5[3])is already (-5[1])engaged. (-5[2])This composer’s (10[1])most famous ballet features the spirits of maidens (-5[1])betrayed by their lovers, the Wilis (“VEE-leez”). For 10 points, name this composer of the ballets Le Corsaire and Giselle. (10[2])■END■ (10[6]0[22])

ANSWER: Adolphe Adam (“uh-DAHM”) [or Adolphe Charles Adam]
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Michael KearneyHarvardMIT66-5
Lucas ArdeleanInnovation Academy ALambert66-5
Halee CareyMcMaster ApocolocyntosisBidiiWaterloo Cloze76-5
Kevin FlanaganBristolLSE A78-5
Daniel MaMadmen and SpecialistsThe cult of SGA8215
Will AlstonSGV VenturesClaremont83-5
Caleb OttWaterloo BasicToronto A8910
Zach TsengGeorgia Tech DGeorgia Tech C8910
Michael HundingIllinois OrangeChicago A9210
Khang Leshe limp on my waltz till i feel pathetiqueOld and Young9710
Michal GerasimiukStanfordBerkeley Past9910
Gabe ForrestSquidward Community CollegeMissouri107-5
Anderson WangAnderson et al.U[C]SD111-5
Nick SmemoeNorth Carolina BVirginia Tech A112-5
Parth JagtapToronto BOttawa Absolomabsolomabsolom113-5
Dylan TanouyeTufts BBowdoin A114-5
Richard LinAmherstYale114-5
Jeremy CummingsWashUTruman114-5
Thomas TibbettsUCF AUF B114-5
Eve FleisigBerkeley ABerkeley B11410
Raymond ChenToronto Disband the Club 2k24Waterloo Aspidistra114-5
Joey SunToronto Chestnut Rice and KamehamehaMcGill A114-5
Ian Droessler WilsonInnovation Academy BGeorgia Tech B114-5
Henry KeatingUCF BFlorida Tech11510
Sasha FillbrandtPaddington in Peru (2024)bingy academy116-5
Blake JohnsonBoston College ABrandeis B117-5
Issac MeredithTufts ABrandeis A120-5
Ted GanPenn StateMaryland120-5
Clete ReinbergerValenciaUSF120-5
Emily KadolphVirginia Tech BSouth Carolina122-5
Denis LiuASU->Stanford->ASU pipelineIn the Mood for Buzz123-5
Samarth RamChicago BSIUE123-5
Jonathan HaimowitzALCUJason et al.12510
Cormac StephensonSouthamptonLSE B133-5
Tegan Kapadiabingy academyPaddington in Peru (2024)15210
Andrew WangIllinois BlueNotre Dame15210
Yixi YangYaleAmherst1530
Yrwin BatanMITHarvard15310
Christopher DechBrandeis ATufts A1530
Noah ChinVirginia Tech ANorth Carolina B1530
Braden BoothMissouriSquidward Community College15310
Moses KitakuleIn the Mood for BuzzASU->Stanford->ASU pipeline1530
Addison WigginsUSFValencia1530
Nicholas NguyenUF CUF A1530
Tiffany ZhouUF AUF C1530
Ishan JoshiToronto Metropolitan ACarleton A1530
Rayton LinWaterloo ClozeMcMaster ApocolocyntosisBidii1530
Jared HeWaterloo AspidistraToronto Disband the Club 2k2415310
Maude-Sophie LockmanOttawa AbsolomabsolomabsolomToronto B1530
Kevin LeCarleton AToronto Metropolitan A1530
Nick EdwardsMcGill AToronto Chestnut Rice and Kamehameha1530
Towery McNeilMississippi StateMilton1530
Manu SankaranLambertInnovation Academy A1530
Darren KellisMiltonMississippi State1530
Michael ZhouGeorgia Tech BInnovation Academy B1530
Logan MathisSIUEChicago B1530
Owyn NoblePurdue BPurdue A1530
Eric YangPurdue APurdue B1530
Charlie LowmanImperial BImperial A1530
Andre WongLSE ABristol15310
Owen IredaleImperial AImperial B1530
Seraphina Charlotte FooCambridge AWarwick C1530
Kevin ParkClaremontSGV Ventures15310
Justine FrenchU[C]SDAnderson et al.15310