Question

The so-called “Queen” of this instrument helped compose a capriccio-styled concerto, inspired by a tapestry at the UN headquarters, that ends with the movement “Looking Afar.” A form of this instrument pitched down a perfect fifth is needed to play a piece titled for the “second-best spring” by the blind composer Abing (“AH-bing”). A famous rendition of “To Love’s End” from Inuyasha is one of Eliott Tordo’s many covers recorded on this instrument. The Naadam festival is evoked by a piece for this (*) fingerboard-less instrument called (-5[1])“Horse Racing.” (10[1]-5[1])This instrument is a common substitute (10[2])for the solo instrument in the Butterfly Lovers Concerto. (10[1])This is the most popular instrument (10[1]-5[1])whose unique timbre is produced by a soundbox (-5[1])covered in python (10[1])skin and a bow that passes through (10[1])its strings. (10[2]-5[1])For 10 points, Liú Tiānhuá played what two-stringed fiddle? ■END■ (10[5]0[1])

ANSWER: èrhú (“ARR-hu”) [or Southern fiddle; prompt on Chinese fiddle or Chinese violin; prompt on Chinese two-stringed fiddle; prompt on húqin; prompt on spike fiddle; reject “fiddle”; reject “violin”] (The “Queen of Èrhú” is Mǐn Huìfēn, who helped Liú Wénjīn write the Great Wall Capriccio.)
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= Average correct buzz position

Summary

2024 ARGOS @ Stanford02/22/2025Y3100%0%33%112.00
2024 ARGOS @ Brandeis03/22/2025N367%33%33%100.00
2024 ARGOS Online03/22/2025N3100%0%0%89.33
2024 ARGOS @ Chicago11/23/2024Y6100%0%17%118.83
2024 ARGOS @ Columbia11/23/2024Y367%0%67%127.50
2024 ARGOS @ Christ's College12/14/2024Y3100%0%33%118.67

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Vinu HariharStanford+Berkeley9210
Annabelle YangWashUMusic to Help You Stop Smoking10110
Will AlstonWalston et. al.jeff mcneil #1 morningside heights fan club107-5
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Andrew WangBHSU ReFantazioClown Squad115-5
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Todd MaslykClown SenpaisNotre Dame12510
John MarvinThe Love Song of J Alfred PrufRock and Roll All Nite (and Party Every Day)Who is the Colleen Hoover of the Zulus?12710
Michael WuGrzegorz BrzęczyszczykiewiczCambridge12710
Ben Russell JonesSimple VibesDefying Suavity127-5
Leo TaoClown SquadBHSU ReFantazio13710
Rob CarsonBHSU RebirthNortheast by Northwestern13710
Oliver HargraveDefying SuavitySimple Vibes13710
Isaac Kirk-Davidoffjeff mcneil #1 morningside heights fan clubWalston et. al.1370
Zaid Asif12 Litres of Green TeaNJ TRANSit (and anwen i guess)13710
John XiangWhere are the ACF Nationals recordings?number of tang poems = 75 times number of lines in a shi = 100 times number of lines in a haiku13710