Question

A composer from this country included nested 22-and 14-tuplets in the left hand in his first piano concerto. Another composer from this country dedicated his Cello (15[1])Concerto to Yo-Yo Ma, who premiered it in 2017. Gustavo Dudamel succeeded that composer (15[1])from this (15[1])country as (15[1])conductor of the (15[1])Los Angeles (15[3]-5[1])Philharmonic. A (-5[1])composer (15[2])from this country instructed performers to “Think of autumn and of (15[2]) Tchaikovsky” and recorded birdsong for his orchestral (10[1])piece (10[2])(*) Cantus (-5[1])Arcticus. A composer from this country included a swan call-inspired horn theme in his (10[1])fifth (10[1])symphony, wrote a (-5[1])one-movement (10[1])seventh symphony, and premiered a piece named (10[1])for this country as A Scandinavian Choral March to (10[1])evade (10[1])Russian censorship. Einojuhani Rautavaara [AY-no-yu-ha-ni ROW-ta-va-ra] was from, for 10 points, what country home to (10[2])Jean Sibelius? ■END■

ANSWER: Finland [or Suomi] (The first sentence refers to Rautavaara’s Piano Concerto no. 1. The second and third sentences refer to Esa-Pekka Salonen.)
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= Average correct buzz position

Summary

2024 Booster Shot (Columbia)02/23/2024Y6100%67%0%60.83
2024 Booster Shot (Waterloo)02/23/2024Y4100%75%0%60.00
2024 Booster Shot (Vanderbilt)03/02/2024Y4100%50%25%63.25
2024 Booster Shot (Great Lakes)03/09/2024Y6100%50%17%74.00
2024 Booster Shot (Great Lakes)03/09/2024Y10%0%100%0.00
2024 Booster Shot (WUSTL)03/09/2024Y3100%0%33%106.67

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Sky LiToronto Penguin World WarToronto Sprout2615
Jack LewisMTSUBelmont4015
Andrew YangColumbia CColumbia A4215
Matthew SiffYaleBard4415
Eric GunterNorth CarolinaPenn State A4715
Lexi TermanRutgersNYU C4915
Owen MimnoNYU ANYU B4915
Guy IndoranteIowa StatePenn State B49-5
Jeremy CummingsWUSTLGeorgia Tech C4915
Alan WuVanderbilt BClaremont51-5
Annabelle YangWUSTLMichigan A5215
Jared HeWaterloo BustWaterloo Cali5215
Andrew ZengStanfordMichigan C6315
Tony ChenToronto Tony Jingyu Chen eats quizbowlOttawa6315
Roan DowlingIowaVassar7110
Evan SchleckGathererColumbia B7210
Kevin ParkClaremontVanderbilt B7210
Shourjo GanguliOhio StateMichigan C73-5
Enina EdosomwanCase WesternOhio State8710
Fred GarveyTruman StateWUSTL C8810
Conner YamnitzWUSTL ASIUE91-5
Daniel GuoUSN AGeorgia Tech B9210
Kunaal ChandrashekarToronto cDNAToronto Pilk9910
Gabe ForrestSquidward Community CollegeWUSTL J10810
Will HollisterLehigh BLehigh A10910
Thomas FlexerPenn State BIowa State12410
Jacob SimmonsSIUEWUSTL A12410