Question

In a film from this country, a woman in a black apron repeats her conversation from a date after she is pushed down a flight of stairs. A film from this country uses stop-motion animation to depict a businessman who begins growing metal from his (15[1])body after a (15[1])car (15[3])accident. A (-5[1])sound effect used in a film from this (-5[1])country was made by (15[1])gloves covered in pine tar rubbing against strings. A (-5[1])man is paralyzed and then stabbed with (15[1])needles (10[1])in a film from this country (15[1])called (10[1])(*) Audition. A teenager is eaten by a piano in a cult film from this (10[2])country called (10[1])House. A (10[1])creature in a (10[1])film from this (10[1])country is killed by the Oxygen Destroyer (10[1])bomb. (10[1])Vengeful (10[2])ghosts from this country’s folklore inspired (10[1])the original film in which teenagers die seven days after watching a cursed videotape. For 10 points, name this country which produced The Ring and (10[2])monster movies with (10[1])giant kaiju. ■END■

ANSWER: Japan [or Nippon-koku or Nihon-koku]
<Fine Arts - Other Fine Arts>
= Average correct buzz position

Summary

2024 Booster Shot (Columbia)02/23/2024Y6100%33%17%98.50
2024 Booster Shot (Waterloo)02/23/2024Y4100%0%25%111.00
2024 Booster Shot (Vanderbilt)03/02/2024Y4100%25%25%116.50
2024 Booster Shot (Great Lakes)03/09/2024Y6100%50%0%83.83
2024 Booster Shot (Great Lakes)03/09/2024Y1100%0%0%80.00
2024 Booster Shot (WUSTL)03/09/2024Y3100%67%0%79.67

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Danielle WebbSIUEWUSTL A4515
Leo TaoMichigan CStanford4815
Nat KuNYU BNYU A4915
Thomas FlexerPenn State BIowa State4915
Ani PerumallaPenn State ANorth Carolina4915
Matthew SiffYaleBard51-5
Devam SrivastavaGeorgia Tech CWUSTL59-5
Yuxuan LuVanderbilt BClaremont6315
Jacob BicolWaterloo CaliWaterloo Bust72-5
Andre WongColumbia CColumbia A7915
Shourjo GanguliOhio StateMichigan C8010
Henry LytleWUSTL CTruman State8615
Tony ChenToronto Tony Jingyu Chen eats quizbowlOttawa8710
Zoë KaperonisBardYale10110
Lauren BrownBelmontMTSU10110
Evan SchleckGathererColumbia B10310
Eli MendozaNYU CRutgers10510
Clara NipperWUSTL JSquidward Community College10810
Jared HeWaterloo BustWaterloo Cali11110
Biyang ZhangMichigan AWUSTL11810
Sam MacchiVassarIowa11910
Arthur StadlinOhio StateCase Western12010
Sky LiToronto Penguin World WarToronto Sprout12010
Yihong ChenToronto PilkToronto cDNA12610
Sebastian VerasGeorgia Tech BUSN A15110
Jeremy CummingsWUSTLGeorgia Tech C15110
Miles JaffeeLehigh ALehigh B15410