Question

A symphony by a composer with this first name includes the movement Red Cape Tango and a narrative read by Jack Larson. That composer with this first name wrote the tuba concerto Reflections on the Mississippi and the Metropolis Symphony. A composer with this first name wrote an opera in which Hermes guides the title King Priam to Achilles’s tent. A neurologist investigates a singer’s visual agnosia in an opera by a composer with this first name, (*) The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat. The composer (-5[1])of the musical A Strange Loop and a singer who quoted (10[1])Beethoven’s 9th in the album Dangerous have this first name. Five spirituals are included in a Kristallnacht-inspired oratorio by a composer with this first name, A Child of Our Time. For 10 points, composers with the surnames Daugherty, Nyman, and Tippett share what first name with the singer of “Thriller”? ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: Michael [or Michael Tippett; or Michael Nyman; or Michael Daugherty; or Michael Jackson; or Michael R. Jackson]
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= Average correct buzz position

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Stephen LiuFree AgentsBerkeley B87-5
Anuttam RamjiBerkeley AStanford9810
Vinu HariharBerkeley BFree Agents14910

Summary

2024 ESPN @ Stanford03/09/2024Y2100%0%50%123.50
2024 ESPN @ Chicago03/23/2024N6100%50%17%81.00
2024 ESPN @ Columbia03/23/2024N7100%29%29%105.71
2024 ESPN @ Duke03/23/2024N2100%0%0%105.00
2024 ESPN @ Cambridge04/06/2024N2100%50%0%73.00
2024 ESPN @ Brown04/06/2024N3100%0%33%139.33
2024 ESPN @ Online06/01/2024N367%0%67%114.50