Question

The success of this opera’s premiere was credited to Michel Guy (“GEE”) in the autobiography Words Without Music, which describes this opera’s penultimate scene as “apocalyptic.” In a scene from this opera, a woman walks onstage reading a book while a man in a window makes sweeping hand gestures. In the original Avignon production of this opera, Robert Brown portrayed a character who sits in a chair (15[1])and plays rapid scales on a (*) violin. (10[1])A tilted light bar representing a bed and two judges (10[2])presiding (10[1])over (10[1])a trial (10[1])appear (10[1])in the staging of this opera by Robert Wilson. (10[2])An electric organ and a chorus (10[1])chanting an increasing (10[1])sequence of numbers perform (10[3]-5[1])during this opera’s (10[1])first (10[2])and final (10[1])“knee (10[1])plays.” (10[6])For 10 points, (-5[1])name this Philip Glass opera (10[2])titled for a German physicist. (10[1])■END■ (10[4])

ANSWER: Einstein on the Beach
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Summary

2024 Penn Bowl Playtest10/12/2024Y4100%25%0%82.75
2024 Penn Bowl Florida10/26/2024Y2100%0%0%108.50
2024 Penn Bowl UK10/26/2024Y5100%0%20%111.60
2024 Penn Bowl UNC10/26/2024Y3100%0%0%106.67
2024 Penn Bowl Texas11/02/2024Y2100%0%0%124.00
2024 Penn Bowl Mainsite11/02/2024Y3100%0%0%97.33
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2024 Penn Bowl Chicago11/02/2024Y8100%0%13%113.88
2024 Penn Bowl Berkeley11/02/2024Y2100%0%0%109.00

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Tracy MirkinStatler and Waldorfesque Former Penn Bowl EditorsWhy the Kremlin Hates Bananas6515
Frances HadleyGressenheller AFour Times I Have Despised My Soul7210
Rahul KeyalIll-Advised BuzzOh you like geography? Name every Forrest.8210
Aseem Keyalbruhwe jopping8210
Danny PeelenPittsburghOhio State B8310
Sinecio MoralesJHU ANYU B8410
Brendan BaumerUCFUF C8610
Stephen HeritageNotre Dame BNorthwestern A8710
Ryan RosenbergNYU AJHU B9610
Vincent DuUNC AUNC C9610
Jeremy TsaiKhalil v Carbolic Shisha Ball CoTOAD10210
Max BrodskyIllinois AIllinois C10510
Shahar SchwartzBerkeley CBerkeley A10910
Ryan SunBerkeley BStanford10910
Charles HangWUSTLChicago B109-5
Eric ChangVirginia Tech AUNC B10910
Austin GuoPrincetonMaryland11210
Eric YangPurdueIndiana B11310
Eveline OngOxford School for QuiznessLSE11310
Trevor DarrDuke ARIT A11510
Joel MilesMinnesotaIndiana A11610
Peter ZengOhio State ACarnegie Mellon11710
Rachel FanousMichigan AMichigan State11710
Logan MathisSIUEIllinois B11710
Adam FineChicago ANotre Dame C11710
William GoldenHoustonTexas B11710
Adam Jones3HK1MMSorted11710
Seraphina CharlotteSee itSay it120-5
Stephen WalshNorthwestern BNotre Dame A12510
Abby AkarapongpisakdiThe Crying of Team 49Limp Quizkit12510
Rohan Navaneetha RajOhio State CMichigan B13010
Coby TranChicago BWUSTL13110
Khanh NguyenUF AUF B13110
Bryce CruiseTexas ATAMU13110
Delia CropperSay itSee it13110