Question

A descending E harmonic minor scale, with trills on D-sharp and A, begins a song that asks these title objects, “why do you hold back?” A collection titled for these objects includes 20 madrigals set to poems by Luigi Tansillo and a motet called “Vide Homo.” Some of these objects belonging to Saint Peter title Orlando di Lasso’s (10[1])final composition. (10[1])A cantata by Barbara Strozzi is called (10[1])“[these objects] mie (10[3])(“MEE-yay”).” These objects are represented with a tetrachord descending from A to E in pieces (10[1])with adjectives such as antique novae and coactae (“co-ACT-ay”) in a collection titled for seven of these objects. (-5[1])An Englishman wrote an ayre (-5[1])(“air”) titled for these objects that was the basis for seven pavanes for lute (10[1])and tells these (-5[1])objects to “fall (10[1])from (10[2])your springs.” (10[3])For 10 points, John Dowland’s (10[1])collection Lachrimae (10[3])(“LACK-ree-may”) is based on a (10[1])sad (10[1])song called (10[1])“Flow, [what (10[1])objects]?” ■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: tears [accept lagrime or lachrimae until read; accept “Lagrime Mie”; accept Lagrime di San Pietro or Saint Peter’s Tears; accept Lachrimae, or Seaven Teares; accept Lachrimae Pavane; accept “Flow, my tears”; accept falling tear motif]
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= Average correct buzz position

Summary

2025 ACF Nationals04/19/2025Y24100%0%13%113.75

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Michał GerasimiukStanfordColumbia A5710
Chris SimsNorthwesternIllinois A5910
Richard NiuCornell AIowa State6610
Owen MimnoNYUGeorgia State6910
Jared HeWaterloo AWUSTL A6910
John John GrogerWUSTL BLSE6910
Aum MundheRutgersUC Berkeley A8310
Parth JagtapToronto CVirginia Tech100-5
Henry BonWinona StateOhio State105-5
Russell NipBritish ColumbiaUC Berkeley B11810
Ani PerumallaPenn StateWaterloo B121-5
Sky LiToronto AIndiana12410
Claire JonesChicago ANorth Carolina A12510
Yrwin BatanMITGeorgia Tech12510
Todd MaslykMichiganVanderbilt12710
William GrogerColumbia BVirginia12710
Sinecio MoralesJohns HopkinsToronto B12710
Karan GurazadaTexasChicago B13210
Bryan UgazArizona StateFlorida13410
Arjun KalaIllinois BNorth Carolina B13410
Maude-Sophie LockmanOttawaYale13410
Isaac MammelMarylandCornell B13810
Michael KearneyHarvardMinnesota13910
Roxanne TangOhio StateWinona State14110
Thomas TibbettsUCFRIT14310
Eric ChangVirginia TechToronto C14510
Micah ColmanWaterloo BPenn State14510