Question

A virtuosic A minor sonata for this group of instruments was written for Queen Elisabeth of Belgium. (10[1])Students often perform from a set of 44 works for this group (10[1])of instruments by Bartók. (10[1])A concerto opens with this group (10[1])of instruments in fugue (-5[1])playing a theme beginning with [read slowly] (10[1])the sixteenth-note run “D E F G A, up (10[1])to (10[1])eighth-note D.” (10[1])Piano accompanies this group (10[1]-5[1])of instruments in (-5[1])a (-5[1])Sarasate (“sa-ra-SAH-tay”) piece inspired by his birthplace (10[2]-5[2])of (10[1]-5[1])Navarre. Six (-5[1])B2TSM music videos (-5[1])were released (-5[1])in 2024 as (10[2])a send-off (10[1])for (10[3])an (10[1])Australian (10[2]-5[3])YouTube channel (-5[1])whose name references (10[1]-5[1])this group (10[5]-5[3])of instruments. (-5[1])Bach’s D minor concerto for this pair of instruments was performed in 1905 by Fritz Kreisler and (10[1])Eugène Ysaÿe (“oo-ZHEN ee-ZYE”). For 10 points, what pair of instruments are joined (-5[1])by viola (10[1])and (-5[1])cello in a (10[5]0[1])string (10[10]0[2])quartet? ■END■

ANSWER: two violins [accept violin duo or violin AND violin or equivalents; accept TwoSet Violin; prompt on violins by asking “how many?”; reject “violin”] (The first clue is about Ysaÿe’s Sonata for Two Violins.)
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Summary

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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Karan GurazadaTexas ATAMU1610
Arya KarthikOxford AOxford C2810
Sinecio MoralesJohns Hopkins ACornell B3210
Henry KeatingUCF CFlorida State A3810
Eric YangPurdueGeorgetown A42-5
Guy IndoranteIowa StateWisconsin A4910
Christopher SimsNorthwestern AStanford B5810
Maya KvaratskheliaNotre Dame ANotre Dame B5910
Jeffrey XuGeorgia Tech CBruin A6110
Justin KeungImperial ACambridge C65-5
Kevin PengCornell CRIT B6510
Rishi SwaminathanNYU BColumbia C68-5
William BrokerHaverford BMaryland B69-5
Ruchir KodihalliCase Western BMichigan State7510
Hamish CampbellDurhamSouthampton B75-5
Vedh RameshPenn BJohn Jay College75-5
Jason QinColumbia BPenn A7510
Vinu HariharUC Berkeley BUCLA76-5
Alan FanUW BAlberta7610
Louis HarneyGeorgia Tech BGeorgia Tech A78-5
Jacob PuthipirojNorthwestern BGeorgetown B81-5
Audrey ChoHaverford AGeorge Washington A83-5
Dennis YangMichigan CKenyon8610
Seraphina Charlotte FooCambridge AWarwick A8610
Brielle RachIowaNotre Dame C8810
Samir SarmaGeorgia Tech DAlabama A8910
Percy YuenCambridge DSheffield8910
Andy YuMaryland ANYU A8910
John ChenUBCUW A9010
Kevin ParkClaremont AUC Berkeley A91-5
Kevin ZhengMichigan BMichigan A91-5
Jayden KuCarnegie Mellon BOhio State A91-5
Parker McCoigTennessee ALouisville A9110
Aum MundheRutgers AVassar A9110
Cormac BeirneLSECambridge B93-5
Leo LawFlorida AFlorida B96-5
Stefan Stealey-EuchnerASUTexas B9610
Anna BarkerUCF BValencia A9810
Daniel HuangMichigan DCase Western A98-5
Tony BoyleCarnegie Mellon AOhio State B9810
Puna EkkaMinnesota BCarleton9810
Alex SmitsWisconsin BWinona State9810
Roselyn DaffinSouthampton AImperial B98-5
Jacob Hardin-BernhardtNYU CManchester98-5
Owen LinderBinghamton ACornell D9810
Tobin PayneWarwick BBristol100-5
Sarah HendersonCambridge CImperial A11710
Paige CrawleyOxford BCambridge E128-5
Scarlet RutterClaremont BUCSD13010
Cade ReinbergerRIT AESF A131-5
Kaiser XiaoUCLAUC Berkeley B1340
Roxanne TangOhio State ACarnegie Mellon B13410
Michael ZhouGeorgia Tech AGeorgia Tech B13410
Joshua BobinImperial BSouthampton A13410
Kevin FlanaganBristolWarwick B13410
Zosia MikolajczukSouthampton BDurham13410
Eve FleisigUC Berkeley AClaremont A13510
Bill ZhaoFlorida BFlorida A13510
Todd MaslykMichigan AMichigan B13510
Meggy ManiGeorgetown BNorthwestern B13510
Cole HartungGeorgetown APurdue1350
Shiv SeshanCambridge BLSE13510
Joel CrossleyManchesterNYU C13510
Jon WhiteCambridge EOxford B1350
Lowrie WoodsideGeorge Washington AHaverford A13510
Chauncey LoColumbia CNYU B13510
Kevin LiuMaryland BHaverford B13510
Jerry VinokurovJohn Jay CollegePenn B13510