Short Ride in a Fast Machine - 2025 ACF Fall

Question

This piece’s composer described its woodblock ostinato as “almost sadistic.” For 10 points each:

[10h] Name this piece originally titled Fanfare for Great Woods. This piece by John Adams depicts a journey in a “terrific sports car.”

ANSWER: Short Ride in a Fast Machine

[10m] Short Ride in a Fast Machine is often described as being “post” this musical style, whose composers include John Cage and Phillip Glass. Trademark features of this style include layers of ostinati and repeating patterns with gradual changes.

ANSWER: minimalism [accept postminimalism; accept postminimal]

[10e] John Adams’ “Opus One” includes his piano pieces Phrygian Gates and a piece titled for the Gates of this country. Adams also wrote an opera about Richard Nixon’s groundbreaking 1972 visit to this country.

ANSWER: China [or Zhōngguó; or People’s Republic of China; accept PRC; accept China Gates; accept Nixon in China; reject “Republic of China”]

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Summary


Northern California	Main	Y	4	15.00	100%	50%	0%
Southern California	Main	Y	7	14.29	100%	29%	14%
Eastern Canada (1)	Main	Y	5	14.00	100%	40%	0%
Florida	Main	Y	4	15.00	100%	50%	0%
Great Lakes	Main	Y	10	17.00	100%	60%	10%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	9	15.56	100%	56%	0%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	9	12.22	100%	22%	0%
North	Main	Y	4	15.00	100%	25%	25%
Northeast	Main	Y	12	15.00	100%	42%	8%
Pacific	Main	Y	8	17.50	100%	63%	13%
South Central	Main	Y	6	13.33	83%	33%	17%
Southeast	Main	Y	12	14.17	100%	33%	8%
UK (North)	UK	Y	5	14.00	60%	40%	40%
Upstate NY	Main	Y	5	16.00	100%	60%	0%

Data


UCSC	Berkeley Archer Queen	0	10	10	20
Berkeley Boss Bandit	Berkeley Little Prince	0	0	10	10
Berkeley Mighty Miner	Berkeley Skeleton King	0	10	10	20
Stanford B	Stanford A	0	0	10	10
UC Santa Barbara	Claremont C	0	10	10	20
UCSD B	Claremont B	0	0	10	10
UCSD A	UC Irvine	10	10	10	30
UCLA E	Claremont A	0	0	10	10
UCLA F	USC B	0	0	10	10
UCLA D	USC A	0	0	10	10
UCLA A	UCLA C	0	0	10	10
Carleton A	Carleton B	0	10	10	20
McGill A	Ottawa D	0	10	10	20
Ottawa A	McGill C	0	0	10	10
Ottawa B	McGill B	0	0	10	10
McGill E	Ottawa C	0	0	10	10
Florida Tech B	ERAU Daytona A	0	10	10	20
UCF A	Florida A	0	10	10	20
Florida B	South Florida A	0	0	10	10
Florida State A	Florida Tech A	0	0	10	10
CWRU B	Michigan State C	0	10	10	20
Ohio State B	CWRU C	0	10	10	20
Louisville A	Kentucky	10	0	10	20
Ohio State A	Louisville D	0	10	10	20
Michigan A	Louisville C	0	10	10	20
Michigan B	Michigan State B	0	0	10	10
Pittsburgh	Michigan C	0	0	10	10
CWRU D	Michigan D	0	10	10	20
Michigan State A	CWRU A	0	10	10	20
Ohio State C	WVU A	0	0	10	10
UNC A	JMU A	0	10	10	20
Virginia Tech A	JMU B	0	10	10	20
Liberty A	William & Mary C	0	0	10	10
Liberty B	UNC D	0	0	10	10
Liberty C	NCSU A	0	0	10	10
UNC B	William & Mary A	0	10	10	20
Virginia Tech B	UNC C	0	10	10	20
VCU A	NCSU B	0	10	10	20
Virginia Tech C	William & Mary B	0	0	10	10
George Mason C	NYU B	0	0	10	10
Vassar A	Maryland B	0	0	10	10
NYU A	Princeton	0	10	10	20
Penn	Lehigh B	0	10	10	20
Rowan	Columbia A	0	0	10	10
Rutgers D	Columbia B	0	0	10	10
Stony Brook	Rutgers C	0	0	10	10
Vassar B	NYU C	0	0	10	10
Iowa State	Wisconsin A	0	10	10	20
Macalester	Wisconsin C	0	0	10	10
St. Thomas	Minnesota	0	0	10	10
Michigan Tech	Wisconsin B	10	0	10	20
Johns Hopkins	Lehigh A	0	0	10	10
Williams C	Tufts C	0	10	10	20
Williams A	Tufts B	0	10	10	20
MIT A	UConn A	0	10	10	20
Brown B	Vermont B	0	0	10	10
Boston College B	Williams B	0	0	10	10
Brandeis Mozart	Amherst B	0	0	10	10
Brandeis Bach	Boston University A	0	0	10	10
Tufts A	Brandeis Beethoven	0	0	10	10
Brown A	Dartmouth B	0	0	10	10
Vermont A	Dartmouth C	0	10	10	20
Southern Connecticut State University A	Harvard	10	10	10	30
MIT B	Amherst A	0	0	10	10
Arizona State B	British Columbia A	0	0	10	10
Arizona State A	Alberta B	0	10	10	20
British Columbia B	Washington Chinook	0	10	10	20
Washington Chum	Washington Sockeye	0	10	10	20
Washington Coho	Washington Atlantic	0	0	10	10
Washington State	Washington Masu	0	10	10	20
Washington Pink	Boise State	10	10	10	30
Texas	Washington Steelhead	0	0	10	10
Central Oklahoma B	Kansas State B	0	0	10	10
Kansas State A	Tulsa B	0	0	0	0
Murray State College B	Oklahoma	0	0	10	10
Nebraska A	Nebraska C	0	10	10	20
Nebraska B	Harding	0	0	10	10
Murray State College A	Rose State	10	10	10	30
Auburn B	Chipola College	0	10	10	20
Auburn C	Tennessee B	0	0	10	10
Emory A	Clemson B	0	0	10	10
Georgia A	Georgia Tech A	0	0	10	10
Vanderbilt B	Georgia Tech C	0	0	10	10
Georgia Tech D	Vanderbilt C	0	0	10	10
Georgia Tech E	Clemson C	0	10	10	20
Montevallo	Georgia Tech F	0	0	10	10
South Carolina A	Clemson A	0	0	10	10
Tennessee A	Sewanne	0	0	10	10
Vanderbilt A	Tennessee Tech	10	10	10	30
Auburn A	Alabama A	0	10	10	20
Durham B	Edinburgh C	10	10	10	30
Durham C	York	10	0	10	20
Sheffield B	Durham D	0	10	10	20
Edinburgh D	Durham A	0	0	0	0
Edinburgh B	Sheffield A	0	0	0	0
RIT A	Binghamton B	0	10	10	20
Binghamton A	Rochester	0	10	10	20
RIT B	Cornell B	0	0	10	10
Cornell D	Cornell C	0	10	10	20
Cornell A	Binghamton C	0	0	10	10