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Question

Answer some questions about live recordings of operatic moments in which a soprano held a high note over the ensemble. For 10 points each:

[10e] During performances of this opera in Mexico City, Maria Callas interpolated a high E-flat at the end of this opera’s Act II finale, “Gloria all’Egitto.” The title Ethiopian princess of this Verdi opera sings, “O patria mia.”

ANSWER: Aida

[10h] At the end of a 1972 performance of Don Carlo at the Met, this soprano held a high B for nine full measures. This soprano is best known for her floated pianissimi and collaborating with Freddie Mercury on the album Barcelona.

ANSWER: Montserrat Caballé [or María de Montserrat Bibiana Concepción Caballé i Folch]

[10m] Caballé floated a pianissimo on G for 22 seconds in a performance of this composer’s opera Maria Stuarda. This composer’s “Three Queens” operas include Anna Bolena and Roberto Devereux.

ANSWER: Gaetano Donizetti

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Summary


2025 Penn Bowl - BU	11/01/25	Y	3	16.67	100%	33%	33%
2025 Penn Bowl - CWRU	11/01/25	Y	3	16.67	100%	67%	0%
2025 Penn Bowl - Mainsite (UPenn)	11/01/25	Y	4	17.50	100%	50%	25%
2025 Penn Bowl - Murray State	11/08/25	Y	1	20.00	100%	100%	0%
2025 Penn Bowl - Northwestern	10/25/25	Y	3	10.00	100%	0%	0%
2025 Penn Bowl - Online	11/08/25	Y	2	15.00	100%	50%	0%
2025 Penn Bowl - Ottawa	11/01/25	Y	6	13.33	100%	17%	17%
2025 Penn Bowl - Stanford	10/25/25	Y	3	13.33	100%	0%	33%
2025 Penn Bowl - UK	11/01/25	Y	8	22.50	75%	75%	75%
2025 Penn Bowl - UNC	11/01/25	Y	2	10.00	100%	0%	0%
2025 Penn Bowl - WashU	11/01/25	Y	2	15.00	100%	50%	0%

Data


I've been running into you in my lead plumbocene what could have benzene	Brown	10	10	10	30
Michigan A	Michigan C	10	0	10	20
Ohio State B	Ohio State A	10	0	0	10
Michigan B	Pittsburgh	10	0	10	20
Columbia A	Maryland B	10	0	10	20
JHU A	NYU B	10	0	0	10
Maryland A	Columbia B	10	0	0	10
NYU A	JHU B	10	10	10	30
Texas A	Central Oklahoma	10	0	10	20
Illinois	Northwestern B	10	0	0	10
Purdue A	Indiana	10	0	0	10
UChicago A	UChicago B	10	0	0	10
Wake Up Paddington A Washington Mystery	New Young Whigs of America	10	0	0	10
rusty shackleford	abg academy	10	0	10	20
Carleton A	McGill Fartlets	10	0	0	10
McGill B	Toronto G	10	0	0	10
Ottawa 67s	Toronto Operation PBSuccess	10	0	0	10
Queen's is monitoring the situation	#OpenToBuzz	10	0	0	10
Guelph perfomative male competition	Toronto Murder on the Rider Express	10	10	0	20
Waterloo you are crooked	Toronto E	10	0	10	20
In Search of Lost Clues	Berkeley A	10	10	0	20
Berkeley B	Free Win	10	0	0	10
The best time to buzz was twenty clues ago. The second best time to buzz is now	Stanford A	10	0	0	10
Chimp Brisket	Bristold	10	0	10	20
Coughing Baby	Galactic Ombudsmen	0	10	10	20
Hail to the Sheaf	1. Wawa 2. Blank Street 151. Black Sheep at Kings Cross rail	0	0	0	0
Paul Quifford, or, It Was a Dark and Stormy Tournament	Of Mice and Penn	10	10	0	20
Knorr Stock Clue	The Bit and the Penndulum	10	10	10	30
To buzz is to be perceived	Alas poor Warwick, I knew him Edinburgh	10	10	10	30
Washed Scrubs	question mark	10	10	10	30
Burnaburiash's Lapis Lazuli	why is it called a score clue if nobody scores points on it	10	10	10	30
UNC B	UNC A	10	0	0	10
VT B	VT A	10	0	0	10
WashU Bouba	VJ Edgecombe School of Interior Design - Edwardsville	10	0	10	20
Truman State	WashU Kiki	10	0	0	10
MIT B	Harvard	10	0	0	10
Yale	Brandeis	10	0	0	10