drums - 2025 ACF Winter - Buzzpoints App

Question

A West African one of these instruments is tuned by twisting its ropes. For 10 points each:

[10e] The djembe is what sort of instrument? Orchestras typically include snare and bass varieties of this percussion instrument.

ANSWER: drums [accept snare drum or bass drum or talking drum]

[10h] Along with the djembe, this instrument is common to several West African countries, and is alongside the kora and ngoni associated with griots. This instrument, similar to a xylophone, is a struck idiophone that uses gourds for resonance.

ANSWER: balafon (“BAL-uh-fawn”) [or gyil (“jeel”)]

[10m] Unlike the djembe, these small drums are played two at a time, with left- and right-hand ones called baya and daya. These Indian drums use a paste to create overtones above the fundamental note of the raga.

ANSWER: tabla

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Summary


Florida	Main	Y	13	15.38	100%	54%	0%
North	Main	Y	10	15.00	100%	50%	0%
Overflow	Main	Y	3	10.00	100%	0%	0%
Pacific Northwest	Main	Y	10	15.00	100%	50%	0%
Southeast	Main	Y	11	14.55	100%	36%	9%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	8	13.75	100%	38%	0%
Upstate NY	Main	Y	8	20.00	100%	75%	25%
2025 ACF Nationals	2025-08-09	Y	14	17.14	100%	29%	43%

Data


Guelph A	McGill A	10	0	10	20
McMaster C	Queen's A	10	0	0	10
Queen's B	McMaster B	10	0	10	20
Toronto A	Toronto B	10	0	10	20
McMaster A	Toronto C	10	0	10	20
Toronto D	Ottawa	10	0	0	10
Western Ontario	Toronto E	10	0	0	10
Toronto G	Toronto F	10	0	0	10
Carleton	Toronto H	10	0	0	10
Toronto I	McGill C	10	0	10	20
Toronto J	Toronto Metropolitan	10	0	0	10
McGill B	Toronto K	10	0	10	20
Waterloo	Guelph B	10	0	10	20
Penn A	George Mason A	10	0	10	20
Catholic University	George Washington A	10	0	0	10
Maryland C	George Washington B	10	0	10	20
Maryland D	Johns Hopkins B	10	0	0	10
Johns Hopkins A	Maryland A	10	0	10	20
Maryland B	Georgetown B	10	0	0	10
NYU B	Notre Dame E	10	0	0	10
Georgetown A	Penn B	10	0	10	20
Johns Hopkins C	UMBC A	10	0	10	20
George Mason B	VCU A	10	0	0	10
Missouri A	SIUE	10	0	0	10
WashU B	Truman State	10	0	0	10
William Woods	WashU D	10	0	0	10
Chicago A	Notre Dame D	10	0	10	20
Notre Dame A	Chicago D	10	0	0	10
Louisville A	Illinois C	10	0	0	10
Indiana A	UIC	10	0	0	10
Indiana B	Michigan B	10	0	10	20
Kentucky	Michigan D	10	0	10	20
Michigan C	Chicago B	10	0	0	10
Purdue B	Michigan A	10	0	10	20
Notre Dame B	Purdue C	10	0	0	10
Louisville B	Illinois A	10	0	10	20
MIT B	BU	10	0	0	10
BC B	Bowdoin B	10	0	0	10
Brandeis Clemenceau	Brown C	10	0	0	10
Brown B	Brandeis Lloyd George	10	0	0	10
Brandeis Wilson	Brandeis Orlando	10	0	0	10
Dartmouth	Cornell-UG	10	0	10	20
Brown A	Harvard	10	0	10	20
MIT A	Amherst A	10	10	10	30
Tufts A	Tufts B	10	0	0	10
Yale A	Williams	10	0	0	10
BC A	Yale B	10	0	10	20
Alberta B	Northwestern A	10	0	0	10
Ohio	Arizona State B	10	0	10	20
Rose State	Northwestern C	10	0	0	10
Arizona State A	Texas A	10	0	10	20
McGill D	Texas B	10	0	0	10
UTD B	Tulsa	10	0	10	20
UCO	Northwestern B	10	0	0	10
Iowa	UTD A	10	0	0	10
Alabama A	Alabama B	10	0	0	10
Huntsville A	Auburn B	10	0	10	20
Bruin A	Auburn A	10	10	10	30
Georgia Tech A	Georgia Tech C	10	0	10	20
Georgia Tech B	Vanderbilt B	10	10	10	30
Georgia Tech D	Vanderbilt A	10	0	10	20
Huntsville B	Sewanee A	10	0	0	10
Mississippi State A	UAB A	10	0	10	20
Imperial B	Bristol B	10	10	0	20
City St George's A	Sheffield B	10	0	0	10
Imperial C	Durham B	10	0	0	10
Cambridge A	Edinburgh B	10	0	10	20
Imperial A	Birmingham A	10	0	0	10
LSE A	Edinburgh A	10	10	0	20
Cambridge C	Lancaster A	10	10	10	30
Manchester B	LSE B	10	0	0	10
Manchester A	Oxford A	10	10	10	30
Durham A	Oxford B	10	0	0	10
Southampton A	Sheffield C	10	0	0	10
Cambridge D	Southampton B	10	10	10	30
Warwick A	Sheffield A	10	10	0	20
Warwick B	Bristol A	10	0	0	10