Mannheim - 2025 ACF Winter

Question

Mozart’s Paris Symphony begins with a feature named for this city. For 10 points each:

[10h] Name this city whose 18th-century school was led by Johann Stamitz (“SHTAH-mits”). This city names a musical feature also used in the beginning of the last movement of Mozart’s Symphony No. 40.

ANSWER: Mannheim [accept Mannheim School or Mannheim rocket]

[10e] Mozart’s Symphony No. 40 is in this key, which Mozart used to express tragedy and is the only minor key he used in his symphonies. This key with two flats is the relative minor of B-flat major.

ANSWER: G minor [reject “G major”]

[10m] Mozart’s Paris Symphony was his first to use this instrument. Anton Stadler played this instrument in the premiere of Mozart’s Kegelstatt (“KAY-gull-shtott”) Trio.

ANSWER: clarinet

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California	Main	Y	4	25.00	75%	75%	100%
Canada	Main	Y	6	13.33	67%	33%	33%
Florida	Main	Y	12	15.83	75%	25%	58%
Great Lakes	Main	Y	3	3.33	0%	0%	33%
Overflow	Main	Y	1	30.00	100%	100%	100%
Pacific Northwest	Main	Y	10	19.00	90%	40%	60%
South Central	Main	Y	5	10.00	40%	20%	40%
UK	Main	Y	4	15.00	75%	25%	50%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	6	18.33	67%	67%	50%
Upstate NY	Main	Y	8	17.50	75%	50%	50%
2025 ACF Nationals	2025-08-09	Y	8	16.25	75%	38%	50%

Data


Berkeley A	Berkeley E	10	10	0	20
Stanford A	Berkeley B	10	0	10	20
Berkeley C	Stanford B	10	10	10	30
Stanford C	Berkeley D	10	10	10	30
UCI	Claremont Scripps	0	0	0	0
UCLA C	UCSB	0	0	0	0
UCLA A	UCSD Two Running Violet V Forms	10	10	10	30
UCLA D	UCSD Vices and Virtues	0	10	0	10
UCSD What Hath God Wrought	Claremont Pitzer	0	10	10	20
Toronto F	Guelph B	0	10	0	10
Toronto H	McGill A	10	10	10	30
Carleton	McMaster A	10	10	0	20
McMaster B	Guelph A	0	0	0	0
Toronto C	McMaster C	10	10	0	20
Queen's B	Toronto E	0	0	0	0
Toronto A	McGill C	10	10	10	30
Toronto B	Toronto I	10	10	10	30
McGill B	Toronto D	10	10	0	20
Waterloo	Toronto J	0	10	0	10
Ottawa	Toronto K	0	10	0	10
Toronto Metropolitan	Western Ontario	10	0	0	10
UCLA B	USC	10	10	0	20
FIU	UF B	0	0	0	0
UCF A	UCF B	10	0	0	10
UF E	UF A	0	0	0	0
WashU A	Missouri A	10	10	10	30
Chicago B	Purdue C	10	10	0	20
Chicago C	Michigan B	0	10	0	10
Illinois B	Notre Dame D	0	0	0	0
Louisville A	Chicago D	10	10	10	30
Louisville B	Notre Dame C	10	10	10	30
Notre Dame A	Michigan A	10	10	0	20
UIC	Michigan C	0	10	0	10
Indiana A	Notre Dame B	10	10	10	30
Purdue A	Kentucky	10	10	10	30
Purdue B	Illinois C	0	10	0	10
Minnesota A	Minnesota B	0	10	0	10
St. Thomas	Macalester A	10	0	10	20
Carleton	Macalester B	10	0	0	10
Iowa State	Wisconsin	0	10	0	10
Alberta	British Columbia B	0	0	0	0
British Columbia C	British Columbia A	10	10	0	20
Washington A	British Columbia D	10	10	10	30
Simon Fraser	Washington B	0	10	0	10
Nebraska	Minnesota C	0	0	0	0
Arizona State A	McGill D	0	0	10	10
Northwestern B	Northwestern A	0	10	10	20
Rose State	Ohio	0	0	0	0
Texas A	Texas B	10	10	10	30
UCO	Alberta B	10	10	10	30
UTD A	UTD B	10	10	0	20
UAB A	Alabama B	0	0	0	0
Auburn A	Georgia Tech D	10	10	10	30
Auburn B	Sewanee A	0	0	0	0
Bruin A	Vanderbilt A	10	10	10	30
Georgia Tech B	Georgia Tech A	10	10	10	30
Georgia Tech C	Vanderbilt B	10	10	10	30
Huntsville A	Huntsville B	0	10	0	10
Alabama A	Mississippi State A	0	10	0	10
Sheffield B	Imperial A	0	0	0	0
LSE A	Imperial B	10	10	0	20
Manchester A	Durham B	10	10	10	30
Oxford A	Southampton A	10	10	10	30
Sheffield A	Durham A	10	10	0	20
Southampton B	Oxford B	0	0	0	0
Cambridge C	Bristol B	0	10	0	10
Cambridge B	City St George's A	0	10	10	20