Question

Despite popular belief, the cover of an album from this country does not depict its artists as children, but rather two villagers seated in front of a barbed-wire fence. A genre of music from this country is often notated in 2/4 (“two-four”) time and accompanied by a steady sixteenth-note pattern on the cabasa. (10[1]-5[1])That genre from this country was popularized internationally by the soundtrack of the 1959 Marcel Camus film Black Orpheus. (10[3])The (10[1])lyric “Quiet (10[1])nights of quiet stars” subtitles a song from this country that appears on its album before “Desafinado.” A musician from this country had his wife Astrud sing the English lyrics to an Antônio Carlos (10[1])Jobim song that opens the album Getz/Gilberto. “The Girl From Ipanema” is (10[1])a song from, for 10 points, what South American country that originated tropicália and bossa nova? ■END■ (0[1])

ANSWER: Brazil [or Brasil; or Federative Republic of Brazil or República Federativa do Brasil] (The album in the first clue is Clube da Esquina.)
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Jack RadoColumbia BNYU B51-5
Forrest WeintraubColumbia APrinceton B5110
Andrew MinagarYale BBard A7010
Owen MimnoNYU ARowan A7010
Aiden DartleyRutgers AColumbia C7010
Alex MoonPenn AYale C7110
Ben SterlingYale AHaverford7310
Nathan ZhangCornell CPenn B10710
Sam MacchiVassarRutgers B11910
Mina SmithNYU BColumbia B1360

Summary

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