Question
The great music critic Dave Hurwitz once claimed that a piece of music by this composer would have made for “the greatest five minutes of ice skating.” For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this composer who composed the ballet excerpt Medea’s Dance of Vengeance. This composer’s first solo piano piece was Excursions.
ANSWER: Samuel Barber [or Samuel Osmond Barber II]
[10m] Barber was romantic partners with this other composer known for operas like The Consul and the first opera composed for television, Amahl and the Night Visitors.
ANSWER: Gian Carlo Menotti
[10e] Samuel Barber’s most performed work, Adagio for Strings, was broadcast over the radio after the assassination of this American President in 1963.
ANSWER: John F. Kennedy [or JFK; or John Fitzgerald Kennedy]
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Summary
| 2023 ILLIAC (Cornell) | 2023-10-21 | Y | 3 | 16.67 | 100% | 67% | 0% |
| 2023 ILLIAC (Mainsite) | 2023-10-21 | Y | 8 | 16.25 | 100% | 50% | 13% |