Question

This country’s most-sampled musician founded a jazz-funk group that was sampled on MF DOOM’s “One Beer” and Lupe Fiasco’s “Mural.” Cortex is from this country, as was the band whose space disco album Magic Fly (15[1])was the first CD heard in space when it was broadcast to Cosmonauts. An artist from this country reworked the German song “Popcorn” on an album which popularized synthesizer music. (-5[2])The use of filtered disco samples characterized this country’s “filter house” genre, also called its namesake (*) “touch,” which was popularized by Stardust’s only song, “Music Sounds Better With You.” The anime film Interstella 5555 was released by a group from this country who used a pyramidal DJ booth for a 2007 tour (10[1])that kickstarted the US’ EDM craze. For 10 points, Discovery and Random Access Memories are albums from (10[1])what country, home to Daft Punk? ■END■ (10[3])

ANSWER: Republic of France [or French Republic; or République française]
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Nathan ZhangCornell BCornell A3415
Jack RadoColumbia BRutgers64-5
Alex ShiSwarthmoreJohn Jay A64-5
Connor MayersUMD AColumbia A11610
Danny PeelenPittUMD B13310
Aum MundheRutgersColumbia B14010
David BassJHU ANYU14010
Jerry VinokurovJohn Jay ASwarthmore14010

Summary

2023 Penn Bowl (Mainsite)10/21/2023Y6100%17%33%117.17
2023 Penn Bowl (Harvard)10/21/2023Y3100%0%33%116.67
2023 Penn Bowl @ UNC10/28/2023Y3100%0%0%131.67
2023 Penn Bowl @ Waterloo10/28/2023Y475%0%75%134.00
2023 Penn Bowl (South Central)10/28/2023Y3100%0%33%110.00
2023 Penn Bowl (UK)10/28/2023Y580%20%40%98.00
2023 Penn Bowl @ FSU10/28/2023Y2100%0%0%126.50