Question

A symphony of this number opens with the flute and bassoon playing the theme “quarter notes F, G; dotted eighth notes A, F, high C, B-flat; quarter note high F.” A symphony of this number opens with a “strenuous” string canon of starting on “D, high B-flat,” then “A, low C-sharp.” Shrill violins play a high A over 100 times in the finale of a symphony of this number that includes a trombone theme representing someone (*) “beating you with a stick.” A B-flat major symphony of this number written as a “hymn to the free and happy man” was (-5[1])composed by Sergei Prokofiev. A symphony of this number was called a “creative response to (10[1])justified criticism” after being criticized in “Muddle Instead of Music.” For 10 points, give this number of a D minor Dmitri Shostakovich symphony, which is two before his Leningrad. (0[1])■END■

ANSWER: Symphony No. 5 [or Fifth Symphonies]
<Noah Sheidlower, Auditory Fine Arts>
= Average correct buzz position

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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
StevenBerkeley BBerkeley C98-5
Eve FleisigBerkeley AStanford11310
RyanBerkeley CBerkeley B1420

Summary

2023 Penn Bowl @ Waterloo10/28/2023Y4100%75%0%69.25
2023 Penn Bowl @ FSU10/28/2023Y1100%100%0%68.00
2023 Penn Bowl (Norcal)10/28/2023Y250%0%50%113.00
2023 Penn Bowl (South Central)10/28/2023Y3100%0%0%137.33
2023 Penn Bowl (UK)10/28/2023Y5100%40%20%82.40