Question

An anvil symbolizes the robustness of one company’s safes in a piece by a composer with this surname titled “Fireproof!” A group of brothers with this surname that included Eduard collaborated on pieces nicknamed “Trefoil” and “Sharpshooter.” A composer with this surname used his operetta The Queen's Lace Handkerchief as the source of his Roses from the South. In a piece by (15[1])a composer with this surname, cellos and horns play the slow rising melody (*) “D, D, F-sharp, A, long A.” A short piece by a composer with this surname was dedicated to a field marshal and is included in encores at one city's New Years’ Concerts. The “Radetzky March” is by a composer with this surname, another of whom wrote the D-major polka "Tritsch-Tratsch." For 10 points, give this surname of Viennese composers, including the “waltz king” who wrote “The Blue Danube.” ■END■

ANSWER: Strauss [or Johann Strauss I; or Johann Strauss II; or Josef Strauss; or Eduard Strauss]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Eve FleisigBerkeley AStanford6115

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2023 Penn Bowl (Norcal)10/28/2023Y1100%100%0%61.00