Question
This country’s military was the dedicatee of a piece that opens with a pentatonic fanfare played by the timpani and two tubas. A composer from this country adapted the song “La Mantovana” into a flowing E minor melody in a tone poem depicting a river. Another composer from this country wrote a symphony whose Largo theme was later adapted into the spiritual-like song “Goin’ Home”. The piece Má vlast depicts this country, which was home to a composer whose ninth symphony includes motifs drawn from birdsong in America. For 10 points, name this home country of Bedřich Smetana (“BED-rikh SMEH-tah-nah”) and the composer of the New World Symphony, Antonín Dvořák ■END■
ANSWER: Czechia [or Czech Republic; accept Czechoslovakia] (The first line refers to Leoš Janáček’s Sinfonietta.)
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= Average correct buzz position
Summary
2024 ACF Fall at Cornell | fall | Y | 9 | 89% | 0% | 22% | 89.25 |
2024 ACF Fall at Ohio State | fall | Y | 9 | 67% | 0% | 44% | 63.17 |
2024 ACF Fall at Washington | fall | Y | 7 | 100% | 0% | 14% | 63.86 |
2024 ACF Fall at Georgia | fall | Y | 14 | 71% | 0% | 36% | 72.50 |
2024 ACF Fall at North Carolina | fall | Y | 9 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 86.22 |
2024 ACF Fall at Claremont Colleges | fall | Y | 1 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 44.00 |
2024 ACF Fall at Rutgers | fall | Y | 7 | 100% | 0% | 14% | 70.00 |
2024 ACF Fall at Illinois | fall | Y | 9 | 89% | 0% | 44% | 83.75 |
Buzzes
Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
---|---|---|---|---|
Eric Yang | Purdue A | Chicago A | 42 | 10 |
Maya Kvaratskhelia | Notre Dame A | Chicago B | 44 | 10 |
Jacob Puthipiroj | Northwestern A | Indiana | 49 | -5 |
Sophie Lyman | WashU A | Illinois D | 67 | -5 |
Christopher Joseph | Notre Dame C | Illinois A | 68 | -5 |
Anila Moparthi | Illinois B | Iowa B | 68 | 10 |
Brielle Rach | Iowa A | Illinois C | 87 | 10 |
Timothy Chiu | Northwestern B | SIUE | 105 | 10 |
Davis Johnson | Purdue C | Notre Dame B | 105 | -5 |
Trenton Burgess | Indiana | Northwestern A | 108 | 0 |
Sam Alahi | Illinois A | Notre Dame C | 108 | 10 |
Noah McRedmond | Notre Dame B | Purdue C | 108 | 10 |
Owen McCoy | Illinois D | WashU A | 108 | 10 |