Question

A landmark in this city titles a standard that later performers titled “Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars.” An area in this city titles a standard most famously recorded in D-flat, but most often played in F (-5[1])with a melody beginning (read slowly) long G, short E, E, D. This city is the setting of a Marcel Camus film that popularized a jazz style featured on a 1964 Stan Getz album. (-5[1])On a recording of a standard titled for an area in (-5[1])this city, (10[1])Astrud Gilberto sings about (10[1])a “tall and tan and young and (-5[2])lovely” figure. “The Girl (10[1])from Ipanema” exemplifies this city’s (10[1])native bossa nova that grew from its samba music. For (10[1])10 points, what Brazilian city’s Mount Corcovado contains the statue Christ the (10[4])Redeemer? ■END■

ANSWER: Rio de Janeiro [prompt on Rio] (The first sentence refers to “Corcovado.”)
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Joshua RafaeilCornell CRIT B35-5
Ethan MaddoxU of Rochester ACornell B69-5
Giuseppe PiccirilliBinghamton ASyracuse80-5
Joseph TabaskoBinghamton CRIT C8210
Logan PierceESFCornell A8610
Sammy CarstensU of Rochester BCornell G93-5
Scott CoonrodCornell DCornell E93-5
Aidan RoulletRIT ABinghamton B9710
Pierce DeCainCornell FPenn State10210
Alec WestSyracuseBinghamton A11210
Brian HoffCornell BU of Rochester A12410
Will HooverRIT BCornell C12410
Anna KuangCornell ECornell D12410
Brian ChenCornell GU of Rochester B12410