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.)
<Classical Music>
= 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|
Jeffery Xu | Georgia Tech D | Auburn A | 34 | 10 |
Allen Xu | Georgia Tech E | South Carolina A | 49 | 10 |
Ishaan Kashyap | Georgia Tech C | Alabama A | 52 | 10 |
Ishaan Kashyap | Georgia Tech C | Alabama A | 52 | 10 |
Ishaan Kashyap | Georgia Tech C | Alabama A | 52 | 10 |
Aaron Taylor | Mississippi State A | Emory A | 54 | 10 |
Hayes Brown | Furman | Clemson B | 64 | -5 |
Yuxuan Lu | Vanderbilt A | Georgia Tech B | 87 | -5 |
Asheton Wilbanks | Clemson A | Southern | 97 | -5 |
Parker McCoig | Tennessee A | Georgia Tech A | 105 | -5 |
Nathan Whittington | Tennessee B | Auburn C | 106 | -5 |
TJ Pickering | Auburn B | Georgia A | 108 | 0 |
Varun Venkatagiri | Georgia A | Auburn B | 108 | 0 |
Pranav Johti | Georgia Tech A | Tennessee A | 108 | 10 |
Monish Jampala | Georgia Tech B | Vanderbilt A | 108 | 10 |
Paawan Patel | Emory Oxford | South Carolina B | 108 | 10 |
Akajiugo Amucheazi | Southern | Clemson A | 108 | 10 |
Coy Mier | Auburn C | Tennessee B | 108 | 0 |
Brady Pinter | Belmont | Vanderbilt B | 108 | 0 |
James Zhao | Vanderbilt B | Belmont | 108 | 0 |