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
Buzzes
Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
---|---|---|---|---|
Jason Qin (DII) | Columbia J (DII) | Penn A (DII) | 20 | 10 |
Andy Yu (DII) | Maryland A (DII) | Rutgers A (UG) | 44 | 10 |
Zaid Asif (DII) | NYU A (UG) | Columbia A (UG) | 58 | 10 |
Rico-Ian Banting (UG) | NYU B | Rutgers B | 66 | -5 |
Alexandra Duan (DII) | Columbia B | Fordham A | 68 | 10 |
Rohit Chintala (DII) | Maryland B (DII) | Rowan A (DII) | 87 | 10 |
Greta Hong (DII) | Bard A (UG) | Princeton A (UG) | 105 | 10 |
Jaden Bandy (DII) | Rutgers B | NYU B | 108 | 10 |
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 |