Question

This instrument doubles a vibraphone at the start of “Sorta Blue,” a track on The Music From Peter Gunn. An unaccompanied solo on this instrument opens the 1962 film Days of Wine and Roses. A cello doubles this instrument in “Shades of Gray” by the Monkees, on which it is played by session musician Vince DeRosa. (10[1])Four of these instruments play on the title track of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. Bassist John Entwistle also (10[1])plays this instrument on the Who’s Tommy. Alan Civil’s solos on this instrument punctuate the Beatles song “For No One.” This instrument repeats a soaring motif throughout (-5[1])“God Only Knows” by the Beach (-5[1])Boys. (-5[1])In popular music, this instrument’s “section” (-5[1])is used as a blanket term for all wind instruments. (10[1]-5[1])For 10 points, name this brass instrument (-5[1])played with one hand (10[1]-5[1])inside the (10[2])bell. (10[6])■END■ (10[11])

ANSWER: French horn [accept horn section]
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= Average correct buzz position

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Summary

2024 ACF Nationals2024-04-21Y23100%0%30%132.22

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Justin WytmarIllinoisToronto A5510
Kevin ParkClaremont CollegesVirginia7510
Karthik PrasadCornell BVanderbilt102-5
Jakob MyersIndianaColumbia A108-5
Jack RadoColumbia BYale B109-5
Andrew HannaPennWUSTL B115-5
Yashwanth BajjiMichiganBrown125-5
Eric GunterNorth Carolina BTruman State12510
Maude-Sophie LockmanOttawaToronto B132-5
John MarvinChicago BNorth Carolina A13610
Ashish SubramanianDukeFlorida136-5
Aum MundheRutgersArizona State13810
Andy YuMarylandBerkeley A13810
Aidan FeinVanderbiltCornell B13910
Tiffany ZhouFloridaDuke13910
Asha BasuMcGillBerkeley B13910
Owen MimnoNYUIowa State13910
Andrew ZengStanfordChicago A13910
Charles HangWUSTL ATexas13910
Megan WangBrownMichigan14010
Raymond WangCornell APurdue14010
Sinecio MoralesJohns HopkinsGeorgia Tech14010
Jack ObermanSouth CarolinaHarvard14010
Forrest WeintraubColumbia AIndiana14010
Morgan BozemanMinnesota BKentucky14010
Matthew SiffYale ANorthwestern14010
Marcus Forbes-GreenToronto BOttawa14010
Jeremy CummingsWUSTL BPenn14010
Michael DuWaterlooMinnesota A14010
Lydia TarekegnYale BColumbia B14010