Question

A cello concerto in this key begins with a quiet dotted pickup for horns and violas. Haydn used this key for a symphony whose fourth-movement cembalo (“CHEM-buh-loh”) solo was likely written for himself. Mozart used this key for a seven-movement piece for 12 winds and double bass, his Tenth Serenade. This is the key of a cello concerto whose slow movement was posthumously replaced (-5[1])with passages from three of its composer’s (-5[1])other cello concertos. This is the key of Haydn’s Symphony No. 98, Mozart’s Gran Partita, and a cello (-5[1])concerto arranged by Friedrich Grützmacher (10[1])(“GROOTS-mah-ker”), Boccherini’s Ninth. (10[1]-5[1])This major key’s tonic is the most common note in which trumpets and (10[1])clarinets are pitched. (10[11])Classical pieces (-5[1])in this key often tune the timpani (10[1])to F, (10[1])which is this key’s dominant. (10[1])For 10 points, (10[2])name this major (10[1])key with two flats. (10[1])■END■ (10[1]0[3])

ANSWER: B-flat major [reject “B” or “B-flat minor”]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Jeremy CummingsWUSTL BClaremont Colleges62-5
Richard NiuCornell AChicago B69-5
Justin WytmarIllinoisYale A87-5
Megan WangBrownToronto A9210
Eric GunterNorth Carolina BMinnesota B9410
Vincent DuNorth Carolina AWaterloo94-5
Forrest WeintraubColumbia AChicago A10710
Owen MimnoNYUBerkeley A11010
Jack RadoColumbia BDuke11010
Jason ZhangToronto BFlorida11010
Shardul RaoMinnesota AIndiana11010
Asha BasuMcGillCornell B11010
Chris SimsNorthwesternGeorgia Tech11010
Danny HanPennArizona State11010
Paul LeeWUSTL APurdue11010
Mark TawfikRutgersYale B11010
Aidan FeinVanderbiltSouth Carolina11010
Joseph ChambersVirginiaOttawa11010
Mitchell ShaddenTexasStanford112-5
Sinecio MoralesJohns HopkinsMaryland11910
Fred GarveyTruman StateHarvard12110
William HoustonChicago DKentucky12610
Andrew ZengStanfordTexas12910
Akshay SeetharamClaremont CollegesWUSTL B12910
Conor ThompsonIowa StateMichigan13210
Michael DuWaterlooNorth Carolina A13610
Anuttam RamjiBerkeley BChicago C1370
Max HodesChicago CBerkeley B1370
John MarvinChicago BCornell A13710
Matthew SiffYale AIllinois1370