Question

An 1880 piece named for these objects draws on its composer’s operetta The Queen’s Lace Handkerchief for the slow theme “C, F, E, D” that opens its introduction. A phenomenally popular Irish song named for one of these objects is the basis for the last of Heinrich Ernst’s Six Polyphonic Studies (10[1])for solo violin. The best-known piano miniature from the collection Woodland Sketches by Edward MacDowell is named for one of these objects. A Johann Strauss Junior waltz is titled for [these objects] from the South. Each of four suitors present one of these objects to Princess Aurora in a namesake “adagio” from Tchaikovsky’s ballet Sleeping Beauty. For 10 points, (10[1])what type of flower names a “Kavalier” in the title of a comic (10[1])opera by Richard Strauss? ■END■

ANSWER: roses [accept Rosen aus dem Süden or Roses from the South; accept The Last Rose of Summer; accept To a Wild Rose; accept “Rose Adagio”; accept Der Rosenkavalier or The Knight of the Rose or The Rose-Bearer; prompt on flower]
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Dennis Yang (DII)Michigan BMichigan A5010
Emmett Bicknell (DII)CedarvilleMichigan C10910
Joshua Garner (DII)Ohio State BKenyon12210

Summary

2024 ACF Regionals @ JMU01/27/2024Y1100%0%0%126.00
2024 ACF Regionals @ Nebraska01/27/2024Y6100%0%0%105.17
2024 ACF Regionals @ Ohio State01/27/2024Y3100%0%0%93.67
2024 ACF Regionals @ Imperial01/27/2024Y8100%0%13%91.25
2024 ACF Regionals @ Vanderbilt01/27/2024Y1100%0%0%117.00
2024 ACF Regionals @ MIT01/27/2024Y5100%0%0%102.00