Hummel’s 3rd Piano Concerto opens with a solo for this instrument. The scherzo of Mahler’s 7th Symphony begins with a solo for this instrument, as it plays on each upbeat while the rest of the orchestra joins. This instrument plays a “four D’s, down to A” theme to open Bach’s Christmas Oratorio. This instrument over pizzicato strings introduces the motif of the scherzo of Sibelius’s 1st Symphony. This instrument plays a “dotted quarter, eighth, quarter” motif on F after it is played on D and A to open the second movement of (*) Beethoven’s 9th Symphony. Four solo D’s on this instrument open Beethoven’s violin concerto, while Grieg’s piano concerto begins with a crescendo on this instrument before the soloist entry. An opening solo for this instrument inspired the nickname of Haydn’s 103rd symphony. For 10 points, name this large, pitched orchestral drum. ■END■
| Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ishan Joshi | Ryan Wesley Routh's 10 000 NATO-trained Afghan Quizbowlers | Tensei Shitara Flashcard Data Ken | 51 | 15 |
| Kais Jessa | Communism is Soviet power plus the yassification of the whole country | The Only Existing Manuscript from A Clockwork Orange | 52 | -5 |
| Sky Li | Simpson Agonistes: The Crisis of Donut | You cannot go to Aarhus to see his peat-brown head / With eyes like ripening fruit | 103 | 10 |
| Aaron Dos Remedios | Moderator Can't Neg me While in Alpha | She Dicer On My Argonaute Till I RNA Interfere | 133 | 10 |
| Adrian Wong | The Only Existing Manuscript from A Clockwork Orange | Communism is Soviet power plus the yassification of the whole country | 142 | 10 |
| Asha Basu | I'd prefer to have the team name be Christensen et al. than anything that Erik cooks up | as rational as the square root of two power bottoms | 142 | 10 |
| 2024 ARGOS @ Stanford | 02/22/2025 | Y | 3 | 100% | 0% | 33% | 112.67 |
| 2024 ARGOS Online | 03/22/2025 | Y | 3 | 100% | 0% | 33% | 129.33 |
| 2024 ARGOS @ Brandeis | 03/22/2025 | Y | 3 | 67% | 0% | 33% | 123.00 |
| 2024 ARGOS @ McMaster | 11/17/2024 | Y | 5 | 100% | 20% | 20% | 114.20 |
| 2024 ARGOS @ Columbia | 11/23/2024 | Y | 3 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 116.00 |
| 2024 ARGOS @ Chicago | 11/23/2024 | Y | 6 | 100% | 17% | 0% | 110.00 |
| 2024 ARGOS @ Christ's College | 12/14/2024 | Y | 3 | 100% | 33% | 0% | 92.00 |