Question

This composer’s piano arrangement of Nino Rota’s love theme from Zeffirelli’s film Romeo and Juliet succeeded the Beatles’ “Get Back” as Billboard’s #1 song. A 3/4 song by this composer begins with the melody “long C, short high G, F, [pause] E, eighth notes D - C - B-flat, long C.” An Ernest Dowson poem inspired the two run-on sentences that make up the lyrics to this composer’s song “The Days of (-5[1])Wine and (15[1])Roses.” The bass chromatically (15[1])ascends from C-sharp to a long (*) E in swung eighth notes to set up the saxophone melody of a theme by this (10[1])composer of the soundtrack to Peter Gunn. Johnny Mercer’s lyrics describe a “huckleberry friend” as “wider than a (10[1])mile” in a song this composer wrote for Audrey Hepburn. For 10 points, name this Italian-American composer of (-5[1])the “Pink Panther Theme,” who wrote “Moon River” for the film Breakfast at Tiffany’s. (0[2])■END■

ANSWER: Henry Mancini [or Enrico Nicola Mancini]
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Ned TagtmeierThe Love Song of J Alfred PrufRock and Roll All Nite (and Party Every Day)Northeast by Northwestern71-5
Justin WytmarWho is the Colleen Hoover of the Zulus?Notre Dame7315
Matt LaferMusic to Help You Stop Smokinghawk two of7715
Rob CarsonBHSU RebirthClown Senpais9910
Dylan MinarikBHSU ReFantazioThat Feeling When Knee Surgery Is in Five Days11710
Jeremy CummingsWashUClown Squad135-5
Jonathan VaysmanClown SquadWashU1490
Patrick QuionNortheast by NorthwesternThe Love Song of J Alfred PrufRock and Roll All Nite (and Party Every Day)1490

Summary

2024 ARGOS @ Stanford02/22/2025Y3100%0%0%112.67
2024 ARGOS @ Chicago11/23/2024Y667%33%33%91.50
2024 ARGOS @ Columbia11/23/2024Y367%33%33%105.50
2024 ARGOS @ Christ's College12/14/2024Y3100%0%0%113.33