Question
The so-called “Queen” of this instrument helped compose a capriccio-styled concerto, inspired by a tapestry at the UN headquarters, that ends with the movement “Looking Afar.” A form of this instrument pitched down a perfect fifth is needed to play a piece titled for the “second-best spring” by the blind composer Abing (“AH-bing”). A famous rendition of “To Love’s End” from Inuyasha is one of Eliott Tordo’s many covers recorded on this instrument. The Naadam festival is evoked by a piece for this instrument called (*) “Horse Racing.” This fingerboard-less member of a “spike” family of instruments is a common substitute for the solo instrument in the Butterfly Lovers Concerto. This is the most popular instrument whose unique timbre is produced by a soundbox covered in python skin and a bow that passes through its strings. For 10 points, Liú Tiānhuá played what two-stringed fiddle? ■END■
Buzzes
Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
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Yihong Chen | Moderator Can't Neg me While in Alpha | Simpson Agonistes: The Crisis of Donut | 53 | 15 |
Jason Zhang | She Dicer On My Argonaute Till I RNA Interfere | I'd prefer to have the team name be Christensen et al. than anything that Erik cooks up | 84 | 10 |
Kunaal Chandrashekar | as rational as the square root of two power bottoms | Communism is Soviet power plus the yassification of the whole country | 85 | 10 |
Jared He | You cannot go to Aarhus to see his peat-brown head / With eyes like ripening fruit | Ryan Wesley Routh's 10 000 NATO-trained Afghan Quizbowlers | 86 | 10 |
Adrian Wong | The Only Existing Manuscript from A Clockwork Orange | Tensei Shitara Flashcard Data Ken | 133 | 10 |