Question

A symphony by a composer with this first name includes the movement Red Cape Tango and a narrative read by Jack Larson. That composer with this first name wrote the tuba concerto Reflections on the Mississippi and the Metropolis Symphony. A composer (15[1])with this first name wrote an opera in which Hermes guides the title King Priam to Achilles’s tent. A neurologist investigates a singer’s visual agnosia in an opera by a composer with this first name, (*) The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat. Five spirituals are included in a Kristallnacht-inspired oratorio by a composer with this first name, A Child of Our Time. (10[1])The composer of the musical A Strange Loop and a singer who quoted Beethoven’s 9th on the album Dangerous have this first name. For 10 points, composers with the surnames Daugherty, Nyman, and Tippett share what first name with the singer of “Thriller”? ■END■

ANSWER: Michael [or Michael Tippett; or Michael Nyman; or Michael Daugherty; or Michael Jackson; or Michael R. Jackson]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Joey GoldmanA VK a Day Keeps the Doctor AwayEugene o'Negging4115
Daoud JacksonYou, Me and the Big GHeat-Oppressed Brains10510

Summary

2024 ESPN @ Chicago03/23/2024Y6100%50%17%81.00
2024 ESPN @ Columbia03/23/2024Y7100%29%29%105.71
2024 ESPN @ Duke03/23/2024Y2100%0%0%105.00
2024 ESPN @ Brown04/06/2024Y3100%0%33%139.33
2024 ESPN @ Cambridge04/06/2024Y2100%50%0%73.00
2024 ESPN @ Online06/01/2024Y367%0%67%114.50