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 with this first name wrote an (15[1])opera in which Hermes guides the title King Priam to Achilles’s tent. (15[1])A neurologist (15[1])investigates a singer’s visual agnosia in an opera by a composer with this first name, (*) The Man Who Mistook (10[1])His Wife for a Hat. Five spirituals (-5[1])are included in (10[1])a Kristallnacht-inspired oratorio by a composer with this first name, A Child of Our Time. 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■ (10[1])

ANSWER: Michael [or Michael Tippett; or Michael Nyman; or Michael Daugherty; or Michael Jackson; or Michael R. Jackson]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Justin WytmarNobodaddy but youMichigan4715
Jeremy CummingsOh the MissouriChicago A Minus Minus5915
Matt BollingerBHSUmalcolm in the middlemarch (Purdue 1)6115
John LawrenceNoli Me TangerineChicago B8010
Dan Ni>:3purdoobie brothers87-5
Taylor HarveyCharlotte Mewing to get that chiseled farmer’s bride jawline2 days into college and I'm 3 lectures behind9010
Davis Johnsonpurdoobie brothers>:314910

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