Question

Queer revivals of this dance originate from a festival held in Hamburg in 2001. This dance, described as a “sad thought” by one musician, features moves such as tracing figure eights with one’s feet. Rudolph Valentino helped popularize an “American” variety of this dance that added head snaps. A variant of this dance (15[1])divided into phrases like “cross” and “resolution” are part of the widely taught “eight-step basic” for this dance. Performances of this dance in exclusively minor keys (15[1])occur in (*) Finland, where the largest (10[1])festival (10[1])for this 2/2 or 4/4 dance is held. Accompaniment bands for this dance’s “new” form feature the bandoneón accordion. The inventor of that form, Astor Piazzolla, (10[1])also added electric guitar to this dance which originated from the earlier milonga and flamenco. For 10 points, name this partner dance from Uruguay and Argentina. ■END■

ANSWER: tango [accept nuevo tango] (the quote is from Enrique Santos Discépolo)
<Felix Wang, Other Fine Arts>
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Thomas HartGressenheller ASay it5215
Oliver HargraveSee it3HK1MM7815
Ben Russel JonesFour Times I Have Despised My SoulLSE8410
Rhys LewisSortedThe Crying of Team 498510
Oscar O'FlanaganLimp ChriskitOxford School for Quizness11110

Summary

2024 Penn Bowl UNC10/26/2024Y3100%0%33%125.33
2024 Penn Bowl Florida10/26/2024Y2100%0%0%119.50
2024 Penn Bowl Harvard10/26/2024Y4100%0%0%120.75
2024 Penn Bowl UK10/26/2024Y5100%40%0%82.00
2024 Penn Bowl Berkeley11/02/2024Y2100%100%0%33.00
2024 Penn Bowl Mainsite11/02/2024Y3100%0%33%105.00
2024 Penn Bowl CWRU11/02/2024Y4100%25%25%100.00
2024 Penn Bowl Chicago11/02/2024Y8100%0%63%120.63
2024 Penn Bowl Texas11/02/2024Y250%0%50%82.00