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Question

In a ballet, a girl who is jealous of one of these beings shakes an ear of corn to find out if her lover is faithful. Alexandre Benois’s set design for a ballet named for one of these beings includes a fantastical room that contains stars and snowy mountains. After being put to sleep by a mad doctor, Franz awakes to Swanhilda imitating one of these beings they had earlier seen in a window. (10[1])One of these beings brought to (10[1])life by the Charlatan is represented (-5[1])by a C major and F-sharp (10[1])major polychord (10[3])in a ballet (-5[1])choreographed by Michel Fokine. In a ballet set on Christmas Eve, Drosselmeyer (10[1])gives Clara (10[1])one of these beings who (10[1])fights the Mouse King. For 10 points, a living (-5[1])kind of what object is the subject of The Nutcracker? ■END■ (10[1]0[2])

ANSWER: dolls [accept puppets; accept nutcracker dolls; accept automatons; accept marionettes; prompt on toys; prompt on nutcrackers until read by asking “what type of object is that an example of?”]

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Summary


Northern California	Main	Y	5	100%	0%	20%	100.60
Southern California	Main	Y	1	100%	0%	0%	109.00
Eastern Canada	Main	Y	12	83%	0%	25%	99.00
Florida	Main	Y	6	50%	0%	50%	112.00
Great Lakes	Main	Y	7	100%	0%	43%	119.29
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	10	80%	0%	50%	108.25
Upper Mid-Atlantic (1)	Main	Y	10	80%	0%	40%	105.38
Upper Mid-Atlantic (2)	Main	Y	5	100%	0%	20%	111.80
Lower Midwest	Main	Y	4	75%	0%	25%	60.00
Upper Midwest	Main	Y	12	75%	0%	33%	99.56
North	Main	Y	5	100%	0%	40%	97.60
Northeast	Main	Y	12	75%	0%	50%	98.11
Northwest	Main	Y	4	75%	0%	50%	110.33
South Central	Main	Y	8	50%	0%	63%	111.25
Southeast	Main	Y	8	88%	0%	38%	101.86
UK	Main	Y	14	86%	0%	64%	116.00
Upstate NY	Main	Y	4	50%	0%	75%	135.00

Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Buzz Position	Value
Amir Dolansky	Toronto H	McMaster C	73	10
Ava Butler	McGill A	Toronto C	79	10
Uday Bhardwaj	McGill B	McGill C	85	-5
Ellen Ge	Toronto E	McMaster B	91	10
Benjamin Chapman	Toronto A	Toronto D	93	10
Cameron Liu	Toronto I	Toronto K	93	10
Raymond Chen	Toronto B	Ottawa	93	10
Stephen Pace	Guelph B	Queen's B	96	-5
Monica Wang	Guelph A	McMaster A	108	10
Stuart Chandler-Baas	Carleton	Queen's A	110	10
Platon Gorokhov	Toronto F	Toronto J	115	10
Nicholas Kwan	Western Ontario	Waterloo	124	-5
Cate Brunt	Queen's B	Guelph B	135	10
Ella Tang	McGill C	McGill B	135	0
Gavin Ge	Waterloo	Western Ontario	135	0