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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 (10[1])set design for a ballet named for one of these beings (10[1])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. One of these beings brought to life by the Charlatan is represented by a C major and F-sharp major (10[1])polychord (10[1])in a ballet choreographed by Michel Fokine. (-5[1])In a ballet set on Christmas Eve, Drosselmeyer (-5[1])gives Clara (-5[1])one of these (-5[1])beings (10[2])who fights the Mouse King. (-5[2])For 10 points, a living kind of what object is the subject of The Nutcracker? ■END■ (10[3]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
Megan Wang	Brown A	Yale A	27	10
Rohan Ganeshan	Harvard	Tufts B	38	10
Grace Ma	Brown C	Bowdoin A	92	10
Yrwin Batan	MIT A	BU	93	10
Kaitlyn Farrin	Brandeis Clemenceau	Tufts A	100	-5
Michael Sun	Brandeis Lloyd George	Williams	108	-5
Audrey Evans	Dartmouth	Brandeis Wilson	110	-5
Eric Zhu	Cornell-UG	Brown B	113	-5
Peter Nelson	Yale B	MIT B	114	10
Riley Roessler	Bowdoin B	Brandeis Orlando	114	10
Connor Farquhar	Amherst A	BC B	119	-5
Beverly Eborn	BC A	Amherst B	119	-5
Will Zhang	Tufts A	Brandeis Clemenceau	135	10
Michael Ai	Williams	Brandeis Lloyd George	135	10
Ethan Erickson	BC B	Amherst A	135	0
Jack Meyers	Brown B	Cornell-UG	135	10
Jonathan Schnipper	Brandeis Wilson	Dartmouth	135	0