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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 (10[1])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 (-5[1])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 (-5[1])in a ballet choreographed by Michel Fokine. In a ballet set on Christmas (10[1])Eve, Drosselmeyer (-5[2])gives Clara (-5[1])one of these beings (10[2]-5[1])who fights (-5[1])the Mouse King. (-5[1])For 10 points, a living kind of what (-5[1])object (10[1])is the subject of The Nutcracker? (10[1])■END■ (10[5]0[1])

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
Isobel Dobbie	Sheffield A	Manchester A	29	10
Kevin Flanagan	Bristol A	Oxford A	65	-5
Rayhana Amjad	Edinburgh A	Cambridge C	92	10
Albert Nyang	LSE A	Imperial A	93	-5
Michael Wu	Southampton A	Cambridge A	106	10
Jake Wingfield	Bristol B	City St George's A	108	-5
Zoë McGuire	Oxford B	Cambridge B	108	-5
Nathan Long	Imperial B	Imperial C	110	-5
Oliver Rothnie	Durham B	Sheffield C	114	-5
Yasmin Campbell	Cambridge D	Manchester B	114	10
Emily Andrews	LSE B	Southampton B	114	10
Hamish Campbell	Durham A	Warwick B	116	-5
CT Tang	Sheffield B	Edinburgh B	119	-5
Mikey Brown	Birmingham A	Warwick A	127	-5
Dennis Reppen	Imperial A	LSE A	128	10
Jolie Yeh	Warwick B	Durham A	134	10
Chris Levesley	Warwick A	Birmingham A	135	10
Zachary Foster	City St George's A	Bristol B	135	0
Daniel Bloom	Edinburgh B	Sheffield B	135	10
Eveline Ong	Oxford A	Bristol A	135	10
Arvin Boraghi	Cambridge B	Oxford B	135	10
Ian Costigan	Sheffield C	Durham B	135	10