Virtuosi of this instrument tend to avoid using the modern invention of ji paste, which homogenizes its inner surface. Western classical music influenced a system of notation developed by a player of this instrument who composed Iwashimizu, Nakao Tozan. 36 unaccompanied honkyoku for this instrument were codified in the 18th century by the Kinko school. Players of this instrument tilt their head to produce notes called meri and kari from outside its natural (*) D minor pentatonic scale. Toru Takemitsu’s November Steps features the biwa and this instrument, which is named for being 1.8 traditional units long. This instrument, which developed from the xiāo (“sh’YOW”), is played by basket-wearing monks from the Fuke sect of Zen Buddhism. For 10 points, name this longitudinal, end-blown bamboo flute from Japan. ■END■
| 2025 Chicago Open | 2025-08-09 | Y | 10 | 80% | 20% | 40% | 90.88 |
| Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iain Carpenter | Thamos, King of Egypt: The Sahara of the Mozart | Halifax Shipping Services | 54 | 15 |
| Natan Holtzman | The RAND Coöperation | Enjoying the Hole Experience | 72 | 15 |
| Will Alston | Will They Ever Finish Bruckner’s Ninth Boulevard? | Do re mi fa serving negs | 78 | -5 |
| Ophir Lifshitz | I worship the Pyramid (abandoned Soviet coal mining settlement on the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard) | BHSU X | 80 | 10 |
| Jeremy Cummings | It's not X, but... defenders | The Met on Laserdisc. Bravo! | 81 | 10 |
| Tracy Mirkin | Floridovician | Li Bai Chocolate Mushussu Pacha Latte | 83 | -5 |
| Aseem Keyal | Broken Socal Scene | "Real quiz bowl" only consists of the ACF academic pyramidal scene and the late 2010s NAQT scene. | 86 | -5 |
| Adrian Wong | Woke Michael Du be like "I'm a genders player" | The True Dharma Eye of the Juan Soto School | 86 | 10 |
| Jason Shi | Mumbo Jumbo Will Labubu | Please sir, may I have some morb? | 106 | 10 |
| Tejas Raje | BHSU B | No, explaining that your buzz came from watching an isekai is not "Proustian" | 122 | 10 |
| Henry Atkins | No, explaining that your buzz came from watching an isekai is not "Proustian" | BHSU B | 122 | -5 |
| John Marvin | "Real quiz bowl" only consists of the ACF academic pyramidal scene and the late 2010s NAQT scene. | Broken Socal Scene | 126 | 10 |
| Anuttam Ramji | Li Bai Chocolate Mushussu Pacha Latte | Floridovician | 126 | 0 |
| Ved Muthusamy | Do re mi fa serving negs | Will They Ever Finish Bruckner’s Ninth Boulevard? | 126 | 0 |