A progression that uses diminished sevenths and these chords to execute a chain of modulations is called the “Devil’s Mill” or the “Omnibus.” The theory that these chords are “double-diminished” implies that their typical highest note is the root, and their typical bass note is the double-flat third. The half-diminished Tristan chord is often analyzed as one of these chords with a G-sharp appoggiatura. So-called “Mozart fifths” that arise when resolving a (*) type of these chords can be avoided by inserting a cadential six-four chord before the dominant. The characteristic interval of these chords resolves chromatically outward to an octave. In C major, one of these chords contains an A-flat, C, F-sharp, and either E-flat, D, or no fifth. For 10 points, what chords come in German, French, and Italian varieties? ■END■
| 2025 Chicago Open | 2025-08-09 | Y | 12 | 67% | 17% | 42% | 104.50 |
| Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Lawrence | Will They Ever Finish Bruckner’s Ninth Boulevard? | Floridovician | 22 | 15 |
| Iain Carpenter | Thamos, King of Egypt: The Sahara of the Mozart | Broken Socal Scene | 54 | -5 |
| Natan Holtzman | The RAND Coöperation | One Microscopic Pog in His Chat-astrophic Plan | 58 | 15 |
| Alvin Guo | Please sir, may I have some morb? | Big is moving to Evanston! | 63 | -5 |
| Coby Tran | No, explaining that your buzz came from watching an isekai is not "Proustian" | Enjoying the Hole Experience | 64 | -5 |
| Ophir Lifshitz | I worship the Pyramid (abandoned Soviet coal mining settlement on the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard) | Woke Michael Du be like "I'm a genders player" | 110 | 10 |
| Jeremy Cummings | It's not X, but... defenders | Li Bai Chocolate Mushussu Pacha Latte | 126 | 10 |
| Conor Thompson | "real numbers are uncountable" factoid actually just statistical error. diagonal georg | Do re mi fa serving negs | 127 | 10 |
| Vivek Sasse | "Real quiz bowl" only consists of the ACF academic pyramidal scene and the late 2010s NAQT scene. | The Met on Laserdisc. Bravo! | 128 | -5 |
| Adam Fine | Halifax Shipping Services | Mumbo Jumbo Will Labubu | 129 | -5 |
| Auroni Gupta | BHSU X | BHSU B | 131 | 10 |
| Jason Cheng | Broken Socal Scene | Thamos, King of Egypt: The Sahara of the Mozart | 131 | 0 |
| James Orefice | Enjoying the Hole Experience | No, explaining that your buzz came from watching an isekai is not "Proustian" | 131 | 0 |
| William Golden | Mumbo Jumbo Will Labubu | Halifax Shipping Services | 131 | 10 |
| Guy Indorante | Big is moving to Evanston! | Please sir, may I have some morb? | 131 | 0 |
| Jerry Vinokurov | The Met on Laserdisc. Bravo! | "Real quiz bowl" only consists of the ACF academic pyramidal scene and the late 2010s NAQT scene. | 131 | 0 |
| JinAh Kim | The True Dharma Eye of the Juan Soto School | 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 2k5, RNBQKBNR b Q - 99 66 | 131 | 10 |
| Eric Bobrow | 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 2k5, RNBQKBNR b Q - 99 66 | The True Dharma Eye of the Juan Soto School | 131 | 0 |