This composer divided a string orchestra into two sections, one tuned a quarter note below the other, in Music for Flute, Strings, and Percussion. The soloist in a piece by this composer progressively detunes their C string before playing behind the bridge. In the ninth movement of a symphony by this composer, the conductor performs a “solo” by executing a diagrammed series of hand gestures while the orchestra remains silent; that symphony’s odd-numbered movements become progressively shorter following the (*) Fibonacci sequence. For Mstislav Rostropovich, this composer of Stimmen…Verstummen.. wrote a piece for cello, choir, percussion, and string orchestra that sets a hymn by Saint Francis. For 10 points, a violin concerto titled Offertorium and Canticle of the Sun are by what Russian woman who died in March 2025? ■END■
| 2025 Chicago Open | 2025-08-09 | Y | 11 | 100% | 0% | 18% | 105.18 |
| Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Justin Wytmar | Thamos, King of Egypt: The Sahara of the Mozart | It's not X, but... defenders | 37 | -5 |
| Jeremy Cummings | It's not X, but... defenders | Thamos, King of Egypt: The Sahara of the Mozart | 79 | 10 |
| Eric Bobrow | 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 2k5, RNBQKBNR b Q - 99 66 | Broken Socal Scene | 81 | -5 |
| Sky Li | Woke Michael Du be like "I'm a genders player" | Big is moving to Evanston! | 87 | 10 |
| Sinecio Morales | Enjoying the Hole Experience | Li Bai Chocolate Mushussu Pacha Latte | 93 | 10 |
| John Lawrence | Will They Ever Finish Bruckner’s Ninth Boulevard? | Halifax Shipping Services | 104 | 10 |
| Joel Miles | "real numbers are uncountable" factoid actually just statistical error. diagonal georg | Floridovician | 104 | 10 |
| Rahul Keyal | The RAND Coöperation | Mumbo Jumbo Will Labubu | 107 | 10 |
| Anderson Wang | One Microscopic Pog in His Chat-astrophic Plan | No, explaining that your buzz came from watching an isekai is not "Proustian" | 109 | 10 |
| Jordan Brownstein | I worship the Pyramid (abandoned Soviet coal mining settlement on the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard) | "Real quiz bowl" only consists of the ACF academic pyramidal scene and the late 2010s NAQT scene. | 112 | 10 |
| Auroni Gupta | BHSU X | Please sir, may I have some morb? | 114 | 10 |
| Emmett Laurie | The True Dharma Eye of the Juan Soto School | The Met on Laserdisc. Bravo! | 120 | 10 |
| Aseem Keyal | Broken Socal Scene | 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 2k5, RNBQKBNR b Q - 99 66 | 128 | 10 |