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A virtuosic A minor sonata for this group of instruments was written for Queen Elisabeth of Belgium. Students often perform from a set of 44 works for this group of instruments by Bartók. A concerto opens with this group of instruments in fugue playing a theme beginning with [read slowly] the sixteenth-note run “D E F G A, up to eighth-note D.” Piano accompanies this group of instruments in a Sarasate (“sa-ra-SAH-tay”) piece inspired by his birthplace (10[1])of Navarre. Six B2TSM music videos were released in 2024 as (10[1])a send-off for an Australian (-5[2])YouTube channel whose name references this group (10[1]-5[1])of instruments. Bach’s D minor concerto for this pair of instruments was performed in 1905 by Fritz Kreisler and Eugène Ysaÿe (“oo-ZHEN ee-ZYE”). For 10 points, what pair of instruments are joined by viola and cello in a (10[1])string (10[1])quartet? ■END■

ANSWER: two violins [accept violin duo or violin AND violin or equivalents; accept TwoSet Violin; prompt on violins by asking “how many?”; reject “violin”] (The first clue is about Ysaÿe’s Sonata for Two Violins.)
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Ruchir KodihalliCase Western BMichigan State7510
Dennis YangMichigan CKenyon8610
Kevin ZhengMichigan BMichigan A91-5
Jayden KuCarnegie Mellon BOhio State A91-5
Tony BoyleCarnegie Mellon AOhio State B9810
Daniel HuangMichigan DCase Western A98-5
Roxanne TangOhio State ACarnegie Mellon B13410
Todd MaslykMichigan AMichigan B13510

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