Bonus
An opera by this composer was drawn upon for a piece which consists of two sopranos repeatedly meowing at each other. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this composer, whose 1816 opera Otello was used as the inspiration for the “Humorous Duet for Two Cats.” This composer’s other operas include The Barber of Seville.
ANSWER: Gioachino Rossini
[10e] The overture section “March of the Swiss Soldiers” in this Rossini opera has often been associated with galloping horses. This opera’s title character sings “Sois immobile” while trying to shoot an apple off his son’s head.
ANSWER: William Tell [or Guillaume Tell; accept William Tell Overture]
[10h] This instrument is used to symbolize the titular bird in the overture to Rossini’s The Thieving Magpie. This instrument plays an ostinato throughout the “Invasion Theme” of Shostakovich’s “Leningrad” Symphony.
ANSWER: snare drum [prompt on drum]
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| Editions | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 104 | 15.87 | 94% | 56% | 9% |
Conversion
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK (North) | UK | Y | 5 | 14.00 | 80% | 60% | 0% |
| UK (South) | UK | Y | 8 | 13.75 | 75% | 50% | 13% |
| Northern California | US | Y | 4 | 17.50 | 100% | 75% | 0% |
| Eastern Canada (1) | US | Y | 4 | 12.50 | 100% | 25% | 0% |
| Eastern Canada (2) | US | Y | 9 | 14.44 | 100% | 33% | 11% |
| Florida | US | Y | 4 | 12.50 | 100% | 25% | 0% |
| Great Lakes | US | Y | 10 | 17.00 | 100% | 60% | 10% |
| Lower Mid-Atlantic | US | Y | 9 | 22.22 | 100% | 78% | 44% |
| Upper Mid-Atlantic | US | Y | 9 | 16.67 | 89% | 67% | 11% |
| Midwest | US | Y | 10 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
| North | US | Y | 4 | 17.50 | 100% | 75% | 0% |
| Northeast | US | Y | 11 | 14.55 | 91% | 55% | 0% |
| Southeast | US | Y | 12 | 15.83 | 92% | 58% | 8% |
| Upstate NY | US | Y | 5 | 16.00 | 100% | 60% | 0% |