1812 Overture - 2025 ACF Fall

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A parody of this piece by Malcolm Arnold includes parts for three vacuum cleaners and a floor polisher. In this piece, (10[1])an E flat minor rendition of the folk song “U Vorot, Vorot” (10[1])is played by the flute and cor anglais (“on-GLAY”). Although sometimes occasionally scored for choir, this piece’s opening features a rendition of the hymn Troparion (10[1])of the Holy Cross played by four cellos (-5[1])and two violas. (10[1]-5[1])This piece’s climax includes a fortissimo melody of the tune from “La Marseillaise,” (10[4]-5[1])above (10[2])the (10[1])first (10[1])of (10[1])sixteen (10[2])shots from a (10[1])cannon. (10[7])For 10 points, (10[3])name (10[1])this “Solemn Overture” (10[1]-5[1])by (10[1])Tchaikovsky (10[4])depicting (10[1])the French invasion (10[3])in the namesake year. ■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: 1812 Overture [or The Year 1812, Solemn Overture, Op. 49]

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Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Position	Value
Nicholas Decker	George Mason A	NYU A	20	10
Darren Kellis	Vanderbilt A	Chipola College	32	10
Michael Ai	Williams A	Brown A	56	10
Rae Meyers	Arizona State A	Alberta A	64	-5
Conner Yamnitz	WashU Grizzlers	Purdue A	67	-5
Alan Fan	Washington Steelhead	Washington Pink	67	10
Nicholas Ryan	Lehigh B	Columbia A	80	10
Jackson Price	Dartmouth B	Boston College A	80	10
James Haddix	Washington State	British Columbia A	80	10
Yoyo Liu	British Columbia C	British Columbia B	80	-5
Rick Line	Cardiff	Cambridge B	80	10
Rishi Swaminathan	NYU B	Rutgers B	81	10
Christopher Bradley	Southern Connecticut State University A	Tufts C	81	10
Luke Simon	Alberta B	Washington Atlantic	82	10
Gannon Smith	Maryland A	Maryland B	83	10
Eric Morshed	Johns Hopkins	Vassar A	84	10
Elliott Gomes	Dartmouth A	Amherst A	85	10
Will Hoover	RIT A	Cornell D	85	10
Seth Allen	McMaster A	Toronto B	88	10
Ben Spirtas	Maryland C	Rutgers A	89	10
Ethan Erickson	Boston College B	Boston University B	89	10
Kaushik Jayaprabha	Dartmouth C	Harvard	89	10
John Halsun	UConn A	Vermont A	89	10
Jack Meyers	Brown B	Williams B	89	10
Tri Lam	Washington Chum	Texas	89	10
Elliot Earley	Sheffield B	Edinburgh A	89	10
Braydon Morefield	George Mason B	Rutgers D	92	10
John Shelly	Rowan	George Mason C	92	10
Julian Moody	Tufts A	Vermont B	92	10
Eric Yang	Purdue A	WashU Grizzlers	93	10
Dylan Tanouye	Tufts B	Brandeis Bach	96	-5
Eleanor Arron	Williams C	MIT B	96	10
David Zaslavsky	Brandeis Bach	Tufts B	97	10
Johnathan Li	Penn	Stony Brook	98	10
Johnathan Ahdout	Princeton	Lehigh A	98	10
Mohamed Algraiw	MIT A	Brandeis Mozart	98	10
Skand Parvatikar	Arizona State B	Washington Sockeye	98	10
Nico Lotto	Vassar B	Rutgers C	99	10
Renita Tang	NYU C	Columbia B	102	10
Joyann Hua	British Columbia B	British Columbia C	102	10
Alice Ton Nu	Washington Coho	Washington Masu	102	10
Anne Fjeld	Alberta A	Arizona State A	107	10
Isabella DePrimo	Washington Chinook	Boise State	107	10

Summary

Tournament	Edition	TUH	Conv. %	Neg %	Average Buzz
UK (North)	UK	1	100%	0%	89.00
UK (South)	UK	1	100%	0%	80.00
Eastern Canada (2)	US	1	100%	0%	88.00
Upper Mid-Atlantic	US	12	100%	0%	84.83
Midwest	US	1	100%	100%	93.00
Northeast	US	12	100%	8%	86.75
Pacific	US	9	100%	22%	92.67
Southeast	US	1	100%	0%	32.00
Upstate NY	US	1	100%	0%	85.00