The Rite of Spring - 2025 ACF Fall

Tossup

Tranquillo (“tran-KWEE-loh”) E-flat and bass clarinets accompany trilling flutes to open a section of this piece that depicts a round dance. (10[1])In the final (10[1])note of this piece, (10[1]-5[1])double basses (10[1])play a chord whose notes spell out the word DEAD. (10[5]-5[3])Eleven (10[2])timpani (10[1]-5[1])strikes (10[1])lead into a section of this (-5[1])piece depicting (-5[1])a “Glorification of the Chosen One.” (10[4])An unusually (10[2]-5[1])high bassoon (10[1])solo (10[3]-5[1])begins (10[2])this (10[2])piece’s (10[5])first (-5[1])part, (10[7]-5[1])“Adoration of the Earth,” (10[7]-5[2])which prompted (10[3])Camille (10[4])Saint-Saëns (10[2])(“san-SON”) to remark (10[3])“if that’s (10[1]-5[1])a bassoon, (-5[1])I’m a (10[1])baboon!” (10[2])A girl (10[1])dances (10[1])herself (10[1])to death (10[1])in (10[1])this ballet’s (10[2])final (10[4])“Sacrificial (10[3]-5[2])Dance.” (10[1]-5[1])For 10 points, (10[2]-5[1])Igor Stravinsky (10[2]-5[2])wrote music (10[1])for what ballet (10[2]-5[1])about pagan Russia, (10[2]0[1]-5[1])which (10[1])caused a riot (10[2]-5[1])at its 1913 (-5[1])premiere? (10[2])■END■ (10[9]0[9])

ANSWER: The Rite of Spring [or Le sacre du printemps; or Vesna svyashchennaya]

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Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Position	Value
Rob Morris	Durham D	Durham C	19	10
David Ropp	Duke A	UNC B	22	10
Snehan Saroch	Louisville A	Ohio State C	26	10
Rae Meyers	Arizona State A	Boise State	26	-5
Advaith Jagannath	Cambridge C	Imperial D	28	10
Scarlet Rutter	Claremont A	UCSD A	38	10
Andrew Nucci	UCLA B	UCLA E	38	-5
Tianyi Zheng	UCSD B	UC Santa Barbara	38	-5
Sarah Dong	Michigan A	Michigan C	38	10
Daniel Abrams	Rutgers B	Rutgers A	38	-5
Sparrow Brotman	NYU B	Stony Brook	38	10
Saswat Sasha Tripathi	Chicago A	Purdue C	38	10
Devin Tharp	Chipola College	Montevallo	38	10
Jesse Mindel	NCSU A	Virginia A	39	10
Shaya Farahmand	Georgia Tech B	Clemson A	39	10
Andrew Stappenbeck	CWRU C	Michigan State C	40	-5
Matthew Lam	Ohio State A	Ohio State D	40	10
Conner Yamnitz	WashU Grizzlers	Purdue A	41	10
Abhay Ariyapappillil	Ottawa B	McGill A	47	-5
Advai Srinivasan	UC Irvine	UCLA C	49	-5
Brian Hobmann	UCLA F	UCLA D	55	10
Sean Gao	Toronto E	Toronto C	55	10
Xavier Bornhorst	Maryland A	George Mason B	55	10
Owen Linder	Binghamton A	Cornell C	55	10
Anton Akroush	Michigan State A	Michigan D	57	-5
Ian Saylor	Wisconsin A	Macalester	57	10
Christopher Bradley	Southern Connecticut State University A	Boston College B	57	10
Sarah Silverman	Claremont C	Claremont B	59	10
Hansen Jin	Berkeley Skeleton King	Berkeley Archer Queen	60	10
Zachary Bornstein	Virginia Tech A	William & Mary A	60	-5
Nicholas Decker	George Mason A	Maryland C	60	10
Alan Fan	Washington Steelhead	British Columbia A	60	10
Elliot Earley	Sheffield B	Durham B	61	10
Yasmin Campbell	Cambridge B	LSE	61	10
Allen Xu	Georgia Tech A	Georgia Tech D	62	10
Eric Zhu	Cornell D	ESF	62	10
Danny Han	Stanford B	Berkeley Boss Bandit	63	10
Denali Tran-Le	McGill B	Ottawa A	63	10
Beckett Pursey	Purdue B	Rose-Hulman A	63	10
Darren Kellis	Vanderbilt A	Mississippi State A	63	10
Harry Fines	York	Durham A	63	10
Nathan Sprouse	Virginia Tech B	UNC A	64	-5
Indiana Gee	Toronto I	Queen's A	65	10
Nina Chen	Waterloo B	Toronto A	65	-5
Joseph Strom	Louisville B	Michigan State D	65	10
Alex Wong	Rutgers D	Johns Hopkins	65	10
David Black	Illinois Champaign	Illinois Canada	65	10
Pen Hughes	Edinburgh C	Edinburgh A	65	10
Miguel Carreira	Imperial B	Birmingham	65	10
Sammy Carstens	Rochester	RIT B	65	10
Hermione Lu	Berkeley Little Prince	Stanford A	69	10
Carter Yott	McMaster A	Toronto F	69	10
Kieran Fake	CWRU D	WVU B	69	10
Anthony Yin	CWRU A	Louisville D	69	-5
Alex Mayernick	Lehigh A	Rowan	69	10
Trenton Burgess	Indiana A	Illinois Blue	69	10
Meredith Onions	Iowa B	WashU Grolars	69	-5
Yoyo Liu	British Columbia C	Alberta B	69	10
Oliver Morten	Cardiff	Cambridge D	69	10
Joshua Lam	Ohio State B	CWRU B	71	10
Thomas Jenkins	Michigan B	WVU A	71	10
Mackenzie Tott	Columbia A	Columbia B	71	10
Nico Pascual	Michigan State B	Kentucky	72	10
Connor King	St. Thomas	Wisconsin B	72	10
Tri Lam	Washington Chum	Washington Pink	72	10
Daniel Chen	Emory A	Tennessee Tech	72	10
Fern Fang	VCU A	UNC C	73	10
Aymara Johnson	Washington Sockeye	Washington Masu	73	10
Miles Phillips	Florida Tech B	Florida State A	75	10
Samarth Majmudar	Illinois Urbana	Illinois Orange	75	10
Bryce Younger	Boise State	Arizona State A	75	10
Pallas Allen	South Florida A	Florida A	77	-5
Vivian Lu	Wisconsin C	Minnesota	77	10
Malcolm Meyn	McGill C	Ottawa D	79	-5
James Windle	Purdue D	William Woods University A	81	10
Adrian O'Leary	Waterloo A	Toronto G	82	10
Zaid Asif	NYU A	George Mason C	82	10
Jack Rabaut	Michigan D	Michigan State A	84	10
Peyton Legg	UCF A	Florida B	85	10
Huy Lai	UCSC	Berkeley Mighty Miner	86	10
Will Hughes	Auburn A	Georgia A	88	10
Vedh Ramesh	Penn	Vassar A	89	10
Neela Perceval-Maxwell	McGill E	Carleton A	91	10
Samarth Prajapati	Georgia Tech E	Tennessee B	91	10
Hudson Kee	William & Mary B	UNC D	92	10
Antonio LaNave	Virginia Tech C	Liberty C	92	10
Eric Lipsutz	Chicago B	Indiana B	92	10
Jackson McDonald	Alabama A	Clemson C	92	10
Michael Xu	McMaster B	Toronto B	93	-5
Meredie Cohen	William & Mary A	Virginia Tech A	93	10
Joyann Hua	British Columbia B	Arizona State B	93	10
Olivia Ding	Texas	Washington Coho	93	-5
Minh Nguyen	Cornell B	Cornell A	93	10
Bethany Howard	Imperial A	Bristol	94	-5
Will Hoover	RIT A	Binghamton C	94	10
Thomas Brittain	McMaster C	Toronto H	97	10
Merrick Hill	Iowa State	Michigan Tech	97	10
Nina Bindra	Southampton	Oxford	97	-5
Monica Wang	Guelph A	Toronto D	99	10
Erin Williams	JMU A	Tusculum A	99	-5
Sophia Peng	Rutgers C	Princeton	99	10
Alex Irvine	Sheffield A	Edinburgh D	99	-5
Anne Fjeld	Alberta A	Washington Chinook	101	10
Chris Chang	USC A	USC B	104	10
Ben Kantsiper	JMU B	William & Mary C	104	10
Ezra Siegartel	Vassar B	Lehigh B	104	-5
Joseph Wang	UCLA E	UCLA B	107	10
Cheyenne Hewitt	Tusculum A	JMU A	107	0
Fionn O’Connor	South Carolina A	Auburn C	107	10
William Edwards	Tennessee A	Vanderbilt B	107	-5
Elena Thai	Waterloo C	Brock A	108	10
Nathan Zhao	Maryland B	NYU C	111	-5
John Shelley	Clemson B	Georgia Tech F	111	10
Lauren Stamp	Cambridge A	Cambridge E	111	10
Siheon Lee	Imperial C	Warwick	114	-5
John Rootham	Ottawa D	McGill C	115	10
Fia Gale	Edinburgh D	Sheffield A	115	10
Aarav Kakad	UCLA C	UC Irvine	116	10
Winston Zuo	UC Santa Barbara	UCSD B	116	10
Charlie Ruff	McGill A	Ottawa B	116	10
Sophia Schlag	Ottawa C	Carleton B	116	10
Chris Wang	Toronto B	McMaster B	116	0
Kevin He	Toronto A	Waterloo B	116	10
Jacob Ergueta	Florida A	South Florida A	116	0
Anna Bocook	Louisville D	CWRU A	116	10
Tobias Zajac	Michigan State C	CWRU C	116	0
Nick Smemoe	UNC A	Virginia Tech B	116	10
Jason Lee	Rutgers A	Rutgers B	116	0
Renita Tang	NYU C	Maryland B	116	0
Nicholas Ryan	Lehigh B	Vassar B	116	10
Camden Walker	WashU Grolars	Iowa B	116	10
TJ Pickering	Auburn B	Sewanne	116	0
Josh Morris	Bristol	Imperial A	116	0
Nayaaz Hashim	Oxford	Southampton	116	0
Jolie Yeh	Warwick	Imperial C	116	0

Summary

Tournament	Edition	TUH	Conv. %	Neg %	Average Buzz
UK (North)	UK	5	100%	20%	64.60
UK (South)	UK	8	63%	38%	66.80
Northern California	US	4	100%	0%	69.50
Southern California	US	7	100%	43%	85.00
Eastern Canada (1)	US	5	100%	40%	100.20
Eastern Canada (2)	US	9	89%	22%	86.38
Florida	US	3	67%	33%	80.00
Great Lakes	US	11	91%	27%	65.20
Lower Mid-Atlantic	US	9	89%	33%	78.88
Upper Mid-Atlantic	US	1	100%	0%	71.00
Upper Mid-Atlantic	US	9	89%	22%	75.50
Upper Mid-Atlantic	US	2	50%	50%	69.00
Midwest	US	9	100%	11%	71.11
North	US	4	100%	0%	75.75
Northeast	US	1	100%	0%	57.00
Pacific	US	8	88%	25%	77.57
Southeast	US	12	83%	8%	76.30
Upstate NY	US	5	100%	0%	73.80