violoncello - 2025 ACF Fall

Packet K: Tossup 11

A G minor concerto for two of these instruments was written by Antonio (10[1])Vivaldi. (10[2]-5[3])Friedrich (10[2]-5[1])Grützmacher (10[2])(“GROOTZ-mock-er”) arranged (-5[2])a B flat major concerto (-5[2])for this instrument (-5[1])to fit the style of a romantic concerto, one of twelve by Luigi Boccherini. (10[3]-5[2])Whilst (10[2])playing (10[1]-5[2])between an E (-5[1])and an F sharp on one of these instruments, one might hear a wolf tone. (10[3]-5[4])This (10[2]-5[1])is the highest (10[3])of the (-5[1])two (-5[2])standard orchestral (10[1]-5[1])instruments (-5[3])to (-5[1])use (-5[3])thumb (-5[1])position. (10[3]-5[3])Pablo (10[1])Casals (10[1]-5[1])popularized (10[2])a set (10[1])of (-5[1])six (10[1])suites (-5[1])for this instrument (-5[2])by (10[1]-5[2])J. S. Bach, (10[5]-5[3])the first (-5[1])of (10[2])which (-5[1])features (10[1]-5[1])a G (10[1]-5[1])major prelude. (10[1])Unlike (10[1])other instruments in its section, (10[1])this instrument is played sitting down (10[1]-5[1])with the aid (10[1])of (10[2])a spike. (10[13])For (10[2])10 points, (10[3])name this (10[1])string (10[1])instrument (10[3])pitched (10[3])between viola and double (10[2]0[1])bass. (10[5])■END■ (10[38]0[3])

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Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Buzzpoint	Value
Harri Slaughter	Cardiff	Cambridge A	12	10
Dmitri Anh-Minh Tran	UC Santa Barbara	UCLA B	13	10
Jackson Crickard	Claremont B	UCLA C	13	10
Tristan Scarlett	Ottawa D	McGill B	13	-5
Lauryn Hendrix	Louisville C	WVU B	13	-5
Surya Dinesh	MIT A	Williams B	13	-5
Andy Liu	British Columbia A	British Columbia C	14	10
Alex Hestermann	Washington Sockeye	British Columbia B	14	10
Yuxuan Lu	Vanderbilt A	Clemson A	14	-5
David Ropp	Duke A	William & Mary C	15	10
Rae Meyers	Arizona State A	Washington Steelhead	15	10
Michael Ai	Williams A	Dartmouth A	16	-5
Stephen Donoghue	Sheffield B	Durham A	16	-5
Yousuf Huq	McMaster A	Waterloo A	21	-5
Micah Lauzon	Dartmouth B	Brandeis Mozart	21	-5
Liam Henderson	McMaster B	Waterloo B	24	-5
Jeremy Kim	Toronto F	Toronto I	38	-5
Caedmon Holland	Lehigh B	Lehigh A	38	10
Eric Yang	Purdue A	Illinois Blue	38	-5
Allen Xu	Georgia Tech A	Chipola College	38	10
David Xilbille	Georgia Tech C	South Carolina A	38	10
Kieran Fake	CWRU D	Louisville B	39	10
Matthew Lam	Ohio State A	Ohio State B	39	10
Shaya Farahmand	Georgia Tech B	Tennessee Tech	40	-5
Rob Morris	Durham D	York	40	10
Siheon Lee	Imperial C	Oxford	40	-5
Nick Machin	UCLA A	Claremont C	43	-5
Tianyi Zheng	UCSD B	Claremont A	58	-5
Deepanshi Matai	Toronto C	Toronto D	58	-5
Anthony Yin	CWRU A	Louisville A	58	-5
Yvonne Pan	Amherst B	Boston College B	58	10
Towery McNeil	Mississippi State A	Vanderbilt C	58	10
Ethan Miniard	Montevallo	Sewanne	58	-5
Pen Hughes	Edinburgh C	Sheffield A	58	10
Jennifer Zhu	McGill C	Ottawa B	59	-5
Joseph Cole	UNC A	Virginia A	59	10
Conner Yamnitz	WashU Grizzlers	Purdue B	59	10
Andrew Harms	Michigan State A	Michigan A	62	10
Nico Pascual	Michigan State B	Michigan C	62	10
Marcus Hoshino	Washington Pink	Texas	62	10
Platon Gorokhov	Toronto E	Toronto G	64	-5
Nico Miller	Brown B	Boston College A	65	-5
Anne Fjeld	Alberta A	Washington Chum	65	-5
Trenton Burgess	Indiana A	Purdue C	67	10
Mata Cooper	Southampton	Cambridge B	67	-5
Anna Liao	Michigan B	CWRU B	68	-5
William Henley	Illinois Champaign	Illinois Orange	68	-5
Emily Justak	Indiana B	Purdue D	68	-5
Rohan Soni	UCLA F	UCLA E	69	-5
Advai Srinivasan	UC Irvine	USC B	70	-5
Sam Zavadil	Michigan State D	Michigan State C	70	-5
Brayden Zhang	Vanderbilt B	Auburn C	70	-5
Jaiden Li	UCSD A	UCLA D	71	-5
Alexandra Knight	Liberty B	Tusculum A	72	-5
Faraz Foroughi	NCSU A	Virginia Tech A	72	10
Will Huang	Wisconsin A	Iowa State	72	10
Ben Mowery	Vermont A	Boston University A	72	10
Sonali Srikanth	Georgia Tech D	Clemson B	72	-5
Nicholas Hall	Cambridge E	Warwick	72	-5
Claire Chambers	Binghamton A	Cornell A	73	10
Erin Williams	JMU A	Liberty A	74	10
Parker Jones	NCSU B	JMU B	74	-5
James Meek	George Mason A	Rutgers A	75	10
Yasmin Campbell	Cambridge B	Southampton	75	10
Austin Tran	Rose-Hulman A	Iowa A	77	10
Anna Bocook	Louisville D	Pittsburgh	78	-5
Max Kurzman	UNC D	UNC B	79	10
Atom Lucenet	Imperial D	Bristol	80	-5
Agatha Dahle	WVU A	Ohio State D	83	-5
Annabelle Koopmans	Washington Atlantic	Boise State	83	-5
Joseph Wang	UCLA E	UCLA F	84	10
Johnathan Li	Penn	George Mason B	84	-5
Isaiah Schmid	Binghamton B	ESF	84	-5
Gerrit Severeid	McGill E	Carleton B	87	10
Victor Xu	Toronto B	Toronto A	87	-5
Nishad Joshi	Kentucky	CWRU C	87	10
Omer Korkmaz	Johns Hopkins	Stony Brook	87	-5
Daniel Abrams	Rutgers B	Princeton	87	-5
Eames Weeks	Brown A	Tufts A	87	10
Nathan Whittington	Tennessee A	Alabama A	87	10
Miguel Carreira	Imperial B	Cambridge D	87	10
Youyou Yu	Imperial A	Birmingham	89	-5
Camden Walker	WashU Grolars	Chicago A	90	10
Eric Zhu	Cornell D	RIT A	90	10
Tosca Zhang	NYU A	Maryland B	91	-5
Rebecca Li	Ottawa A	McGill A	92	-5
Yulia Wolczuk	Durham B	Edinburgh D	92	10
Taiki Takahashi	Dartmouth C	Brandeis Beethoven	94	-5
Advaith Jagannath	Cambridge C	LSE	94	10
Mahathi Veluri	UConn A	Brandeis Bach	96	10
Nathan Sprouse	Virginia Tech B	William & Mary A	97	10
Miranda Chen	Vassar B	George Mason C	102	10
Danny Han	Stanford B	Berkeley Archer Queen	108	10
Anthony Cruz Martinez	Nebraska C	Nebraska B	108	-5
Ruby Xia	Arizona State B	Washington State	111	10
Sam Kung	UNC C	VCU A	112	10
John Shelly	Rowan	NYU C	112	10
Lucas Hall	Waterloo C	Guelph A	114	10
Ben Schindelman	Vassar A	Rutgers D	114	10
Brian Qian	Illinois Canada	Chicago B	114	10
Anthony Xu	Amherst A	Vermont B	114	10
Kyle Hart	MIT B	Harvard	114	10
Isabella DePrimo	Washington Chinook	Washington Masu	114	10
Sam Beshear	Murray State College B	Central Oklahoma A	114	10
Sam Chernoff	Emory A	Auburn A	114	10
John Shelley	Clemson B	Georgia Tech D	114	10
Rufus Gladwell	Durham A	Sheffield B	114	10
Eve Gatley	Bristol	Imperial D	114	10
Hannah Bickom	ESF	Binghamton B	114	10
Eli O'Sick Johnson	Binghamton C	Cornell C	114	10
Nolan Travers	Tulsa A	Murray State College A	115	10
Coy Mier	Auburn B	Georgia Tech E	115	10
Nicolaus Derikx	Carleton A	Ottawa C	117	10
Brendan Bridle	Queen's A	Toronto H	117	10
Minh Nguyen	Cornell B	Rochester	117	10
Thomas Brittain	McMaster C	Brock A	119	10
Thomas Newill	Tufts C	Boston University B	120	10
AnnaMaria Donnelly	UCF A	Florida A	121	10
Ben Spirtas	Maryland C	Maryland A	121	10
Matthew Bray	Auburn C	Vanderbilt B	121	10
Julia Marder	Pittsburgh	Louisville D	122	10
Jackson Hatcher	Nebraska A	Oklahoma	122	10
Isabel Dent	Sewanne	Montevallo	122	10
AnnaLee Simpson	Tusculum A	Liberty B	126	0
Arlene Lopez	Stony Brook	Johns Hopkins	126	10
Moses Dong	Georgia Tech F	Georgia A	126	10
Anjali Rao	Ottawa B	McGill C	127	10
Indiana Gee	Toronto I	Toronto F	127	10
Jack Rabaut	Michigan D	Ohio State C	127	10
Manobhiram Vegendla	Ohio State D	WVU A	127	10
Alex Miller	Edinburgh B	Edinburgh A	127	10
Vivienne Ruemler	USC B	UC Irvine	128	10
Sarah Silverman	Claremont C	UCLA A	128	10
Nikola Wu	UCLA D	UCSD A	128	10
Scarlet Rutter	Claremont A	UCSD B	128	10
Charlie Ruff	McGill A	Ottawa A	128	10
Denali Tran-Le	McGill B	Ottawa D	128	10
Adrian O'Leary	Waterloo A	McMaster A	128	10
Kevin He	Toronto A	Toronto B	128	10
Will Marcotte	Toronto D	Toronto C	128	10
Tobias Smerdon	Toronto G	Toronto E	128	10
Zack Wiffen	Waterloo B	McMaster B	128	10
Snehan Saroch	Louisville A	CWRU A	128	10
Pace Klein	CWRU B	Michigan B	128	10
Maya Hunt	Michigan State C	Michigan State D	128	10
Marcus Hatfield	WVU B	Louisville C	128	10
Levan Tsiskarisvili	JMU B	NCSU B	128	10
Braydon Morefield	George Mason B	Penn	128	10
Rohit Chintala	Maryland B	NYU A	128	10
Mackenzie Tott	Columbia A	NYU B	128	10
Vihaan Jim	Princeton	Rutgers B	128	10
Neal Tandon	Columbia B	Rutgers C	128	0
Sophia Peng	Rutgers C	Columbia B	128	10
Kevin Yang	Illinois Blue	Purdue A	128	10
Anila Moparthi	Illinois Orange	Illinois Champaign	128	10
Samarth Majmudar	Illinois Urbana	William Woods University A	128	10
James Windle	Purdue D	Indiana B	128	10
Beverly Eborn	Boston College A	Brown B	128	0
Alice Zhang	Dartmouth A	Williams A	128	10
Jack Granahan	Brandeis Mozart	Dartmouth B	128	10
Kaitlyn Farrin	Brandeis Beethoven	Dartmouth C	128	10
Salil Jain	Williams B	MIT A	128	10
Tri Lam	Washington Chum	Alberta A	128	10
Helen Neves	Boise State	Washington Atlantic	128	10
Luke Simon	Alberta B	Washington Coho	128	10
Robert Szot	Nebraska B	Nebraska C	128	0
Daniel Slater	Tennessee Tech	Georgia Tech B	128	10
Jason Cottle	Clemson C	Tennessee B	128	10
Ben Lanahan	Clemson A	Vanderbilt A	128	10
James Mogg	Birmingham	Imperial A	128	10
Naayaz Hashim	Oxford	Imperial C	128	10
Sia Kalia	Warwick	Cambridge E	128	10

Summary

Tournament	Edition	Match	Heard	Conv. %	Neg %	Avg. Buzz
Northern California	Main	✓	1	100%	0%	108.00
Southern California	Main	✓	7	100%	71%	88.86
Eastern Canada (1)	Main	✓	5	100%	60%	117.40
Eastern Canada (2)	Main	✓	9	100%	67%	124.11
Florida	Main	✓	1	100%	0%	121.00
Great Lakes	Main	✓	12	100%	50%	98.08
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	✓	9	89%	22%	79.50
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	✓	12	100%	33%	110.67
Midwest	Main	✓	9	100%	33%	102.11
North	Main	✓	1	100%	0%	72.00
Northeast	Main	✓	12	92%	42%	106.64
Pacific	Main	✓	9	100%	22%	79.33
South Central	Main	✓	4	75%	25%	117.00
Southeast	Main	✓	13	100%	38%	101.31
Upstate NY	Main	✓	5	100%	20%	101.60
UK (North)	UK	✓	5	100%	20%	86.20
UK (South)	UK	✓	8	100%	63%	95.75