Packet 1: Bonus 8
This composer studied orchestration under the guidance of his fellow countryman Alberto Ginastera (“jeen-ah-STAIR-ah”), during which he wrote compositions such as Suite for Strings and Harps. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this Argentine composer who included a mournful solo for the bandoneón (“ban-don-ay-ON”) in his composition Oblivion.
ANSWER: Astor Piazzolla [or Astor Pantaleón Piazzolla]
[10e] Name this crop that the United Fruit Company harvested in namesake “republics” across Latin America.
ANSWER: bananas [accept banana republic; accept “Sam the Banana Man”]
[10m] Oblivion was written in the “new” style of this Argentinian dance. Arguably, Piazzolla’s most famous composition is a piece that is a portmanteau of the word “liberty” and this dance.
ANSWER: tango [accept nuevo tango; accept Libertango]
[10h] This democratically-elected president’s Decree 900 agrarian reforms gave unused UFC land to peasants, causing the company to lobby the US government to overthrow this Guatemalan leader in Operation PBSuccess (“P-B-success”).
ANSWER: Jacobo Árbenz (“HAH-koh-boh ARR-bens”) [or Juan Jacobo Árbenz Guzmán]
[10e] In 1953, Piazzolla moved to study with Nadia Boulanger in this city as part of the Fontainebleau conservatory, who encouraged Piazzolla to pursue writing tango music. Maurice Ravel also lived in this capital city.
ANSWER: Paris
[10m] In 1928, banana workers striking for rights at a UFC plantation in this country were killed by the government of Miguel Abadía Méndez. In 1997, Chiquita laborers were held hostage by FARC, a rebel group in this country that signed a 2016 peace deal.
ANSWER: Colombia [or Republic of Colombia]
<Chicago B, Classical Music> | Packet A
| Editions | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 109 | 17.43 | 77% | 84% | 14% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Mason A | Rowan | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| George Mason C | George Mason B | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Johns Hopkins | Columbia B | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | M |
| Lehigh A | Rutgers D | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | M |
| Lehigh B | Vassar A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Maryland A | NYU B | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | M |
| Maryland B | Penn | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Maryland C | Columbia A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| NYU A | Rutgers C | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Princeton | Stony Brook | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Rutgers A | NYU C | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | HE |
| Rutgers B | Vassar B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK (North) | UK | Y | 5 | 18.00 | 60% | 100% | 20% |
| UK (South) | UK | Y | 8 | 20.00 | 88% | 88% | 25% |
| Northern California | US | Y | 4 | 15.00 | 75% | 75% | 0% |
| Southern California | US | Y | 7 | 20.00 | 100% | 86% | 14% |
| Eastern Canada (1) | US | Y | 4 | 22.50 | 100% | 100% | 25% |
| Florida | US | Y | 4 | 10.00 | 50% | 50% | 0% |
| Great Lakes | US | Y | 10 | 21.00 | 90% | 100% | 20% |
| Lower Mid-Atlantic | US | Y | 9 | 21.11 | 89% | 100% | 22% |
| Upper Mid-Atlantic | US | Y | 11 | 16.36 | 73% | 82% | 9% |
| Upper Mid-Atlantic | US | Y | 1 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| Midwest | US | Y | 9 | 15.56 | 89% | 67% | 0% |
| North | US | Y | 4 | 15.00 | 75% | 75% | 0% |
| Northeast | US | Y | 2 | 25.00 | 100% | 100% | 50% |
| Pacific | US | Y | 8 | 21.25 | 75% | 100% | 38% |
| South Central | US | Y | 6 | 5.00 | 0% | 50% | 0% |
| Southeast | US | Y | 12 | 15.83 | 67% | 83% | 8% |
| Upstate NY | US | Y | 5 | 18.00 | 100% | 80% | 0% |