Packet 8: Bonus 17
Frédéric Chopin’s Étude Opus 25, No. 2 is often nicknamed for evoking one of these animals. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name these animals, one of which is depicted in an orchestral interlude after Prince Gvidon is transformed into one.
ANSWER: bees [accept bumblebees or “The Flight of the Bumblebee”; accept “The Bees”]
[10m] “The Flight of the Bumblebee” is by this Russian composer and member of “The Five,” who also composed Scheherazade.
ANSWER: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov [or Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov]
[10e] “The Flight of the Bumblebee” is referred to as an example of perpetuum mobile, as the pianist continually plays up and down the chromatic one of these constructs. These ordered sequences of notes include octatonic, major, and minor examples.
ANSWER: scales [accept octatonic scales or major scales or minor scales or chromatic scales]
<Auditory Fine Arts — Sinecio Morales> | SHOW-ME Four Packet 8
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 | 15.65 | 96% | 61% | 0% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (not so) Evil Empire | Copilot, give me a witty team name for an online quizbowl tournament | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | ME |
| Bombardino Rizzbaino and the Tung Tung Tung Trio | POA | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | ME |
| Coldwater | New Buffalo B | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| DeWitt A | Grand Ledge | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | ME |
| DeWitt B | Chelsea | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| Detroit Catholic Central A | Williamston | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | ME |
| Hillsdale Academy A | Traverse City Central A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | ME |
| Hillsdale Academy B | Holt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hillsdale Academy D | Troy A | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| Merrol Hyde A | USN A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | ME |
| Merrol Hyde B | Franklin Road Academy | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| New Boston Huron | Traverse City Central B | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| Okemos A | Detroit Catholic Central B | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | ME |
| Okemos B | Detroit Country Day A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | ME |
| Owensboro | Portland High | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | ME |
| Quaker Oats | Fremd Larpers | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | ME |
| Troy B | U of D Jesuit | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| USN B | USN C | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | ME |
| Utica Academy | Detroit Catholic Central C | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | ME |
| White Cloud A | Rockford A | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| White Cloud B | Taylor | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| ccny potato salad | ASCA (Ava, Sean, Chris, and Aiden) | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | ME |
| son toliver | washed and braindead!!! | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | ME |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rube Goldberg XIX | 11/20/2025 | ✓ | 14 | 13.57 | 93% | 43% | 0% |
| SHOW-ME Four Nationwide HS | 11/20/2025 | ✓ | 5 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| SPOOKY IX | 11/20/2025 | ✓ | 4 | 17.50 | 100% | 75% | 0% |