Packet 6: Tossup 16

In a film from this country, a boy is forced (-5[1])to watch as soldiers set fire to a barn with people inside. (15[1]-5[1])A room (15[1])filled with (15[1]-5[1])sand dunes appears in a 1979 (15[1])film from this country set in a mysterious “Zone.” A composer (15[1])from this country (15[1]-5[1])scored a nationalist film that includes the Battle on the Ice. (15[1])A (15[1])film (15[1])from (15[1])this country combines images (15[2])of a woman’s face with broken glasses, a baby (*) carriage, and rebellious soldiers marching down the Odessa Steps. (10[1])The films Come and See and Stalker were created in this (10[1])country, (10[1])whose montage-heavy films include Battleship Potemkin. For 10 points, (10[1])name this home country of the directors Sergei Eisenstein (10[2])and (10[1])Andrei Tarkovsky. (10[1])■END■ (10[5]0[2])

ANSWER: Soviet Union [or the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; accept USSR or CCCP; accept Russia or Belarus or Ukraine] (Battle on the Ice is from Alexander Nevsky and is by Prokofiev.)
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzzpointValue
Mkd VinodhFremd Larpers(not so) Evil Empire9-5
Ahmad AbdelhakDetroit Country Day BTraverse City Central B2115
Landry HancockHillsdale Academy AGrand Ledge21-5
John WattsPortland HighFranklin Road Academy2315
Achindra ChouhanOkemos BDetroit Catholic Central C2515
Virinchi TataQuaker Oatsson toliver25-5
Joey SmithTroy BDetroit Catholic Central B3115
George PlymaleU of D JesuitWilliamston4215
Jack JordanChelseaDetroit Catholic Central A4515
Arthur Lijewski-LeeTraverse City Central ADetroit Country Day A45-5
Benjamin EdmundsUtica AcademyTroy A5615
Pranav SivakumarPOAwashed and braindead!!!5715
Pranav Bhaaradwaajccny potato saladBombardino Rizzbaino and the Tung Tung Tung Trio5815
Suchet KuturuCopilot, give me a witty team name for an online quizbowl tournamentASCA (Ava, Sean, Chris, and Aiden)5915
Connor HaskelOkemos AHolt6315
Naman Mishrason toliverQuaker Oats6315
Liam MooneyUSN BAthens Bible School8110
Rohan Jain(not so) Evil EmpireFremd Larpers9210
Jasmine HorwitzUSN AUSN C9310
Carson TidwellMerrol Hyde AMerrol Hyde B10210
Sam KemppainenDeWitt BRockford B11110
Evan YaneyGrand LedgeHillsdale Academy A11110
Matthew AustinDeWitt AHillsdale Academy C11210
Brady BowersRockford AHillsdale Academy B11410
Reuben FronczakColdwaterWhite Cloud A1150
Mason D'LamaterWhite Cloud AColdwater1150
Iain GaeblerHillsdale Academy DTaylor11510
Michael MasciovecchioNew Boston HuronNew Buffalo A11510
James ElliottWhite Cloud BNew Buffalo B11510
Nick GiskaDetroit Country Day ATraverse City Central A11510
Charlotte MikosHarpeth HallOwensboro11510

Summary

TournamentEditionMatchHeardConv. %Power %Neg %Avg. Buzz
Rube Goldberg XIX11/20/20251694%44%13%79.40
SHOW-ME Four Nationwide HS11/20/20255100%80%40%65.80
SPOOKY IX11/20/20255100%20%0%82.80