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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

HeardPPBE %M %H %
2315.6596%61%0%

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TeamOpponentPart 1Part 2Part 3TotalParts
ColdwaterNew Buffalo B001010E
DeWitt AGrand Ledge0101020ME
DeWitt BChelsea001010E
Detroit Catholic Central AWilliamston0101020ME
Hillsdale Academy ATraverse City Central A0101020ME
Hillsdale Academy BHolt0000
Hillsdale Academy DTroy A001010E
New Boston HuronTraverse City Central B001010E
Okemos ADetroit Catholic Central B0101020ME
Okemos BDetroit Country Day A0101020ME
Troy BU of D Jesuit001010E
Utica AcademyDetroit Catholic Central C0101020ME
White Cloud ARockford A001010E
White Cloud BTaylor001010E

Summary

TournamentEditionMatchHeardPPBE %M %H %
Rube Goldberg XIX11/20/2025✓1413.5793%43%0%
SHOW-ME Four Nationwide HS11/20/2025✓520.00100%100%0%
SPOOKY IX11/20/2025✓417.50100%75%0%