Packet 4: Tossup 5

Muezzin chanting was unwittingly sampled for a piece in this genre depicting a Fire Temple. Early works in this genre (15[1])used fast, complex phrases due to being limited to three melodic lines. (15[1])A (15[1])piece in this genre features two rapid notes before the descending (15[1])motif (15[1]-5[1])[read slowly] “D, A, Ab, G, long F, D, F, G.” In 2005, Christopher Tin won a Grammy for “Baba Yetu”, (-5[1])a piece in this genre (15[1])of composers like (15[1])(*) Lena Raine (10[1])and Koji (10[1])Kondo. (10[8])Technology used (10[1])in this (10[1])genre (10[1])originated chiptune music, (10[1])which in turn (10[1])inspired a Toby (-5[1])Fox piece (10[1])in it called “MEGALOVANIA.” (10[3])For 10 (10[1])points, what (10[1])genre is (-5[1])“Sweden”, written by (10[1])C418 for Minecraft? ■END■ (10[7]0[4])

ANSWER: video game soundtracks [or video game music; or video game OSTs; prompt on soundtrack with “for what?”, prompt on chiptune until read, prompt on 8-bit music with “written for what?”]
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzzpointValue
Andrew NucciDon't Ever Take Sides Against the FamilyPrat Pack1915
Harvey WagstaffBirmingham BOxford3115
Sam EddonCambridgeSouthampton3215
James LiChapel Hill BCary Academy4315
Alex KulikMansfield BLexington B44-5
Daniel SheffieldBelmont BWellesley4415
Skand ParvatikarLeif Eriksen's Striking AppearanceBig Brown Ballers63-5
Marcus Levy AbreuEast Chapel HillTantaene Animis Caelestibus Irae6815
Pranavkrishna BharanidharanBella VistaAbbey Park7115
Mata CooperSouthperialBath7310
Rishi NathMidnight Bus to VistaWith Less Than 2 Years of Combined Quizbowl Experience7510
Pen HughesEdinburghChimera7610
Frank LovellSheffield ASheffield B7610
Zhangir SatzhanovBirmingham AWarperial7610
Samuel Morgan.BurnsvilleEden Prairie7610
Gus SullivanMinnetonka BMinnetonka A7610
Ian WilsonInnovation AExhibition7610
Willow BhargavaWaltham ALexington A7610
Taha FarooqRenertCheese Sandwich7610
Ray ClaretNorthview ANorthview B7810
Julia BeamanMartingroveGlebe8010
Amory Kaufman-YoungProvidenceMinnetonka C8110
Sonny BrocamontesHooverInnovation B8410
Toby HewgillManchester BManchester A8710
Rae MeyersTaman's Nepo BabiesAlways Set the Kurve90-5
Robert WisdomChapel Hill AGrimsley9210
Suchet KuturuGeorgia ATexas A9610
Dutch ConnertyMidtownChattahoochee B9610
Shreyas KandelaMansfield AWaltham B9610
Gavin HarperNorthernBurlington Trojans9810
Balaskanda SivanandamLambert ALambert B10010
Ryan LiuNorth CarolinaNew York102-5
Andrew LaoChattahoochee AJohns Creek10510
Kamran Nawaz (St. Mark's)Texas BCalifornia10910
Hanna WuKentuckyGeorgia B1090
Vihan DevagupthapuGeorgia BKentucky10910
Rishaan Saboo (North Gwinnett)Georgia CWashington1090
Krit KulkarniWashingtonGeorgia C10910
Neel JayaramanNew YorkNorth Carolina10910
Alexander DuanLexington BMansfield B10910
Nicole XuAlways Set the KurveTaman's Nepo Babies10910
Nikola WuHeauton TimorumenosBasileus II: Electric Boogaloo1090
Michael FayerBasileus II: Electric BoogalooHeauton Timorumenos1090
Skanda VasishtaBig Brown BallersLeif Eriksen's Striking Appearance10910

Summary

TournamentEditionMatchHeardConv. %Power %Neg %Avg. Buzz
VAULT II at Georgia Tech2026-01-24✓6100%0%0%89.83
Triangle Cup2026-03-13✓3100%67%0%67.67
VAULT II at Eden Prairie HS2026-03-13✓3100%0%0%77.67
VAULT II at McGill2026-03-13✓4100%25%0%81.25
VAULT II at UCSB2026-03-13✓580%20%40%78.00
VAULT II Northern UK2026-04-24✓3100%0%0%79.67
VAULT II Southern UK2026-04-24✓4100%50%0%53.00
VAULT II at Harvard2026-04-30✓4100%25%25%81.25
VAULT II at MINT2026-06-19✓5100%0%20%106.40
VAULT II Stanford Online2026-07-17✕8100%38%25%73.88