xylophone - 2025 PACE NSC - Buzzpoints App

Question

The opening of the overture to Porgy and Bess is a common audition excerpt for this instrument. (20[1])The only instrument in a standard concert band to use a grand staff is a type of this instrument developed by enslaved Africans in Guatemala. The West African balafon (20[2])is a type of this (20[1])instrument (20[1])that uses gourds as resonators. (20[1]0[3])One of (0[1])these instruments called the gambang (0[1])kayu (0[1])accompanies gongs in gamelan. (20[1]0[4])Camille Saint-Saëns (20[2]0[2])quoted his (*) Danse Macabre (10[2])on this instrument (10[3])in (10[1])a movement (10[1])depicting (0[1])"Fossils." (10[5])A grip originally developed for the vibraphone allows players (10[1])of these instruments (0[1])to play four notes at once. For 10 points, the marimba is a type of what (10[1])instrument whose players strike (10[1])wooden bars with mallets? (10[2])■END■ (10[10])

ANSWER: xylophone [accept balafon or marimba until each is read; accept mallet percussion; accept metallophones; prompt on percussion]

= Average correct buzz position

Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Buzz Position	Value
Jeffrey Lee	Irvington	Detroit Catholic Central B	16	20
Maximilian Lin	Eastchester	Westwood	45	20
Evan Schleck	Hunter A	Lambert A	45	20
Shishir Bharadwaj	Lexington	Northview	50	20
Gugan Thuduppathy	Montgomery Blair A	Walter Payton A	51	20
Tate Osborne	Alabama Cyber Tech	Uni of Illinois Laboratory	56	0
Andrew Peuster	Audrain County AT	Innovation Academy A	56	20
Ryan Smith	Downingtown STEM	Thomas Jefferson B	56	0
Taran Bhandari	Thomas Jefferson D	Thomas Jefferson E	56	0
Jeremy Kantsiper	Centennial B	Barrington	58	0
Ethan Kral	Northmont	Hinsdale Central A	63	0
Andrew Gao	Belmont	Strake Jesuit B	64	0
Ryan Sharp	Carmel B	Classen SAS	68	0
Ian Droessler Wilson	Innovation Academy B	Georgetown Day	68	0
Sasha Tripathi	Parkway West	Northside College Prep	68	0
Omkar Marathe	Fremd	Strake Jesuit A	68	20
Arnav Jasapara	Chattahoochee B	Yukon A	68	0
Penelope Graham	Uni School of Nashville A	Edina	70	0
Rajiv Pujara	Fairfield County AT	Solon	70	0
Darren Kellis	Milton	Lambert B	70	20
Harini Ramakrishnan	Saratoga	Carmel A	70	20
Felix Sacks	Lincoln-Way East A	Hunter B	74	10
Sriram Susarla	Wayzata	Lindbergh	74	10
Zachary Martin	Page	Detroit Catholic Central C	77	10
Ahya Farhat	Russell	Saint Joseph	77	10
Ben Yancey	Detroit Catholic Central A	Thomas Jefferson A	77	10
Karthik Jayaram	Walker	Great Valley	78	10
Monit Karmakar	Adlai E. Stevenson A	Johns Creek	80	10
Luke De Bruin	Homewood-Flossmoor	Winston Churchill B	81	0
Jack O’Brien	Edina	Uni School of Nashville A	82	10
Nico Bobis	Glenbrook South	Montgomery Blair B	82	10
Sophia Swain	Herron	Walter Payton B	82	10
Jeev Hora	Kane County AT	Okemos	82	10
Samin Asif	Seven Lakes	Quince Orchard	82	10
Luke Whitehead	Lee's Summit	North Quincy	91	10
Tyler Song	Winston Churchill A	Centennial A	94	0
Jerry Huang	Thomas Jefferson C	Lincoln-Way East B	110	10
Lynda Ma	Barrington	Centennial B	114	10
Steven Zhao	Hinsdale Central A	Northmont	118	10
Sophia Guo	Thomas Jefferson B	Downingtown STEM	118	10
David Black	Uni of Illinois Laboratory	Alabama Cyber Tech	119	10
Danny "Raj" Morris	Strake Jesuit B	Belmont	119	10
Sreekar Vajjha	Classen SAS	Carmel B	119	10
Maxwell Swann	Centennial A	Winston Churchill A	119	10
Kartik Bhat	Solon	Fairfield County AT	119	10
Haughton Neppl	Georgetown Day	Innovation Academy B	119	10
Zhedong Han	Winston Churchill B	Homewood-Flossmoor	119	10
Gavin Mitchell	Northside College Prep	Parkway West	119	10
Crystal He	Thomas Jefferson E	Thomas Jefferson D	119	10
Christopher Stewart	Yukon A	Chattahoochee B	119	10

Summary

Tournament	Edition	Exact Match?	TUH	Conv. %	Power %	Neg %	Average Buzz
2025 PACE NSC	06/07/2025	Y	35	100%	26%	0%	87.91