Question
This man names an equation with Hunsdiecker that produces alkyl halides from the silver salts of carboxylic acids. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this Russian chemist better known for his work as a composer, in which he wrote the opera Prince Igor and the symphonic poem In the Steppes of Central Asia.
ANSWER: Alexander Porfiryevich Borodin
[10e] Borodin belonged to a group of Russians known as this number of “Mighty” composers. This is the number of notes per octave in a pentatonic scale.
ANSWER: five [accept Mighty Five]
[10m] This other member of the “mighty-five” introduced a whole-tone theme in the finale of his suite Scheherezade to contrast the pentatonic main theme of Borodin’s 2nd symphony.
ANSWER: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
<Fine Arts - Auditory Fine Arts>
Data
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Brunswick A | Daniel Boone Academy | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Eastchester | moving finger C | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Great Valley | North Babylon B | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Hunter A | Stuyvesant A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Mather C | moving finger B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stuyvesant B | BASIS-Independent Brooklyn | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Trinity A | Mather B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Trinity B | Hastings A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| moving finger A | Hunter B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snowball Fight 2 | 1/11/2025 | N | 3 | 26.67 | 100% | 100% | 67% |
| 2024 FARSI @ Columbia | 12/08/2024 | Y | 9 | 17.78 | 89% | 44% | 44% |