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Round 8: Tossup 3

In a play titled for one of these objects, Zhào Wǔniáng carries one of them and a portrait as she searches for her husband Cai Yong; that play by Yuan dramatist Gao Ming is titled “The Story of” one of these objects. The title poet carries one of these objects into battle instead of a weapon in Zeami’s play Atsumori. A female demon becomes trapped inside a huge one of these objects in the Noh play Dōjōji. Blind itinerant “priests” named for and carrying a type of these objects recited The Tale of the Heike. Seated users of these objects appear with standing storytellers in Korean pansori. (10[1])In (10[1])performances of works like Farewell My Concubine, the voices (-5[1])of actors are mirrored by users of these objects, which include the erhu. For 10 points, (10[1])kabuki theater is accompanied by performers on what objects such as the (-5[1])shamisen? (10[1])■END■ (10[2]0[1])

ANSWER: musical instruments [accept specific musical instruments like drums, bells, lutes, pipas, flutes, or pipes; accept classes of musical instruments like percussion or woodwinds] (Gao Ming wrote The Story of the Lute, also called The Tale of the Pipa.)
<TH, World Literature> | Packet-J_Indiana-A_UNC-A_UW-A
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzzpointValue
Eric ChangVirginia Tech ALiberty C10610
Chris YooWilliam & MaryLiberty A10710
Ivan StanisavljevicDukeUNC B116-5
Joseph ChambersVirginia ALiberty B13210
Braeden LaRocheSouth CarolinaUNC D144-5
Crow HeUNC BDuke14510
Sam KungUNC DSouth Carolina14610
Diego AlmarazUNC CWake Forest1460
Catherine MajorWake ForestUNC C14610

Summary

TournamentEditionMatchHeardConv. %Neg %Avg. Buzz
California2025-02-01✓3100%0%106.67
Florida2025-02-01✓3100%67%141.67
Great Lakes2025-02-01✓683%83%142.60
Lower Mid-Atlantic2025-02-01✓6100%33%130.33
Midwest2025-02-01✓667%67%129.00
North2025-02-01✓3100%33%113.67
Northeast2025-02-01✓580%40%108.00
Overflow2025-02-01✓580%40%100.50
South Central2025-02-01✓250%50%125.00
Southeast2025-02-01✓3100%33%101.00
UK2025-02-01✓989%22%126.63
Upper Mid-Atlantic2025-02-01✓771%43%123.60
Upstate NY2025-02-01✓3100%33%135.67