Question

This is the last word of a Japanese band who included the tracks “Absolute Ego Dance” and “Rydeen” (15[1])on their album (15[1]-5[1])Solid (15[1])State Survivor. (15[2])A band whose name (15[1])starts with the adjectival form of this word (15[1])tells an object (15[1])“you should have stayed at home yesterday” and is behind the 1980 hit “Enola Gay”. (15[1])A band whose name ends with this word ends each line of the chorus of a song with the (15[1])nonsense word “groos”, usually heard (15[1])as (15[1])(*) “Bruce”. (10[2])An English new wave band (10[1])is titled (10[2]-5[2])after (0[1])the (10[1])adjective form of this word and the words “Manouevres in the Dark”. (10[1])A band (10[1])whose (10[1])name ends with this word opened one song with “sun is shinin' in the sky / there ain't a cloud in sight”. For (10[1])10 points, Jeff Lynne leads (10[1])an “Electric Light” one (10[1])of what musical ensemble? ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: orchestra [or orchestral; accept Yellow Magic Orchestra; accept Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark; accept Electric Light Orchestra; prompt on OMD] (the Electric Light Orchestra songs are “Don’t Bring Me Down” and “Mr. Blue Sky”)
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= Average correct buzz position

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Adrian WongNosfera2: The Return of Bill Skarsgardnot overly fond of geese1715
Anastacia HealeyCreative BankruptcyInside you there are two wolves. One is brave the other is default2015
Hari ParameswaranFDA Poop ExperimentsUntitled HONK! Team20-5
Aedan CooperNegged Five Tossups Then I Freaked Ithow hungry... (horse emoji)2115
Dylan SteptoeGuelph Neg 4Von Trapped2315
Colby BurnettDowntown Freddie BrownTosca Trio2315
Anderson WangNieR: Nǃxau ǂTomataThe of us2715
Tomás Aguilar-Fragagaslight gatekeep girlbuzzLast Among3515
Quinn McGarryUntitled HONK! TeamFDA Poop Experiments3815
Benjamin KitchenTHE SIXTH SENSEThe Holdovers5315
Taylor HarveyLaniel Automatic Pinball Schoolhonk tuah and squawk on that wing7215
Kai TangwomtNo Longer Free Agents7715
John HayesHolding Space for the Lyrics of TequilaThe House of the SpiRITs7815
Ian GreigMartingrobeAOL Instant Messengers7910
Victor LisitaWaterloo ClozeSplashed Rat Memorial Highway Crash Investigation Site7910
Jon VaysmanThe Big DoofusThe Tortured Trivia Department8410
Anjali RaoPositive AttitudeThe Second Coming of James Wang8610
Quinn VaughenCRITique of Pure ReasonESF Bee86-5
Cormac BeirneA greyscale picture of Ishan JoshiBorn to fall out of a coconut tree forced to exist in the context86-5
Alan KreiselWe'd Rather Be at SawConKermit to the Bit8610
Logan PierceESF BeeCRITique of Pure Reason870
Marcus Forbes-GreenTo 500 PPG and BeyondThere's No Spying In Quizbowl8810
Megan EnglehartFowl PlaySyracuse University New York Everything Sports Fun10010
Peter CorderoCarleton of Not Minnesota FameCarleton of Ottawa Fame10210
Derek SoFill in the _______Skibidiallo Rizzirkzee10310
Uday BhardwajMcGill Asian Goodreads JuntaHonk it Like It's Hot12610
Greg ReiserThe RITes of ZhouThe Master and the MargaRITa13110
Rahim DinaDavid and Parth Fan Clubbwthhybl13510
Simone ValadeBorn to fall out of a coconut tree forced to exist in the contextA greyscale picture of Ishan Joshi14010

Summary

TournamentEditionExact Match?TUHConv. %Power %Neg %Average Buzz
2024 HONK! @ Waterloo2024-08-03Y8100%25%13%80.75
2024 HONK! @ Carleton2024-10-20Y4100%25%0%84.25
2024 HONK! @ Syracuse2024-12-07Y475%25%25%103.00
2025 HONK! @ Online2025-03-09Y10100%80%10%53.10