Bonus
A player of this instrument dedicated each movement of her Zodiac Suite to a musician born under each sign. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this instrument played by Mary Lou Williams. During the Harlem Renaissance, “cutting contests” were often held between “stride” players of this keyboard instrument.
ANSWER: piano [or pianoforte]
[10m] Williams based her song “I Love Him” on “Round Midnight,” a song by this former student of hers. This jazz pianist composed “Straight, No Chaser.”
ANSWER: Thelonious Monk [or Thelonious Sphere Monk]
[10h] After converting to Catholicism, Williams returned to jazz with a 1957 performance at this city’s jazz festival. Paul Gonsalves’s sax solo during a 1956 concert in this New England city helped revive Duke Ellington’s career.
ANSWER: Newport, Rhode Island [accept Newport Jazz Festival]
<Editors, Other Fine Arts>
| Editions | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 122 | 14.43 | 91% | 36% | 17% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UC Irvine | UCLA B | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| UC Santa Barbara | USC B | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | EMH |
| UCLA A | UCLA E | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| UCLA D | Claremont B | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| UCLA F | Claremont C | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| UCSD A | UCLA C | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| USC A | UCSD B | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK (North) | UK | Y | 5 | 14.00 | 80% | 40% | 20% |
| UK (South) | UK | Y | 7 | 10.00 | 43% | 29% | 29% |
| Northern California | US | Y | 4 | 10.00 | 75% | 25% | 0% |
| Southern California | US | Y | 7 | 14.29 | 100% | 29% | 14% |
| Eastern Canada (1) | US | Y | 4 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| Eastern Canada (2) | US | Y | 9 | 16.67 | 89% | 67% | 11% |
| Florida | US | Y | 4 | 7.50 | 75% | 0% | 0% |
| Great Lakes | US | Y | 11 | 14.55 | 91% | 36% | 18% |
| Lower Mid-Atlantic | US | Y | 9 | 11.11 | 100% | 0% | 11% |
| Upper Mid-Atlantic | US | Y | 12 | 17.50 | 100% | 42% | 33% |
| Midwest | US | Y | 9 | 15.56 | 100% | 44% | 11% |
| North | US | Y | 4 | 12.50 | 100% | 25% | 0% |
| Northeast | US | Y | 12 | 14.17 | 92% | 25% | 25% |
| Pacific | US | Y | 8 | 17.50 | 100% | 50% | 25% |
| Southeast | US | Y | 12 | 16.67 | 92% | 58% | 17% |
| Upstate NY | US | Y | 5 | 18.00 | 100% | 60% | 20% |