Packet 6: Bonus 5
The first person to identify as one of these people, former slave William Dorsey Swann, legendarily pointed at a police officer and declared "You is no gentleman" after being arrested. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name these people, who competitively performed cakewalks during events at the "House of Swann.” These people were sought out during the “Pansy Craze” in the 1920s.
ANSWER: drag queens [accept queens of drag; accept descriptions of female impersonators or crossdressers or people who act as women] (Swann called himself a “queen of drag”)
[10e] Swann held his drag balls in this city, where in the 1950s, the Lavender Scare targeted queer people working for the US Government at the State Department.
ANSWER: Washington D.C. [accept DC or District of Columbia]
[10m] After being imprisoned for his drag balls, Swann petitioned this President for a pardon. After he had an illegitimate child with Maria Halpin, this President was targeted with the chant “Ma, Ma, where's my Pa.”
ANSWER: Grover Cleveland
<History - American, Jamie Burchett> | VAULT II Packet 06
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 42 | 16.19 | 81% | 50% | 31% |
Conversion
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VAULT II at Georgia Tech | 2026-01-24 | ✓ | 6 | 18.33 | 67% | 67% | 50% |
| Triangle Cup | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 3 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| VAULT II at Eden Prairie HS | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 2 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| VAULT II at McGill | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 4 | 22.50 | 75% | 50% | 100% |
| VAULT II at UCSB | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 5 | 12.00 | 80% | 20% | 20% |
| VAULT II Northern UK | 2026-04-24 | ✓ | 3 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| VAULT II Southern UK | 2026-04-24 | ✓ | 4 | 15.00 | 100% | 25% | 25% |
| VAULT II at Harvard | 2026-04-30 | ✓ | 3 | 13.33 | 67% | 67% | 0% |
| VAULT II at MINT | 2026-06-19 | ✓ | 4 | 12.50 | 25% | 75% | 25% |
| VAULT II Stanford Online | 2026-07-17 | ✓ | 8 | 20.00 | 100% | 63% | 38% |