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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

HeardPPBE %M %H %
4216.1981%50%31%

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Conversion

TeamOpponentPart 1Part 2Part 3TotalParts
Manchester AEdinburgh010010E
Sheffield AChimera010010E
Sheffield BManchester B010010E

Summary

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VAULT II at UCSB2026-03-13✓512.0080%20%20%
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VAULT II Southern UK2026-04-24✓415.00100%25%25%
VAULT II at Harvard2026-04-30✓313.3367%67%0%
VAULT II at MINT2026-06-19✓412.5025%75%25%
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