Packet 10: Bonus 12

In honor of Franklin D. Roosevelt, this woman gave Lester Young the nickname “Prez”, while he coined her nickname “Lady Day.” For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this jazz vocalist who denounced lynchings with the song “Strange Fruit.”
ANSWER: Billie Holiday [or Eleanora Fagan]
[10m] Lester Young’s habit of wearing pork pie hats led him to be eulogized in this musician’s Goodbye Pork Pie Hat, which was released on an album titled [this musician] Ah Um.
ANSWER: Charles Mingus Jr. [accept Mingus Ah Um]
[10h] Legendarily, Lester Young stopped working with this musician’s orchestra because a concert was scheduled on Friday, December 13. Young performed "Jumpin' at the Woodside" and "One O'Clock Jump" while working with this musician.
ANSWER: Count Basie [or William James Basie; accept Count Basie Orchestra or Basie Band]
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HeardPPBE %M %H %
3415.0079%56%15%

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Conversion

TeamOpponentPart 1Part 2Part 3TotalParts
Birmingham AWarperial0000
Birmingham BBath1010020EM
CambridgeSouthampton100010E
SouthperialOxford1010020EM

Summary

TournamentEditionMatchHeardPPBE %M %H %
VAULT II at Georgia Tech2026-01-24611.6750%67%0%
VAULT II at Eden Prairie HS2026-03-13310.0067%33%0%
VAULT II at McGill2026-03-13412.50100%25%0%
VAULT II at UCSB2026-03-13417.50100%50%25%
VAULT II Northern UK2026-04-24210.0050%0%50%
VAULT II Southern UK2026-04-24412.5075%50%0%
VAULT II at Harvard2026-04-30415.0075%50%25%
VAULT II at MINT2026-06-19120.00100%100%0%
VAULT II Stanford Online2026-07-17623.33100%100%33%