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]
<Fine Arts - Other, Vikram Narasimhan> | VAULT II Packet 10
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34 | 15.00 | 79% | 56% | 15% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burnsville | Minnetonka C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Minnetonka A | Providence | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| Minnetonka B | Eden Prairie | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VAULT II at Georgia Tech | 2026-01-24 | ✓ | 6 | 11.67 | 50% | 67% | 0% |
| VAULT II at Eden Prairie HS | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 3 | 10.00 | 67% | 33% | 0% |
| VAULT II at McGill | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 4 | 12.50 | 100% | 25% | 0% |
| VAULT II at UCSB | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 4 | 17.50 | 100% | 50% | 25% |
| VAULT II Northern UK | 2026-04-24 | ✓ | 2 | 10.00 | 50% | 0% | 50% |
| VAULT II Southern UK | 2026-04-24 | ✓ | 4 | 12.50 | 75% | 50% | 0% |
| VAULT II at Harvard | 2026-04-30 | ✓ | 4 | 15.00 | 75% | 50% | 25% |
| VAULT II at MINT | 2026-06-19 | ✓ | 1 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| VAULT II Stanford Online | 2026-07-17 | ✓ | 6 | 23.33 | 100% | 100% | 33% |