Porgy and Bess - 2024 ACF Fall

Question

Cab Calloway sang this work’s song “It Ain’t Necessarily So” when performing as the character Sportin’ Life onstage. For 10 points each:

[10m] Name this musical work that inspired a collaborative album between Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong. A song from this musical work describes a time “when the livin’ is easy” and “fish are jumpin’.”

ANSWER: Porgy and Bess (by George Gershwin)

[10e] On Fitzgerald’s cover of the song “It Ain’t Necessary So” from Porgy and Bess, she utilized this vocal technique of singing improvised nonsense syllables.

ANSWER: scat singing [or scatting]

[10h] A jazz recording on this singer’s album Little Girl Blue helped popularize the song “I Loves You, Porgy.” This singer also wrote the music for the Lorraine Hansberry-inspired song “To Be Young, Gifted, and Black.”

ANSWER: Nina Simone

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Summary


2024 ACF Fall at Cornell	fall	Y	1	20.00	100%	100%	0%
2024 ACF Fall at Ohio State	fall	Y	9	16.67	100%	67%	0%
2024 ACF Fall at Washington	fall	Y	7	17.14	100%	29%	43%
2024 ACF Fall at Georgia	fall	Y	12	16.67	100%	33%	33%
2024 ACF Fall at North Carolina	fall	Y	10	15.00	90%	40%	20%
2024 ACF Fall at Rutgers	fall	Y	8	12.50	100%	25%	0%
2024 ACF Fall at Illinois	fall	Y	9	20.00	100%	78%	22%

Data


Cornell C	Cornell D	10	10	0	20
Michigan C	CWRU B (DII)	10	10	0	20
Miami A (UG)	Miami B (UG)	0	10	0	10
Jefferson County Scholars (DII)	Michigan A (UG)	10	10	0	20
Ohio State B (DII)	Michigan D (UG)	10	10	0	20
Michigan B (UG)	Michigan State A	10	10	0	20
West Virginia B (UG)	Michigan State B	0	10	0	10
CWRU A (UG)	Ohio State A (UG)	10	10	0	20
Miami C (DII)	Ohio State C (DII)	10	10	0	20
Alberta	Arizona State B	0	10	10	20
UW Pride	UBC A	0	10	10	20
UBC B	UW Gluttony	0	10	0	10
Arizona State A	UW Chastity	0	10	0	10
UW Envy	Boise State	0	10	0	10
UW Lust	UW Sloth	10	10	0	20
UW Greed	UW Wrath	10	10	10	30
Auburn A	Georgia Tech A	10	10	0	20
Furman	Auburn B	10	10	0	20
Belmont	Clemson A	0	10	0	10
Alabama A	Clemson B	10	10	0	20
Emory A	South Carolina B	0	10	10	20
Georgia A	Georgia Tech C	0	10	0	10
Georgia Tech B	Emory Oxford	0	10	10	20
Tennessee A	Georgia Tech E	0	10	0	10
Georgia Tech D	South Carolina A	10	10	10	30
Southern	Auburn C	0	10	10	20
Vanderbilt A	Mississippi State A	0	10	0	10
Tennessee B	Vanderbilt B	0	10	0	10
Tusculum	Appalachian State A	0	10	0	10
Appalachian State B	UNC D	0	10	10	20
Duke B	Duke A	0	0	0	0
James Madison A	Virginia	10	10	10	30
James Madison B	Liberty C	0	10	0	10
NC State	VCU	10	10	0	20
Virginia Tech A	UNC A	10	10	0	20
Liberty B	UNC B	0	10	0	10
UNC C	Liberty A	0	10	0	10
William & Mary	Virginia Tech B	10	10	0	20
Lehigh B (DII)	Bard A (UG)	0	10	0	10
Columbia A (UG)	Maryland A (DII)	10	10	0	20
Fordham A	NYU A (UG)	0	10	0	10
Lehigh A (UG)	NYU B	0	10	0	10
Rutgers B	Maryland B (DII)	0	10	0	10
Penn B (DII)	Columbia J (DII)	10	10	0	20
Princeton A (UG)	Rowan A (DII)	0	10	0	10
Penn A (DII)	Rutgers A (UG)	0	10	0	10
Chicago B	Indiana	0	10	0	10
Illinois A	Illinois B	10	10	0	20
Illinois C	SIUE	10	10	10	30
Iowa A	Notre Dame B	10	10	0	20
Notre Dame A	Iowa B	10	10	0	20
Notre Dame C	Northwestern A	0	10	0	10
Purdue A	Northwestern B	10	10	0	20
Purdue B	WashU B	10	10	10	30
Chicago A	Purdue C	10	10	0	20
West Virginia A (UG)	CWRU C (UG)	0	10	0	10