Question

Some sources claim that this musician’s popular version of a Hungarian piano tune was banned by the BBC due to its tendency to induce suicidal feelings in listeners. NASA’s final transmission to the Opportunity rover was (10[1])this musician’s (10[1])version (-5[1])of “I’ll Be Seeing You.” (10[2])Domestic issues inspired this musician (10[1])to write the songs (10[1])“Don’t Explain” and “Fine and Mellow.” The refrain “Mama may have, Papa may have” (10[2])appears in a song this singer co-wrote with (10[1])Arthur Herzog. This singer was briefly the vocalist for the big bands of Artie Shaw (-5[1])and Count Basie (10[1]-5[2])and gave the (-5[1])nickname “Prez” to Lester Young. (10[1]-5[1])This singer (-5[1])popularized a song (-5[1])whose lyrics describe (-5[1])“blood on the leaves (10[4]-5[1])and (10[2])blood (10[5])at the root.” (10[11]-5[5])For 10 points, (10[2])“God Bless the Child” (10[1]-5[1])and “Strange Fruit” are songs (10[1])by what (10[2])singer (10[3])what singer (-5[1])nicknamed (10[1])“Lady Day”? (10[1])■END■ (10[9]0[4])

ANSWER: Billie Holiday [or Eleanora Fagan] (The Hungarian piano tune is “Gloomy Sunday,” which Holiday’s version popularized in the Anglosphere.)
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Summary

Florida2025-02-01Y3100%0%0%104.67
Great Lakes2025-02-01Y6100%0%33%114.83
Lower Mid-Atlantic2025-02-01Y6100%0%17%114.33
Midwest2025-02-01Y2100%0%0%75.00
North2025-02-01Y333%0%33%66.00
Northeast2025-02-01Y5100%0%40%123.40
Overflow2025-02-01Y5100%0%20%117.00
Pacific Northwest2025-02-01Y2100%0%50%127.50
Southeast2025-02-01Y475%0%50%123.00
UK2025-02-01Y10100%0%40%103.30
Upper Mid-Atlantic2025-02-01Y888%0%38%104.29
Upstate NY2025-02-01Y3100%0%0%119.33

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Arya KarthikOxford ABristol3510
Adam FineChicago AIllinois A3710
Elliot CosnettOxford BImperial A38-5
Seraphina Charlotte FooCambridge AManchester4310
Alexandria WyersGeorge Washington AJohns Hopkins A4310
Joseph ChambersVirginia AUNC C4810
Jack LengaCarnegie Mellon BKenyon5210
Henry KeatingUCF CFlorida B6610
Foster HughesMinnesota BIowa State6610
Ruth Ní MhuircheartaighCambridge EWarwick A7410
Vinayak Singh BhadoriyaNYU BCornell B89-5
Carter PisockyMichigan CMichigan A92-5
Audrey EvansDartmouth AMIT A9210
Cole HartungGeorgetown ANotre Dame A92-5
Jon SuhHarvard AUMass Boston95-5
Michael WuSouthampton BCambridge C100-5
Ryan RosenbergNYU AHaverford B10010
Jack LewisBruin ALouisville A102-5
Rohan Navaneetha RajOhio State BCase Western B105-5
Andrew FisherSheffieldLSE108-5
Roxanne TangOhio State AMichigan State11210
Chris YooWilliam & MaryWake Forest112-5
Britton WebsterAlabama AVanderbilt A11210
Aum MundheRutgers AHaverford A11210
Gus VanskikeMaryland BMaryland A11210
Braden BoothMissouriChicago B11310
Andrei HuiCambridge BSouthampton A11310
Noah ChinVirginia Tech AUNC B11410
Philip YaoBrown ABrandeis B11410
Andrew ZengStanford BGeorgetown B11410
Percy YuenCambridge DWarwick B11410
Jack RadoColumbia BPenn B11410
Clete ReinbergerValencia AFlorida A11710
Ryan JudgeCarnegie Mellon ACase Western A11710
Jacob EgolDukeLiberty B11710
Henry BonWinona StateWisconsin A117-5
Roan DowlingIowaPurdue11710
Maya KvaratskheliaNotre Dame AGeorgetown A11710
Stephen WalshNorthwestern BNotre Dame C11710
Yaj JhajhriaUW BUBC117-5
Truman FillbrandtUW AAlberta11710
Ayan GuhaGeorgia Tech AGeorgia Tech D117-5
Benjamin WatsonOxford CImperial B117-5
Jacob Hardin-BernhardtNYU CDurham11710
Patrick Rivas-GiorgiColumbia CYale A117-5
William OrrYale AColumbia C11710
Owen LinderBinghamton AESF A11710
Cade ReinbergerRIT ARIT B11710
Max KoldaNotre Dame BNorthwestern A12010
Jeffrey XuGeorgia Tech CGeorgia Tech B12010
Jerry VinokurovJohn Jay CollegeGeorge Washington B124-5
Pranaav SenthilkumarCornell DCornell C12410
Cormac BeirneLSESheffield12910
Anna BarkerUCF BFlorida State A13110
Catherine MajorWake ForestWilliam & Mary13110
Biyang ZhangMichigan BMichigan D13210
Joshua BobinImperial BOxford C13210
Richard NiuCornell BNYU B13210
John ChaTufts ABU134-5
Jaehyun ParkBUTufts A13510
Beckett GilmoreLouisville ABruin A13710
Rachel FanousMichigan AMichigan C13810
Ruchir KodihalliCase Western BOhio State B13810
Halah CatesUNC DLiberty A13810
Braeden LaRocheSouth CarolinaLiberty C13810
Aaron MarchandCarletonWisconsin B1380
Khugan ChanUMass BostonHarvard A13810
Jonathan SchnipperBrandeis AHarvard B13810
Max NealHarvard BBrandeis A1380
Tai BelkeUBCUW B13810
Monish JampalaGeorgia Tech DGeorgia Tech A1380
Sarah HendersonCambridge CSouthampton B13810
Rahim DinaImperial AOxford B13810
Peter LutzGeorge Washington BJohn Jay College1380