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Question

A player of this instrument dedicated each movement of her Zodiac Suite to a musician born under each sign. For 10 points each:

[10e] Name this instrument played by Mary Lou Williams. During the Harlem Renaissance, “cutting contests” were often held between “stride” players of this keyboard instrument.

ANSWER: piano [or pianoforte]

[10m] Williams based her song “I Love Him” on “Round Midnight,” a song by this former student of hers. This jazz pianist composed “Straight, No Chaser.”

ANSWER: Thelonious Monk [or Thelonious Sphere Monk]

[10h] After converting to Catholicism, Williams returned to jazz with a 1957 performance at this city’s jazz festival. Paul Gonsalves’s sax solo during a 1956 concert in this New England city helped revive Duke Ellington’s career.

ANSWER: Newport, Rhode Island [accept Newport Jazz Festival]

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Summary


Northern California	Main	Y	4	10.00	75%	25%	0%
Southern California	Main	Y	7	14.29	100%	29%	14%
Eastern Canada (1)	Main	Y	4	10.00	100%	0%	0%
Eastern Canada (2)	Main	Y	9	16.67	89%	67%	11%
Florida	Main	Y	4	7.50	75%	0%	0%
Great Lakes	Main	Y	11	14.55	91%	36%	18%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	9	11.11	100%	0%	11%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	12	17.50	100%	42%	33%
Midwest	Main	Y	9	15.56	100%	44%	11%
North	Main	Y	4	12.50	100%	25%	0%
Northeast	Main	Y	12	14.17	92%	25%	25%
Pacific	Main	Y	8	17.50	100%	50%	25%
South Central	Main	Y	6	10.00	100%	0%	0%
Southeast	Main	Y	12	16.67	92%	58%	17%
UK (North)	UK	Y	5	14.00	80%	40%	20%
UK (South)	UK	Y	7	10.00	43%	29%	29%
Upstate NY	Main	Y	5	18.00	100%	60%	20%

Data


Stanford A	Berkeley Mighty Miner	0	0	0	0
Berkeley Archer Queen	Berkeley Boss Bandit	10	0	0	10
UCSC	Berkeley Little Prince	10	10	0	20
UCLA A	UCLA E	10	0	0	10
UC Irvine	UCLA B	10	0	0	10
UCLA D	Claremont B	10	0	0	10
UCLA F	Claremont C	10	10	0	20
UCSD A	UCLA C	10	0	0	10
USC A	UCSD B	10	0	0	10
UC Santa Barbara	USC B	10	10	10	30
Berkeley Skeleton King	Stanford B	10	0	0	10
Carleton B	McGill A	10	0	0	10
Carleton A	McGill C	10	0	0	10
Ottawa D	McGill E	10	0	0	10
Ottawa C	Ottawa B	10	0	0	10
Toronto E	Toronto F	10	10	0	20
Waterloo A	Toronto I	10	0	0	10
Waterloo B	Toronto H	0	10	0	10
Waterloo C	Toronto C	10	0	0	10
McMaster A	Brock A	10	10	0	20
McMaster C	Guelph A	10	10	0	20
McMaster B	Queen's A	10	10	10	30
Toronto D	Toronto A	10	10	0	20
Toronto G	Toronto B	10	0	0	10
Florida B	Florida Tech B	10	0	0	10
ERAU Daytona A	South Florida A	10	0	0	10
Florida State A	UCF A	0	0	0	0
Florida A	Florida Tech A	10	0	0	10
Ohio State D	CWRU A	10	0	0	10
CWRU C	Michigan A	10	10	10	30
Kentucky	WVU A	0	0	0	0
Michigan D	Louisville D	10	10	0	20
Louisville B	Michigan B	10	0	10	20
CWRU B	Michigan C	10	10	0	20
Ohio State B	Michigan State C	10	10	0	20
Michigan State B	Michigan State D	10	0	0	10
CWRU D	Ohio State A	10	0	0	10
Louisville C	Pittsburgh	10	0	0	10
Michigan State A	WVU B	10	0	0	10
NCSU A	Liberty B	10	0	0	10
JMU B	Duke A	10	0	0	10
UNC B	Liberty A	10	0	0	10
UNC C	Tusculum A	10	0	0	10
Virginia Tech C	UNC D	10	0	10	20
Virginia Tech B	VCU A	10	0	0	10
William & Mary B	Virginia A	10	0	0	10
William & Mary C	Virginia Tech A	10	0	0	10
NCSU B	JMU A	10	0	0	10
Maryland B	Lehigh B	10	0	0	10
Columbia A	Lehigh A	10	0	0	10
George Mason A	Columbia B	10	10	10	30
NYU A	NYU B	10	10	10	30
Penn	Rutgers B	10	0	0	10
Princeton	George Mason C	10	0	0	10
Johns Hopkins	Rowan	10	0	0	10
George Mason B	Rutgers C	10	10	10	30
Maryland A	Stony Brook	10	10	0	20
NYU C	Vassar A	10	10	0	20
Rutgers A	Vassar B	10	0	10	20
Rutgers D	Maryland C	10	0	0	10
Illinois Blue	Rose-Hulman A	10	0	0	10
Purdue A	Iowa A	10	10	0	20
Illinois Canada	Iowa B	10	0	10	20
WashU Grolars	Purdue B	10	0	0	10
Purdue C	Indiana B	10	0	0	10
Illinois Champaign	Purdue D	10	10	0	20
WashU Grizzlers	Illinois Urbana	10	10	0	20
William Woods University A	Indiana A	10	10	0	20
Chicago B	Illinois Orange	10	0	0	10
Minnesota	Michigan Tech	10	0	0	10
Iowa State	St. Thomas	10	10	0	20
Wisconsin B	Macalester	10	0	0	10
Wisconsin A	Wisconsin C	10	0	0	10
Brandeis Mozart	Dartmouth A	10	10	0	20
Amherst A	Vermont A	10	0	0	10
Williams A	Boston College A	10	10	10	30
Amherst B	Brown B	10	0	0	10
Boston College B	Dartmouth C	10	10	10	30
MIT A	Brandeis Beethoven	10	0	0	10
Tufts A	Boston University B	10	0	0	10
Dartmouth B	Tufts C	10	0	0	10
Tufts B	Harvard	0	0	10	10
MIT B	Williams B	10	0	0	10
Boston University A	Williams C	10	0	0	10
Brandeis Bach	Brown A	10	0	0	10
Alberta A	Washington Coho	10	10	0	20
Washington Chum	Boise State	10	0	0	10
Washington Chinook	British Columbia A	10	0	0	10
Texas	Washington Atlantic	10	0	0	10
Washington Masu	British Columbia C	10	10	0	20
Washington Pink	Alberta B	10	0	0	10
Washington State	Washington Sockeye	10	10	10	30
Washington Steelhead	Arizona State B	10	10	10	30
Central Oklahoma A	Nebraska C	10	0	0	10
Harding	Kansas State B	10	0	0	10
Kansas State A	Murray State College A	10	0	0	10
Nebraska B	Murray State College B	10	0	0	10
Tulsa B	Nebraska A	10	0	0	10
Central Oklahoma B	Tulsa A	10	0	0	10
Auburn A	Auburn C	10	10	10	30
Clemson A	Clemson C	10	0	0	10
Emory A	Auburn B	0	10	0	10
Georgia Tech B	Georgia A	10	10	0	20
Chipola College	Georgia Tech C	10	10	0	20
South Carolina A	Georgia Tech D	10	10	0	20
Georgia Tech E	Georgia Tech A	10	0	0	10
Tennessee A	Georgia Tech F	10	0	0	10
Mississippi State A	Sewanne	10	10	10	30
Montevallo	Vanderbilt A	10	0	0	10
Tennessee Tech	Vanderbilt B	10	0	0	10
Vanderbilt C	Alabama A	10	10	0	20
Edinburgh A	Durham D	10	0	0	10
Edinburgh C	York	10	10	0	20
Durham A	Sheffield A	0	0	0	0
Sheffield B	Edinburgh D	10	0	0	10
Durham C	Edinburgh B	10	10	10	30
Imperial B	Cambridge A	10	10	0	20
Cambridge C	Oxford	10	0	0	10
Cambridge D	Imperial C	0	0	0	0
Birmingham	Cambridge E	0	0	10	10
Cardiff	Warwick	10	10	10	30
Bristol	LSE	0	0	0	0
Imperial D	Southampton	0	0	0	0
Binghamton B	RIT B	10	0	0	10
Cornell D	Cornell B	10	10	0	20
RIT A	Cornell A	10	0	10	20
Rochester	ESF	10	10	0	20
Binghamton A	Binghamton C	10	10	0	20