Question
The producer Liliane La Fleur reminisces about working at this establishment in an elaborate musical sequence from the Maury Yeston musical Nine. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this establishment whose shows inspired a series of lavish Broadway revues starring performers like Fanny Brice.
ANSWER: Folies Bergère (“FOL-lee bair-ZHAIR”) [prompt on the Follies; reject Ziegfield Follies]
[10e] After chorus roles in Broadway revues like Shuffle Along, this performer caused a sensation at the Folies Bergère performing in a skirt made only from rubber bananas and later served as a French Resistance spy.
ANSWER: Josephine Baker [or Freda Josephine McDonald]
[10m] A different kind of performer at Parisian cabarets was this singer of “Hymne à l’amour” and “Padam padam” whose short stature gave her the nickname “The Little Sparrow.”
ANSWER: Édith Piaf [or Édith Giovanna Gassion; or La Môme Piaf]
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Summary
| 2023 ARCADIA at UC Berkeley | Premiere | Y | 2 | 10.00 | 50% | 50% | 0% |
| 2023 ARCADIA at Carleton University | Premiere | Y | 3 | 3.33 | 33% | 0% | 0% |
| 2023 ARCADIA at Claremont Colleges | Premiere | Y | 1 | 0.00 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 2023 ARCADIA at Indiana | Premiere | Y | 5 | 10.00 | 40% | 60% | 0% |
| 2023 ARCADIA at RIT | Premiere | Y | 2 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
| 2023 ARCADIA at WUSTL | Premiere | Y | 3 | 10.00 | 33% | 67% | 0% |
Data
| Waterloo | McDouble West-Carleton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ottawa A | Ottawa C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Toronto Ray of Sun in the Sky | Ottawa B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |