Question
Two answers required. In a track with vocals by these two singers, one of them says that they are like “two old fogies who need crutches.” For 10 points each:
[10m] Name these two jazz singers who collaborated on three albums, including an album of highlights from Porgy and Bess and another with the duet “Dream a Little Dream of Me.”
ANSWER: Ella Fitzgerald AND Louis Armstrong [accept Ella and Louis]
[10e] The song “A Fine Romance” by Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong was also recorded by this vocalist who protested lynchings with the song “Strange Fruit.”
ANSWER: Billie Holiday [accept Lady Day]
[10h] Billie Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald became competitors during a Battle of the Bands in which Ella sang in Chick Webb’s band. Ella became famous for recording this standard with Webb, in which she laments that she has “lost her yellow basket.”
ANSWER: “A-Tisket A-Tasket” 12. This man provided the narration for the John Keegan-written TLC miniseries War & Civilization, and earlier served as the anchorman on the CBS Evening News from 1962 to 1981. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this “most trusted man in America” who reported on the assassination of John F. Kennedy. He ended his broadcasts with his catchphrase “and that’s the way it is.”
ANSWER: Walter Cronkite [or Walter Leland Cronkite Jr.]
[10e] In 1968, Cronkite produced a series titled “Report from [this war]: Who, What, When, Where, Why?” after traveling to the site of this war to cover the Tet Offensive.
ANSWER: Vietnam War
[10h] While in Vietnam, Cronkite met with the pessimistic general Creighton Abrams, who, a year later, would report on the severe losses during an operation named for [this word] and “snow.” A type of aircraft named for this word first saw combat during Operation Just Cause.
ANSWER: Apache [accept Operation Apache Snow; accept Apache Helicopter; accept Boeing AH-64 Apache]
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Summary
| 2023 ILLIAC (Cornell) | 2023-10-21 | Y | 4 | 17.50 | 50% | 75% | 50% |
| 2023 ILLIAC (Mainsite) | 2023-10-21 | Y | 8 | 12.50 | 75% | 38% | 13% |
Data
| Chicago A | Missouri | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Chicago D | Chicago B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Michigan B | Chicago C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michigan A | Ohio State A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Ohio State C | SIUE B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Purdue C | Ohio State B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Purdue A | SIUE A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| WUSTL | Purdue B | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |