Question
The Clef Club, an all-Black orchestra organized by this bandleader, organized several sold-out ragtime concerts at Carnegie Hall more than two decades before Benny Goodman. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this bandleader and member of the Harlem Hellfighters in World War I. His military band’s performances of songs like “Castle House Rag” helped popularize ragtime and early jazz in France.
ANSWER: James Reese Europe
[10m] A signature song of the Harlem Hellfighters was a 1912 rag titled for this city’s “Blues,” composed by W.C. Handy. Many Delta blues musicians gained fame from performing at clubs on Beale Street in this city.
ANSWER: Memphis, Tennessee
[10e] According to Handy, Europe’s slow, swingy renditions of “Memphis Blues” inspired Vernon and Irene Castle to invent this dance. This waltz-like dance denotes “F” in the NATO phonetic alphabet.
ANSWER: foxtrot
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Summary
| 2024 ARCADIA at BU | 2024-12-06 | Y | 5 | 14.00 | 100% | 40% | 0% |
| 2024 ARCADIA at Duke | 2024-12-06 | Y | 3 | 13.33 | 100% | 33% | 0% |
| 2024 ARCADIA at Missouri S&T | 2024-12-06 | Y | 2 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| 2024 ARCADIA Online | 2025-05-17 | Y | 4 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
| 2024 ARCADIA at Penn State | 2024-12-06 | Y | 2 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
| 2024 ARCADIA at Florida Tech | 2024-12-06 | Y | 4 | 7.50 | 75% | 0% | 0% |
| 2024 ARCADIA at UC Berkeley | 2024-12-06 | Y | 2 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| 2024 ARCADIA at Waterloo | 2024-11-09 | Y | 6 | 16.67 | 100% | 67% | 0% |
| 2024 ARCADIA at GT | 2024-12-06 | Y | 4 | 17.50 | 100% | 75% | 0% |
| 2024 ARCADIA at Illinois | 2024-11-09 | Y | 4 | 10.00 | 75% | 25% | 0% |
| 2024 ARCADIA at Warwick | 2024-12-06 | Y | 5 | 16.00 | 100% | 60% | 0% |
| 2024 ARCADIA at Claremont | 2024-11-02 | Y | 3 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
Data
| Squidward Community College | Missouri | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Truman | WashU | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |