Question
Bruce Jackson’s collection of these works in the 1960s was published as Get Your Ass in the Water and Swim Like Me. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this spoken-word genre of African-American poetry sometimes cited as a precursor to rap. This genre, often explicit and taboo-heavy, incorporates folk characters like the bald Stackolee.
ANSWER: toasts [or toasting]
[10e] Jackson’s title refers to a toast about a fictional Black man named Shine mocking wealthy white passengers as he escapes this event. A string orchestra legendarily played “Nearer My God to Thee” during this 1912 event.
ANSWER: sinking of the RMS Titanic
[10m] This animal trickster derived from slavery-era folklore frequently outsmarts lions and other predators in toasts. A book named for this character metaphorizes the intertextuality of Black literature as the “talking book.”
ANSWER: Signifying Monkey [or Signifyin’ Monkey, prompt on monkey] (The book is by Henry Louis Gates Jr.)
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Summary
| 2024 ESPN @ Brown | 04/06/2024 | Y | 3 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| 2024 ESPN @ Cambridge | 04/06/2024 | Y | 2 | 15.00 | 100% | 0% | 50% |
| 2024 ESPN @ Chicago | 03/23/2024 | Y | 6 | 16.67 | 100% | 67% | 0% |
| 2024 ESPN @ Columbia | 03/23/2024 | Y | 7 | 14.29 | 100% | 29% | 14% |
| 2024 ESPN @ Duke | 03/23/2024 | Y | 2 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| 2024 ESPN @ Online | 06/01/2024 | Y | 3 | 13.33 | 100% | 33% | 0% |
Data
| JinAh and Jordan from Wikiquiz | 1.g4 Test Mixture | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Let's Fighting Love | mnemonists | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| NJ TRANSit (and bobby i guess) | protobowling for soup | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| The Aum-Wein Drinchard by Amogh Tutuola | Sandmännchen im Helikopter | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Parden the Interruption | boy's jitches (ft. DMA) | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| bruh | Naocissus and Geoldmond by Hermandrew Hesse | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| chamPAIN and cornHELL in Columbia | JJaryland | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |