This musician looked upward and said “let’s do that again” after taking a major pentatonic solo on a TV performance of “Up Above My Head.” In the 1940s, this musician and Marie Knight, who were possibly lovers, duetted on songs like “Didn’t It Rain.” This musician sits with a Gibson Les Paul Standard on the cover of a 1956 album that opens with a version of “Jericho” backed by The Harmonizing Four. Pianist Sammy Price played with this musician on recordings of her signature songs (*) “This Train (is Bound for Glory)” and “Strange Things Happening Every Day.” This singer’s distorted electric guitar playing on a 1964 tour of Europe with Muddy Waters influenced Eric Clapton and Keith Richards, contributing to her nickname, “Godmother of Rock and Roll.” For 10 points, name this gospel singer whose stage name used the designation “sister.” ■END■
| 2025 Chicago Open | 2025-08-09 | Y | 10 | 80% | 0% | 20% | 115.13 |
| Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joel Miles | "real numbers are uncountable" factoid actually just statistical error. diagonal georg | The True Dharma Eye of the Juan Soto School | 45 | -5 |
| Auroni Gupta | BHSU X | Woke Michael Du be like "I'm a genders player" | 86 | -5 |
| Charles Young | Halifax Shipping Services | The RAND Coöperation | 89 | 10 |
| James Orefice | Enjoying the Hole Experience | The Met on Laserdisc. Bravo! | 98 | 10 |
| Michael Coates | One Microscopic Pog in His Chat-astrophic Plan | Li Bai Chocolate Mushussu Pacha Latte | 102 | 10 |
| Guy Indorante | Big is moving to Evanston! | 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 2k5, RNBQKBNR b Q - 99 66 | 103 | 10 |
| Tejas Raje | BHSU B | Floridovician | 121 | 10 |
| William Golden | Mumbo Jumbo Will Labubu | It's not X, but... defenders | 126 | 10 |
| Aseem Keyal | Broken Socal Scene | No, explaining that your buzz came from watching an isekai is not "Proustian" | 141 | 10 |
| Isaac Kirk-Davidoff | The True Dharma Eye of the Juan Soto School | "real numbers are uncountable" factoid actually just statistical error. diagonal georg | 141 | 0 |
| Sky Li | Woke Michael Du be like "I'm a genders player" | BHSU X | 141 | 0 |
| John Marvin | "Real quiz bowl" only consists of the ACF academic pyramidal scene and the late 2010s NAQT scene. | Thamos, King of Egypt: The Sahara of the Mozart | 141 | 10 |