Question

A monologue likens this character’s success to Reverend Gates, who is forced to dance at gunpoint in the sundown town of Sigsbee. While waiting for this character to arrive, two of her colleagues bet a dollar that one of them can spell “music,” which he spells “M-U-S-I-K.” This character first enters accompanied by a policeman trying to arrest her for assaulting a cab driver. This woman refuses to work until she is brought a Coca-Cola and demands that a spoken-word intro be performed by her stuttering nephew Sylvester. Levee stabs his bandmate Toledo (-5[1])in a play titled for this (10[1])woman that is the only play from its author’s Century Cycle not to be set in Pittsburgh. For 10 points, (10[2])name this blues singer who appears in an August Wilson (10[1])play titled for her “Black Bottom.” ■END■ (0[1])

ANSWER: Ma Rainey [or Gertrude Pridgett; accept Madame Rainey; accept Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom; prompt on Ma or Madame]
<HG, American Literature>
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Ivan StanisavljevicDukeUNC C92-5
Noah ChinVirginia Tech ALiberty A9810
Chris YooWilliam & MaryLiberty B11810
Crow HeUNC BSouth Carolina11810
Joseph ChambersVirginia ALiberty C12810
Catherine MajorWake ForestUNC D1350

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Florida2025-02-01Y3100%0%0%118.67
Lower Mid-Atlantic2025-02-01Y667%0%17%115.50
Midwest2025-02-01Y6100%0%17%88.00
North2025-02-01Y367%0%0%112.50
Northeast2025-02-01Y5100%0%20%118.40
Pacific Northwest2025-02-01Y2100%0%0%123.00
South Central2025-02-01Y2100%0%0%115.00
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UK2025-02-01Y10100%0%0%106.90
Upper Mid-Atlantic2025-02-01Y8100%0%25%112.00
Upstate NY2025-02-01Y333%0%67%125.00