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 (10[1])a Coca-Cola and demands that a spoken-word (10[1])intro be performed by her stuttering nephew Sylvester. Levee stabs his bandmate Toledo (10[1])in a play titled (10[1])for this woman that is the only play from its author’s (10[1])Century Cycle not to be set in Pittsburgh. (10[1])For 10 points, name this blues singer (10[1])who appears (10[1])in an August (10[1])Wilson play titled for her “Black Bottom.” ■END■ (10[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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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Rahim DinaImperial ACambridge E7210
Albert NyangLSECambridge D7910
Kevin FlanaganBristolOxford C9210
Kai MadgwickManchesterCambridge C9610
Arya KarthikOxford ACambridge B10710
Agnijo BanerjeeCambridge ANYU C11510
Michael WuSouthampton BOxford B12210
Antoni KluzowskiWarwick ADurham12410
Andrew FisherSheffieldSouthampton A12710
Joshua BobinImperial BWarwick B13510

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