Bonus
For 10 points each, answer the following about the career of jazz drummer Kenny Clarke.
[10e] Clarke co-wrote the tune “Salt Peanuts” with this bebop trumpeter, who was known for playing a bent instrument.
ANSWER: “Dizzy” Gillespie [or John Birks Gillespie; prompt on Dizzy]
[10m] While with Teddy Hill’s band in the 1930s, Clarke pioneered keeping time with this cymbal, instead of with the bass drum or hi-hat, a practice adopted by many other bop drummers.
ANSWER: ride cymbal
[10h] In 1940, Hill appointed Clarke house drummer at this New York City jazz club, where his jam sessions with Gillespie and Parker gave birth to bebop. Clarke also accompanied Charlie Christian at this club during the May 1941 sessions that prefigured bebop.
ANSWER: Minton’s Playhouse
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Conversion
Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
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Arizona State | British Columbia | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
Chicago A | Indiana | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
Chicago B | Virginia Tech | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | EH |
Columbia A | Toronto A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
Cornell B | Vanderbilt | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
Illinois A | Waterloo A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
Illinois B | Michigan | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
Iowa State | Harvard | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
MIT | Minnesota | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
Maryland | RIT | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | EMH |
NYU | Ottawa | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
North Carolina A | WUSTL A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
Ohio State | Columbia B | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
Penn State | Georgia State | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
Rutgers | Northwestern | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
Stanford | UC Berkeley A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
Texas | Johns Hopkins | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
Toronto B | Georgia Tech | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
Toronto C | Cornell A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
UCF | Virginia | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
WUSTL B | Florida | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
Waterloo B | UC Berkeley B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
Winona State | North Carolina B | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
Yale | LSE | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
Summary
Tournament | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2025 ACF Nationals | Yes | 24 | 14.58 | 100% | 38% | 8% |