Question
In this poem, a man on a “rickety stool” plays a “sad raggy tune like a “musical fool." For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this poem, in which a singer on Lenox Avenue is playing a “drowsy syncopated tune.”
ANSWER: “The Weary Blues”
[10e] The author of ‘The Weary Blues”, Langston Hughes, asked “What happens to a dream deferred?” in a poem titled for this neighborhood, where he partook in a namesake renaissance.
ANSWER: Harlem [accept Harlem Renaissance]
[10h] “The Weary Blues” describes how “The singer stopped playing and went to bed” and slept like one of [these things] “or a man that’s dead."
ANSWER: rock [reject putative synonyms]
<Literature - American Literature - Poetry>
Data
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USN B | Merrol-Hyde | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| USN C | USN A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| USN MS | Vanderbilt | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snowball Fight 2 | 1/11/2025 | Y | 3 | 16.67 | 100% | 33% | 33% |
| 2024 FARSI @ Columbia | 12/08/2024 | N | 11 | 15.45 | 100% | 27% | 27% |