Packet 7: Bonus 6
Answer the following about “the Father of Theatrical Jazz Dance,” Jack Cole, for 10 points each.
[10e] Cole choreographed this performer’s rendition of “Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend” in the film version of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. She reintroduced several hits from the 1920s while playing Sugar in Some Like It Hot.
ANSWER: Marilyn Monroe [or Norma Jeane Mortenson]
[10m] Cole claimed that “Whatever is danced in the name of jazz dancing must come from” this dance, which was named to celebrate a 1927 Transatlantic flight.
ANSWER: Lindy Hop [prompt on hop or Lindy, since it was sometimes called that]
[10h] To explain jazz dance, Jack Cole performed “Beale Street Blues” with this dancer on the Sid Caesar show. In 2017, the annual stage dance awards were renamed in honor of this dancer, who originated the role of Velma Kelly in the musical Chicago.
ANSWER: Chita Rivera [or Dolores Conchita Figueroa del Rivero]
<Editors, Other Fine Arts> | P. Playoffs 7 (Editors 7)
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 | 14.58 | 92% | 46% | 8% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brown | Chicago B | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Columbia A | Indiana | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Georgetown | North Carolina | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| Georgia Tech B | Michigan | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Harvard | Virginia Tech | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Illinois A | Toronto B | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Illinois B | Maryland B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Johns Hopkins | Bruin | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| MIT | British Columbia | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| Maryland A | UC Berkeley B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| Minnesota | Georgia Tech C | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| NYU A | Stanford A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | EMH |
| Northwestern B | Cornell | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Ohio State | Penn State | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | EH |
| Rutgers | Columbia B | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Stanford B | NYU B | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Swarthmore | Purdue | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| Toronto A | Northwestern A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| UC Berkeley A | Chicago A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| UCF | Waterloo | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| UCLA | Texas | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| Vanderbilt | Pittsburgh | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Virginia | Georgia Tech A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| WashU | Cambridge | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | M |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Main Site | 2026-04-17 | ✓ | 24 | 14.58 | 92% | 46% | 8% |