Jeopardy: Jazz category Q's missed

Tonto Yoder · « **on:** 25 Sep 2004, 12:44 pm »

Earlier this week, Jeopardy featured Jazz as a category, but the contestants did poorly.
They got questions on Billie Holiday (this lady sings the blues)
Ella Fitzgerald (Memorex: Is it Live or is it Memorex?)
but missed three of the 5 questions.
One was "This trumpeteer , known for "Cotton Candy," gave Wynton Marsalis his first trumpet in New Orleans" (*)Contestants all gave wrong answers.

Second was "This saxophonist for the Dave Brubeck Group went on to win some award." (***) Contestants had that deer in headlights look.

Third question I can't remember.

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markC · « **Reply #1 on:** 25 Sep 2004, 01:50 pm »

I got the Billie Holiday and Ella Q's

Tonto Yoder · « **Reply #2 on:** 25 Sep 2004, 04:26 pm »

I THOUGHT jazz was in high regard amongst the intelligent people who would appear on Jeopardy, but may be I was wrong.
BTW, the answers were Al Hirt (*) and Paul Desmond (**).

hifitommy · « **Reply #3 on:** 10 Oct 2004, 04:46 pm »

and had forgotten the al hirt detail. and do you know how ellas voice broke the glass?

Tonto Yoder · « **Reply #4 on:** 10 Oct 2004, 06:23 pm »

I THOUGHT that Brubeck was wildly popular amongst even non-jazz listeners, so the fact that no-one knew Desmond really surprised me.
Maybe I knew Al Hirt's "Cotton Candy" because my mother played that record alot when I was a kid.