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Blues and Jazz Trivia
100

The type of singer Muddy Waters was.

What is an American Blues singer?

100

Where blues music originated.

Where is the deep south?

200

The decades that Bessie Smith was the most popular blues singer.

What are the 1920's and 1930's?

200

The major Grammy award that Muddy Waters won.

What is the Grammy Lifetime Award?

200

The number of Grammys that Muddy Waters won.

What is 6?

200

The place where jazz music originated.

Where is New Orleans?

300

Billie Holiday's song that was so controversial that it caused the government to hunt her for 20 years.

What is "Strange Fruit"?

300

The age that Ray Charles started learning piano.

What is 5 years old?

300

The type of music that Bessie Smith helped create and popularize.

What is blues music?

300

The two instruments that Muddy Waters taught himself how to play.

What are the harmonica and the guitar?

300

The things that jazz music expresses.

What are originality, personality, and expressiveness?

400

The style of music that Muddy Waters played a major role in creating.

What is post war electric blues?

400

Bessie Smith's nickname.

What is the "Empress of the Blues"?

400

The age that Ray Charles became blind.

What is 7 years old?

400
Billie Holiday's nickname.

What is "Lady Day"?

400

The emotions that blues music represents.

What are loss and grief?

500

The date Bessie Smith was born.

When is April 15, 1894?

500

The date Ray Charles was born.

When is September 30, 1930?

500

The date that Billie Holiday was born.

When is April 7, 1915?

500

The date that Muddy Waters was born.

When is April 4, 1913?

500

The decade that jazz music originated.

When is the 1920's?