Question
A rumba craze surrounding Cuban music in 1930s America began with a son-pregon ("sohn-pray-gohn") by Moisés Simons ("moy-SAYSE see-MOHNS") named for a seller of this good. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this good whose name is sung on alternating low and high Fs in a 1941 song later used as its artist’s presidential campaign slogan.
ANSWER: peanuts [accept "Salt Peanuts; accept maní or "El manisero" or "The Peanut Vendor"]
[10e] This jazz musician composed "Salt Peanuts" and pioneered Latin jazz in the United States with songs like "Manteca." This pioneer of bebop played a bent trumpet.
ANSWER: Dizzy Gillespie [or Dizzy Gillespie; or John Birks Gillespie]
[10m] This Italian-American pianist wrote songs based on Peanuts characters like "Christmas Time Is Here" and "Linus and Lucy" for a jazz album, which, after Kind of Blue, is the second best-selling ever.
ANSWER: Vince Guaraldi [accept Vince Guaraldi Trio]
<Fine Arts - Auditory Fine Arts - Jazz>
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Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 PACE NSC | 06/07/2025 | Y | 42 | 14.05 | 74% | 45% | 21% |