Question
These things inspired a "hillbilly" jump blues song written by Milt Gabler and recorded by Louis Jordan in 1946. A riff from "Happy-Go-Lucky Local" inspired a song about these things by Jimmy Forrest. One band's live performances of a song named for these things featured scat-singing by Ray Nance, who played an oft-imitated trumpet solo on its original recording. The film Sun Valley Serenade popularised a (*) Glenn Miller recording of a song named for these things in which the singer talks to a shoeshine boy. A song that describes using one of these things "to go to Sugar Hill way up in Harlem" was written by Billy Strayhorn for Duke Ellington. For 10 points, what vehicles are exemplified by the "Chattanooga Choo-Choo?" ■END■
ANSWER: trains [accept "Night Train" or "Take the A Train"] (The first line is about "Choo Choo Ch'Boogie.")
<Fine Arts - Auditory Fine Arts - Jazz>
= Average correct buzz position
Buzzes
Summary
Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | TUH | Conv. % | Power % | Neg % | Average Buzz |
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2025 PACE NSC | 06/07/2025 | Y | 12 | 100% | 8% | 0% | 87.58 |