2016 Summer Hiatus Challenge - Round 3, Day 1

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2016 Summer Hiatus Challenge - Round 3, Day 1

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We will announce the winner of Round 2 in the next couple of days.

Onwards with Round 3!
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BLUES CLUES

2: Though best-known for his jazz, this trumpeter, nicknamed Satchmo, used blues elements in his music.

4: A blues stanza commonly consists of this many bars of music: three lines in the form AAB.

6: Blues songs often use this "s"-initialed technique of accenting weak beats.

8: One of this Chicago blues great's songs inspired the name of the Rolling Stones.

10: The 1941 autobiography of this composer of "St. Louis Blues" is titled Father of the Blues.

HOLIDAYS AND OBSERVANCES

3: Robert Burns wrote this poem in 1788; it's now a New Year's tradition to sing it.

6: Rituals in this Passover meal include four standard questions and four cups of wine.

9: In Arkansas, Mississippi, and Alabama, this figure is commemorated on the same day as MLK.

12: Catholics celebrate the assumption of this Biblical figure on August 15.

15: Various gods are said to return on this Hindu holiday, whose name comes from the Sanskrit for "row of lights".
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Re: 2016 Summer Hiatus Challenge - Round 3, Day 1

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Answers:
Spoiler
2: (Louis) Armstrong
4: 12 (bars)
6: syncopation
8: (Muddy) Waters
10: (W. C.) Handy

3: Auld Lang Syne
6: seder
9: (Robert E.) Lee
12: (the Virgin) (Saint) Mary (Mother of God/Jesus)
15: diwali
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Spoiler
2: Louis Armstrong
4: 12
6: syncopation
8: —
10: —

3: "Auld Lang Syne"
6: seder
9: Robert E Lee
12: Mary, mother of Jesus
15: —
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Spoiler
2: Armstrong
4: 12
6:
8:
10:

3: Aude Lang Syne
6: Seder
9:
12: Virgin Mary
15: Diwali
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2: Louis Armstrong
4: 12 (assuming a 4-beat measures)
6: syncopation
8: CLAM
10: CLAM

3: Auld lang Syne
6: a seder
9: CLAM (George Washington Carver?)
12: Virgin Mary
15: CLAM
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Spoiler
2: Louis Armstrong
4: 12?
6: Syncopation
8: Muddy Waters
10: W.C. Handy

3: Auld Lang Syne
6: Seder
9: Robert E. Lee
12: Virgin Mary
15: Diwali?
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Spoiler
2: Louie Armstrong
4: twelve
6: syncopation
8: Muddy Waters
10:

3: Auld Lang Syne
6: Seder
9: Robert E. Lee
12:
15: Diwali
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Spoiler
2: Louis Armstrong
4:
6:
8: Muddy Waters
10:

3: Auld Lang Syne
6: Passover
9:
12: Mary
15: Diwali
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Spoiler
2: Louis Armstrong
4: 12
6: syncopation
8:
10:

3: Auld Lang Syne
6: seder
9:
12:
15: Diwali
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Spoiler
2: Louis Armstrong
4: CLAM
6: CLAM
8: Muddy Waters
10: WC Handy

3: Auld Lang Syne
6: Seder
9: CLAM
12: Virgin Mary
15: Diwali
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Re: 2016 Summer Hiatus Challenge - Round 3, Day 1

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BLUES CLUES

2: Louis Armstrong
4: 12
6: Staccato
8: Muddy Waters
10: W.C. Handy

3: Auld Lang Syne
6: Seder
9: Robert E. Lee
12: Mary
15: Diwali (finally that stupid TD I wrote pays off!)
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Spoiler
2: Louis Armstrong
4:
6: syncopation
8:
10: WC Handy

3: Auld Lang Syne
6: seder
9:
12:
15:
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Spoiler
2: Louis Armstrong
4: 9
6: CLAM
8: CLAM
10: CLAM

3: CLAM
6: CLAM
9: Robert E. Lee
12: Peter
15: Diwali
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2: Louis Armstrong
4: 12
6: syncopation
8: Muddy Waters
10: W.C. Handy

3: Auld Lang Syne
6: seder
9: Robert E. Lee
12: Mary
15: Diwali
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Spoiler
2: Louis Armstrong
4: 12
6: Staccato
8: Muddy Waters
10: WC Handy

3: Auld Ang Syne
6: Seder
9: CLAM
12: Mary
15: Diwali
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Spoiler
2: louie armstrong
4:
6:
8:
10:

3: auld lang syne
6: ceder
9: jefferson davis
12:
15:
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Spoiler
2: Who is Louis Armstrong?
4: What is 12?
6: What is syncopation?
8:
10: Who is W. C. Handy?

3: What is Auld Lang Syne?
6: What is the Seder?
9: Who is Robert E. Lee?
12: Who is Mary?
15: What is Diwali?
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Re: 2016 Summer Hiatus Challenge - Round 3, Day 1

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Spoiler
2: Armstrong
4:
6: syncopate?
8: muddy waters?
10: Handy?

3: Auld lang syne
6: Matzo?
9: Davis? (can't be..can it?)
12: Virgin Mary?
15: Diwali
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