Packet F: Bonus 5
This actress is likened to “red bodega roses” and called the “queen of South Queens” in a song titled for her, which precedes an interlude to end St. Vincent’s album Daddy’s Home. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this Warhol superstar. This trans actress titles a song in which the singer claims that “I’ve come to hate my body / and all that it requires” and plans to “watch the blue birds fly.” Her first or last name is acceptable.
ANSWER: Candy Darling [or Candy Darling; accept “Candy Says”]
[10e] “Candy Says” is by this 1960s band, whose singer Lou Reed also sang about her on “Walk on the Wild Side.” A banana adorns Andy Warhol’s cover art for this band’s debut album, which is titled for them “and Nico.”
ANSWER: The Velvet Underground [prompt on The Velvets]
[10m] Despite rumors, Ray Davies insisted that this song was not about a date with Candy Darling. This song set at a “club down in old Soho” describes someone who “squeezed me tight” and “nearly broke my spine.”
ANSWER: “Lola” (by The Kinks)
<TM, Pop Culture> | Packet-F_Brandeis-A_Florida-A_Maryland-A_Sheffield-A_WashU-B
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 52 | 14.23 | 83% | 44% | 15% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia Tech B | Bruin A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Georgia Tech C | Alabama A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Georgia Tech D | Tennessee A | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | M |
| Louisville A | Vanderbilt A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| California | 2025-02-01 | ✓ | 3 | 16.67 | 100% | 67% | 0% |
| Great Lakes | 2025-02-01 | ✓ | 5 | 10.00 | 80% | 20% | 0% |
| Lower Mid-Atlantic | 2025-02-01 | ✓ | 6 | 10.00 | 83% | 17% | 0% |
| Midwest | 2025-02-01 | ✓ | 6 | 18.33 | 83% | 50% | 50% |
| North | 2025-02-01 | ✓ | 3 | 20.00 | 67% | 67% | 67% |
| Overflow | 2025-02-01 | ✓ | 5 | 12.00 | 100% | 0% | 20% |
| Pacific Northwest | 2025-02-01 | ✓ | 2 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| South Central | 2025-02-01 | ✓ | 2 | 25.00 | 100% | 100% | 50% |
| Southeast | 2025-02-01 | ✓ | 4 | 12.50 | 50% | 75% | 0% |
| UK | 2025-02-01 | ✓ | 5 | 14.00 | 80% | 60% | 0% |
| Upper Mid-Atlantic | 2025-02-01 | ✓ | 8 | 17.50 | 100% | 63% | 13% |
| Upstate NY | 2025-02-01 | ✓ | 3 | 6.67 | 33% | 33% | 0% |