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1 By what name does B.B. King refer to his six-string soul mate (that is, his guitar)?BessieMaybellineLucilleLola

2 The famed Mississippi Delta, birthplace of the blues, is where, exactly?At the mouth of the Mississippi River, in southern LouisianaIn northwest Mississippi and southwest ArkansasIn central Mississippi, in and around the capital, JacksonIn southern Mississippi and western Louisiana, along the Gulf Coast

3 The legend of the “Crossroads” in blues lore describes what?The place where the blues was bornA decision blues performers make when they decide to play the bluesWhere Robert Johnson met the devil and traded his soul for talentAn intersection in Memphis, famous in blues history because many performers crossed paths there

4 What are “blue” notes?Notes that singers intone that are in between “real” notesSad notes that make major sounds into minor onesThe interval of the flatted 3rd, the flatted 7th, and the flatted 5thAll of the above

5 What is “mojo”?A skill that enables you to make lucrative investments in the stock marketA quality that the opposite sex finds irresistible in youA play on the French phrase “mot juste” for “apt word choice”A type of illicit liquor or “moonshine”