Round 13: Tossup 20

This person commonly nicknames a sequined dress with over 28,000 pearls that Princess Diana wore to the 1989 British Fashion Awards. In a photograph, several copies of this person wear a gold lamé suit below text claiming that 50 million people “can’t be wrong.” (10[1])This person, who debuted the first pair of Levi’s black jeans, often wore a gold and diamond ring with the letters “TCB.” Bill Belew’s outfits for this person include a black leather suit for a 1968 event on NBC and the “American Eagle” rhinestoned jumpsuit. A film still of this person aims a gun at the viewer in a triple portrait by Andy Warhol. This person helped popularize Hawaiian shirts with his role in the 1961 film Blue Hawaii. For 10 points, what rock star with a Pompadour hairstyle sang about his “Blue Suede Shoes”? ■END■

ANSWER: Elvis Presley [or Elvis Presley] (The second sentence refers to the compilation album 50,000,000 Elvis Fans Can’t Be Wrong. The 1968 event was Elvis’s comeback special.)
<TM, Other Fine Arts> | Packet O - Editors 1
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzzpointValue
Yrwin BatanMITBrown4310

Summary

TournamentEditionMatchHeardConv. %Neg %Avg. Buzz
CanadaMain Site2100%50%113.50
FloridaMain Site2100%50%135.50
Great LakesMain Site1100%0%88.00
Lower Mid-AtlanticMain Site1100%0%47.00
MidwestMain Site2100%50%96.50
NortheastMain Site1100%0%43.00
OverflowMain Site1100%100%139.00
UKMain Site2100%0%60.50
Upper Mid-AtlanticMain Site1100%100%86.00