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1. In what year was "Strange Fruit" first released as a single?
2. Who first recorded "Strange Fruit"?
3. "Strange Fruit" was sung as a protest song. What did it protest?
4. "Strange Fruit" originated as a poem by what Jewish-American writer?
5. Which of the following accolades has "Strange Fruit" NOT received?
6. "Southern trees bear a strange fruit. / ____ on the leaves and ____ at the root." What word is missing from this blank?
7. From what kind of trees does the "strange fruit" hang?
8. The "sweet and fresh" smell of what flower is contrasted with "the sudden smell of burning flesh" in this song?
9. Who plucks the "strange fruit" in this song?
10. What American jazz and blues singer, born Eunice Kathleen Waymon, covered this song in 1965?
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