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1. Where and when was Monk born?
2. Where did he and his mother settle?
3. Where did he study piano?
4. What nightclub did he first perform at?
5. Of the jazz styles here, which one did Monk have a hand in helping to create?
6. What tune did he play on his first recording?
7. What composition wasn't his?
8. Monk named a composition of his for his wife.
9. Who collaborated with him on his best-known work "Round Midnight"?
10. What crime was Monk charged for?
11. In 1964, Monk was on the cover of Newsweek.
12. Of these four jazz legends, who is the one Monk never worked with?
13. What European baroness was his friend and patron?
14. When did Monk die?
15. Finally, what was Monk's middle name?
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