What are facts about duke?

Answer 1

• In his fifty year career, Duke Ellington played over 20,000 performances in Europe, Latin America, the Middle East as well as Asia,

• Duke Ellington composed more than 2000 pieces of music,

• Duke Ellington received 13 GRAMMY Awards,

• Duke Ellington received the Pulitzer Prize,

• President Lyndon Johnson presented Duke Ellington with the Presidents Gold Medal in 1966,

• Was awarded the French Legion of Honor in 1973,

• Has a United States Commemorative stamp with his image on it issued in 1986,

• Received Honorary Doctorates from Howard and Yale Universities,

• His real name was Edward Kennedy Ellington, but he was named Duke because of his refined manners and bearing, and the name was givin to him by a adorring classmate,

• As a child, Duke hated his piano lessons so later he quit. But when he became a teenager, and took up piano again because he wanted to impress a girl, back then people who played instruments were "cool" .

Answer 2

The Duke Blue Devils play in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) where they were a founding member. The team has won four national titles, in 1991, 1992, 2001, and 2010.

Duke won five Southern Conference tournament titles, and nineteen ACC tourney titles, more than any other school.

They have had 60 All Americans, and are currently ranked number four in the nation.

Cameron Indoor Stadium, where the team plays its home games, is considered the toughest place to play in the country, because of the antics of their rabid fans, known as the "Cameron Crazies".