blackbirds - 2025 ACF Fall

Question

Brittney Spencer covered The Chicks’ song “Cowboy Take Me Away” in recordings made at a studio named for this creature. For 10 points each:

[10h] Name this creature that also titles a 2024 cover featuring Spencer. That cover song named for this creature is the second track on an album with the songs “II (“2”) MOST WANTED” and “16 CARRIAGES.”

ANSWER: blackbirds [accept “Blackbird;” accept “BLACKBIIRD;” accept if i ever get there: a day at blackbird studio; prompt on bird or avian]

[10e] Brittney Spencer and other rising Black women in country music are featured in this artist’s cover of The Beatles’ “Blackbird.” This singer created the albums Cowboy Carter and Lemonade.

ANSWER: Beyoncé [or Beyoncé Knowles or Beyoncé Knowles-Carter or Beyoncé Giselle Knowles or Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter]

[10m] Country artist Joy Oladokun was inspired to learn guitar by watching Tracy Chapman, who wrote this 1988 song about failing to escape poverty. In 2023, a Luke Combs cover of this song hit the top of the country charts.

ANSWER: “Fast Car”

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Summary


Northern California	Main	Y	4	15.00	100%	50%	0%
Southern California	Main	Y	7	12.86	86%	43%	0%
Eastern Canada (1)	Main	Y	5	18.00	100%	80%	0%
Eastern Canada (2)	Main	Y	9	20.00	100%	89%	11%
Florida	Main	Y	4	12.50	75%	50%	0%
Great Lakes	Main	Y	11	17.27	100%	64%	9%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	9	20.00	100%	89%	11%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	1	20.00	100%	100%	0%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	9	18.89	100%	89%	0%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	2	20.00	100%	100%	0%
Midwest	Main	Y	9	17.78	89%	89%	0%
North	Main	Y	4	17.50	100%	75%	0%
Northeast	Main	Y	1	20.00	100%	100%	0%
Pacific	Main	Y	8	20.00	88%	100%	13%
South Central	Main	Y	6	21.67	100%	100%	17%
Southeast	Main	Y	12	17.50	92%	83%	0%
Upstate NY	Main	Y	5	20.00	100%	80%	20%

Data


UCSC	Berkeley Mighty Miner	0	10	0	10
Berkeley Skeleton King	Berkeley Archer Queen	0	10	10	20
Berkeley Little Prince	Stanford A	0	10	0	10
Berkeley Boss Bandit	Stanford B	0	10	10	20
UCSD A	Claremont A	0	0	0	0
Claremont C	Claremont B	0	10	0	10
UC Irvine	UCLA C	0	10	10	20
UCLA E	UCLA B	0	10	0	10
UCLA D	UCLA F	0	10	0	10
UC Santa Barbara	UCSD B	0	10	10	20
USC A	USC B	0	10	10	20
McGill A	Ottawa B	0	10	10	20
McGill B	Ottawa A	0	10	10	20
Carleton B	Ottawa C	0	10	0	10
Ottawa D	McGill C	0	10	10	20
Toronto E	Toronto C	0	10	10	20
Waterloo A	Toronto G	0	10	10	20
McMaster C	Toronto H	0	10	10	20
Queen's A	Toronto I	10	10	10	30
Waterloo C	Brock A	0	10	0	10
Toronto D	Guelph A	0	10	10	20
McMaster A	Toronto F	0	10	10	20
Toronto B	McMaster B	0	10	10	20
Waterloo B	Toronto A	0	10	10	20
South Florida A	Florida A	0	10	10	20
UCF A	Florida B	0	10	10	20
Florida Tech A	ERAU Daytona A	0	0	0	0
Florida State A	Florida Tech B	0	10	0	10
Ohio State B	CWRU B	0	10	0	10
WVU B	CWRU D	0	10	0	10
Michigan State B	Kentucky	0	10	10	20
CWRU A	Louisville D	0	10	0	10
Michigan A	Michigan C	0	10	10	20
Michigan State A	Michigan D	0	10	10	20
CWRU C	Michigan State C	0	10	10	20
Louisville B	Michigan State D	10	10	10	30
Louisville A	Ohio State C	0	10	10	20
Ohio State D	Ohio State A	0	10	0	10
WVU A	Michigan B	0	10	10	20
McGill E	Carleton A	0	10	10	20
JMU A	Tusculum A	0	10	10	20
UNC B	Duke A	0	10	10	20
Virginia A	NCSU A	0	10	10	20
Virginia Tech B	UNC A	0	10	0	10
William & Mary B	UNC D	0	10	10	20
VCU A	UNC C	0	10	10	20
Virginia Tech C	Liberty C	10	10	10	30
William & Mary A	Virginia Tech A	0	10	10	20
Columbia A	Columbia B	0	10	10	20
Lehigh A	Rowan	0	10	10	20
Rutgers A	Rutgers B	0	10	10	20
George Mason A	Maryland C	0	10	10	20
George Mason B	Maryland A	0	10	10	20
NYU A	George Mason C	0	10	10	20
Maryland B	NYU C	0	10	10	20
Princeton	Rutgers C	0	10	0	10
Rutgers D	Johns Hopkins	0	10	10	20
Stony Brook	NYU B	0	10	10	20
Vassar A	Penn	0	10	10	20
Lehigh B	Vassar B	0	10	10	20
Purdue C	Chicago A	0	10	10	20
Indiana B	Chicago B	0	10	0	10
Illinois Canada	Illinois Champaign	0	10	10	20
Illinois Orange	Illinois Urbana	0	10	10	20
Indiana A	Illinois Blue	0	10	10	20
Iowa B	WashU Grolars	0	10	10	20
Rose-Hulman A	Purdue B	0	0	10	10
WashU Grizzlers	Purdue A	0	10	10	20
Purdue D	William Woods University A	0	10	10	20
Iowa State	Michigan Tech	0	10	10	20
Macalester	Wisconsin A	0	10	10	20
Minnesota	Wisconsin C	0	10	0	10
St. Thomas	Wisconsin B	0	10	10	20
Boston College B	Southern Connecticut State University A	0	10	10	20
Washington Chinook	Alberta A	0	10	10	20
Arizona State A	Boise State	0	10	10	20
Arizona State B	British Columbia B	0	0	10	10
British Columbia A	Washington Steelhead	0	10	10	20
Alberta B	British Columbia C	0	10	10	20
Texas	Washington Coho	0	10	10	20
Washington Pink	Washington Chum	10	10	10	30
Washington Sockeye	Washington Masu	0	10	10	20
William & Mary C	JMU B	0	10	10	20
Murray State College B	Tulsa A	0	10	10	20
Central Oklahoma B	Harding	0	10	10	20
Oklahoma	Kansas State B	0	10	10	20
Central Oklahoma A	Murray State College A	0	10	10	20
Nebraska C	Tulsa B	10	10	10	30
Montevallo	Chipola College	0	0	0	0
Clemson B	Georgia Tech F	0	10	10	20
Alabama A	Clemson C	0	10	10	20
Auburn A	Georgia A	0	10	10	20
Georgia Tech A	Georgia Tech D	0	10	10	20
Clemson A	Georgia Tech B	0	10	10	20
Georgia Tech E	Tennessee B	0	10	10	20
Vanderbilt A	Mississippi State A	0	10	10	20
Sewanne	Auburn B	0	10	10	20
South Carolina A	Auburn C	0	10	10	20
Emory A	Tennessee Tech	0	10	10	20
Tennessee A	Vanderbilt B	0	10	0	10
Rose State	Nebraska A	0	10	10	20
RIT B	Rochester	0	10	10	20
Cornell C	Binghamton A	10	10	10	30
Cornell B	Cornell A	0	10	0	10
Cornell D	ESF	0	10	10	20
RIT A	Binghamton C	0	10	10	20