Gwendolyn Brooks - 2025 ACF Fall

Question

One poem by this author states “Dinner is a casual affair” for “Two who are Mostly Good.” For 10 points each:

[10m] Name this poet, who described an “old yellow pair” in “The Bean Eaters.” This author used “The Golden Shovel” as the setting for a poem whose speakers claim “We / Real Cool.”

ANSWER: Gwendolyn Brooks [or Gwendolyn Elizabeth Brooks]

[10h] Emmett Till’s death inspired Brooks to write a poem about a mother from this neighborhood who “Loiters in Mississippi.” Brooks’ poems “Sadie and Maud” and “kitchenette building” appear in her collection titled “A Street in” this neighborhood.

ANSWER: Bronzeville [accept A Street in Bronzeville; accept A Bronzeville Mother Loiters in Mississippi. Meanwhile, a Mississippi Mother Burns Bacon]

[10e] In 1985, Brooks became the first Black woman to hold this position, which is appointed by the Library of Congress. The most recent Black woman to hold this position, Tracy K. Smith, served from 2017 to 2019.

ANSWER: United States Poet Laureate [or U.S. Poet Laureate; accept Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress]

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Summary


Northern California	Main	Y	4	17.50	100%	75%	0%
Eastern Canada (1)	Main	Y	4	22.50	100%	75%	50%
Eastern Canada (2)	Main	Y	9	18.89	78%	89%	22%
Florida	Main	Y	4	5.00	50%	0%	0%
Great Lakes	Main	Y	10	17.00	90%	60%	20%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	9	21.11	89%	78%	44%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	9	14.44	100%	44%	0%
Midwest	Main	Y	9	20.00	100%	67%	33%
North	Main	Y	4	12.50	75%	50%	0%
Northeast	Main	Y	11	16.36	100%	55%	9%
South Central	Main	Y	6	18.33	100%	50%	33%
Southeast	Main	Y	12	14.17	83%	42%	17%
Upstate NY	Main	Y	5	12.00	100%	20%	0%

Data


Berkeley Boss Bandit	UCSC	10	0	10	20
Berkeley Archer Queen	Berkeley Little Prince	10	0	10	20
Stanford A	Berkeley Skeleton King	10	0	10	20
Berkeley Mighty Miner	Stanford B	0	0	10	10
Carleton A	McGill B	10	10	10	30
McGill A	McGill E	10	0	10	20
McGill C	Ottawa B	10	10	10	30
Ottawa A	Carleton B	0	0	10	10
Guelph A	Waterloo B	10	10	10	30
McMaster A	Waterloo C	10	10	10	30
McMaster C	Toronto D	0	0	0	0
Toronto E	Brock A	10	0	10	20
Toronto C	Toronto F	10	0	10	20
Toronto G	McMaster B	10	0	10	20
Toronto A	Toronto H	10	0	0	10
Toronto B	Toronto I	10	0	10	20
Waterloo A	Queen's A	10	0	10	20
Florida A	Florida State A	0	0	10	10
Florida Tech A	UCF A	0	0	0	0
South Florida A	Florida Tech B	0	0	10	10
Florida B	ERAU Daytona A	0	0	0	0
CWRU C	Louisville C	0	0	10	10
Kentucky	Louisville B	0	0	10	10
Louisville D	CWRU D	10	0	10	20
Michigan A	Ohio State B	10	10	10	30
Michigan B	Ohio State C	10	10	10	30
Michigan State C	Pittsburgh	0	0	0	0
Louisville A	Michigan State D	10	0	10	20
Michigan State A	Ohio State D	10	0	10	20
WVU A	Michigan State B	0	0	10	10
CWRU A	WVU B	10	0	10	20
William & Mary A	Duke A	10	0	10	20
JMU B	UNC B	10	0	10	20
Virginia Tech A	Liberty A	10	0	10	20
Virginia Tech C	Liberty B	10	10	10	30
Virginia A	Liberty C	10	10	10	30
Virginia Tech B	NCSU B	10	0	10	20
UNC A	Tusculum A	10	10	10	30
UNC C	JMU A	0	0	10	10
William & Mary B	NCSU A	0	10	0	10
George Mason A	Columbia A	10	0	10	20
Maryland A	George Mason C	10	0	10	20
Lehigh A	Columbia B	0	0	10	10
Maryland C	Rowan	0	0	10	10
George Mason B	NYU B	10	0	10	20
Penn	NYU C	0	0	10	10
Maryland B	Rutgers A	10	0	10	20
Stony Brook	NYU A	0	0	10	10
Rutgers B	Vassar A	0	0	10	10
Illinois Blue	Purdue D	10	10	10	30
Iowa A	Chicago B	10	0	10	20
Purdue B	Illinois Champaign	10	0	10	20
Chicago A	Illinois Orange	0	0	10	10
Purdue A	Illinois Urbana	10	0	10	20
Indiana A	Rose-Hulman A	10	10	10	30
WashU Grizzlers	Purdue C	10	10	10	30
William Woods University A	Iowa B	0	0	10	10
Illinois Canada	WashU Grolars	0	0	10	10
St. Thomas	Macalester	10	0	10	20
Wisconsin A	Michigan Tech	0	0	10	10
Minnesota	Wisconsin B	0	0	0	0
Wisconsin C	Iowa State	10	0	10	20
Dartmouth B	Brandeis Bach	10	0	10	20
Brown B	Brandeis Mozart	10	0	10	20
Brown A	Williams C	10	0	10	20
Amherst A	Dartmouth C	10	0	10	20
Williams A	Harvard	10	10	10	30
Boston College B	MIT B	0	0	10	10
Tufts A	MIT A	10	0	10	20
Boston University A	Tufts C	0	0	10	10
UConn A	Boston University B	0	0	10	10
Dartmouth A	Vermont B	0	0	10	10
Williams B	Vermont A	0	0	10	10
Nebraska B	Kansas State B	0	10	10	20
Murray State College A	Nebraska C	10	10	10	30
Murray State College B	Central Oklahoma B	0	0	10	10
Nebraska A	Kansas State A	10	0	10	20
Central Oklahoma A	Rose State	0	0	10	10
Tulsa A	Oklahoma	10	0	10	20
Clemson B	Vanderbilt A	0	0	10	10
Auburn C	Clemson C	0	0	0	0
Chipola College	Tennessee A	10	10	10	30
Georgia A	Vanderbilt C	10	0	10	20
Alabama A	Georgia Tech A	10	10	10	30
Georgia Tech B	Georgia Tech D	10	0	10	20
Sewanne	Georgia Tech C	0	0	10	10
Auburn A	Georgia Tech E	10	0	10	20
Georgia Tech F	Auburn B	0	0	10	10
Vanderbilt B	Mississippi State A	0	0	0	0
Clemson A	Tennessee B	0	0	10	10
Montevallo	Emory A	0	0	10	10
Cornell C	ESF	0	0	10	10
Cornell A	Binghamton B	0	0	10	10
Binghamton A	Cornell B	10	0	10	20
Rochester	Cornell D	0	0	10	10
RIT B	Binghamton C	0	0	10	10