Question
In the mid 20th century, this genre, which originated in Appalachia, was often paired on radio stations with “western” music. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this genre, whose many stars of the 1950s followed the rigid Nashville Sound in an attempt to compete with the burgeoning genre of rock and roll.
ANSWER: country music [or country and western; or hillbilly music; prompt on honky-tonk music]
[10m] Country musicians such as Merle Haggard, stifled by the Nashville Sound, formed a more rock-inspired sub-genre named after this western city. Its performers were often Okies who migrated during the Great Depression.
ANSWER: Bakersfield, California [accept the Bakersfield sound]
[10h] This other genre of popular music is said to be the German version of country music. Stations dedicated to playing this type of music often played unusual crossover hits like Tony Christie’s “(Is This the Way to) Amarillo.”
ANSWER: schlager music
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Summary
| 2023 BHSU @ Berkeley | 03/18/2023 | Y | 3 | 16.67 | 67% | 67% | 33% |
| 2023 BHSU @ Maryland | 03/11/2023 | Y | 3 | 6.67 | 67% | 0% | 0% |
| 2023 BHSU @ Northwestern | 02/25/2023 | Y | 6 | 11.67 | 67% | 50% | 0% |
| 2023 BHSU Online | 04/15/2023 | Y | 4 | 7.50 | 50% | 25% | 0% |
| 2023 BHSU @ Sheffield | 04/15/2023 | Y | 2 | 25.00 | 100% | 50% | 100% |
| 2023 BHSU @ Waterloo | 04/15/2023 | Y | 3 | 13.33 | 67% | 33% | 33% |
| 2023 BHSU @ Yale | 04/08/2023 | Y | 3 | 16.67 | 100% | 67% | 0% |
Data
| Broken Imperial Nomads | Magisters Ludi | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Buzzers Karamazov | Oxford Hornets | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |