Question

This word ends the title of a novel about the alcoholic Manfred Banks, who calls Old Crow whiskey “Dirty Bird.” In a story whose title begins with this word, Granddaddy Cain kills a chicken hawk and destroys the film of two (10[1])men who intrusively shoot a movie for the county’s food stamp campaign. (10[2])The title of that story by Toni Cade Bambara states that this word “Ain’t No Mockin Bird.” (10[1])This word ends the title of a story that closes by comparing a glass of Scotch to Isaiah’s (10[1])“cup of trembling.” (10[2])The narrator of that story titled for this word (10[2])notes (10[2])how his uncle was hit by a car full of drunk white men. This is the last word in the title of a story from Going to Meet the Man in which a math teacher recalls his daughter Grace’s death from polio and his brother’s arrest for selling heroin. (10[3])For 10 points, what genre (10[1])titles a James Baldwin (10[2])story about the pianist (10[1])Sonny? (-5[1])■END■ (10[1]0[1])

ANSWER: blues [accept “Sonny’s Blues”; accept “Blues Ain’t No Mockin Bird”; accept Dirty Bird Blues; reject “blue”] (Dirty Bird Blues is by Clarence Major.)
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2024 ACF Nationals2024-04-21Y2095%0%5%111.63

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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Richard NiuCornell AChicago D4010
Andrew EllisKentuckyIowa State5210
Matthew LehmannWUSTL AChicago B5210
Jakob MyersIndianaNorth Carolina A6910
Andrew HannaPennStanford8710
Joseph ChambersVirginiaBerkeley B9010
Karsten RynearsonYale AChicago A9010
Bryan UgazArizona StateCornell B9910
Joel MilesMinnesota AClaremont Colleges9910
Forrest WeintraubColumbia AIllinois10010
Jem BurchYale BPurdue10010
Jason HongBrownChicago C14910
Neal JoshiWUSTL BGeorgia Tech14910
Jeffrey FungHarvardJohns Hopkins14910
Eshan PantNYUDuke15410
Jack RadoColumbia BWaterloo15810
Yashwanth BajjiMichiganNorth Carolina B15810
Gavin MarkoffVanderbiltNorthwestern16210
Ishan JoshiOttawaMcGill163-5
Aum MundheRutgersMinnesota B16410
Nicolas EdwardsMcGillOttawa1640