Question

A player of this instrument frequently opened songs by jumping octaves to hit a root note, such as on the track “Guess Who.” A player of this instrument who moved off the Stovall plantation with 20 dollars from Alan Lomax created the song “I Can’t Be Satisfied.” A player of this instrument created the song “Texas Flood” with the group Double Trouble before dying in a helicopter accident. A player of this instrument exemplified the Chicago Blues with songs like “Hoochie Coochie Man.” On songs like “The Thrill is Gone,” a “hummingbird vibrato” was played on one of these instruments (10[1])that its artist named Lucille. For 10 points, blues musicians like (10[1])Muddy Waters (10[1])and B. B. King played what instrument whose notes are created by raking, bending, and sliding its strings? ■END■ (10[2]0[3])

ANSWER: guitar [accept blues guitar; accept electric guitar] (The artist who died was Stevie Ray Vaughan.)
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= Average correct buzz position

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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Cormac BeirneSorbonneTexas A&M B9910
Mitchell ShaddenTexas AAppalachian State11010
Roan DowlingIowa AUBC A11210
Anwitha VempaliIowa BUW A1310
Kevin ParkClaremont ATexas A&M A13110
Truman FillbrandtUW AIowa B1310
Andrew HarmsMichigan State ARice A1310
Elise StewartRice AMichigan State A13110

Summary

2024 ACF Regionals @ Nebraska01/27/2024Y683%0%0%116.60
2024 ACF Regionals @ Imperial01/27/2024Y888%0%38%104.00