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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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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%

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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
RIT B	Rochester	0	10	10	20