Question
A song perhaps best known for referencing this decade oddly begins with its singer telling the listener to “tell me something awful like you are a poet trapped inside the body of a finance guy”. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this decade. Taylor Swift received criticism for singing that she wishes she could live in this decade “without all the racists” in her song “I Hate It Here”.
ANSWER: the 1830s [prompt on 30s]
[10e] Bebe Rexha deleted an infamous Tweet where she claimed she’d go to this city in the 1940s if she could time travel. The Chainsmokers repeat “let’s show them we are better” in a song named for this European capital.
ANSWER: Paris
[10h] In an AMA, this Chairlift singer wrote that 1960s Brazil looked ‘fun’, unaware that the AMA took place on the anniversary of the 1964 Brazilian military coup. This art pop singer is behind the albums Desire, I Want to Turn Into You and Pang.
ANSWER: Caroline (Elizabeth) Polachek
<JC, Music: Pop>
Data
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ESF Bee | CRITique of Pure Reason | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Fowl Play | Syracuse University New York Everything Sports Fun | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| The House of the SpiRITs | Holding Space for the Lyrics of Tequila | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| The Master and the MargaRITa | The RITes of Zhou | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 HONK! @ Waterloo | 2024-08-03 | Y | 8 | 17.50 | 75% | 38% | 63% |
| 2024 HONK! @ Carleton | 2024-10-20 | Y | 4 | 15.00 | 75% | 25% | 50% |
| 2024 HONK! @ Syracuse | 2024-12-07 | Y | 4 | 12.50 | 0% | 50% | 75% |
| 2025 HONK! @ Online | 2025-03-09 | Y | 10 | 21.00 | 90% | 40% | 80% |