Question

Thanks to the decline of print media, newspapers are diversifying their games columns with interactive games. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this first interactive video game to be published in The New York Times Games. Achieving a “Genius” score in this game usually involves finding a pangram.
ANSWER: Spelling Bee
[10e] This 2023 addition to the Times’ online game column has players group words into yellow, green, blue, and purple categories of increasing obscurity.
ANSWER: Connections
[10h] After failing to get a purple category like "colours with the first letter changed", one might curse this Connections creator and editor.
ANSWER: Wyna Liu (“WIN-nah”)
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TeamOpponentPart 1Part 2Part 3Total
AOL Instant MessengersDavid and Parth Fan Club1010020
Born to fall out of a coconut tree forced to exist in the contextSplashed Rat Memorial Highway Crash Investigation Site10101030
Carleton of Ottawa FameThe Second Coming of James Wang010010
Elegy WRITten in a Country ChurchyardThe Master and the MargaRITa10101030
FDA Poop ExperimentsFill in the _______1010020
Inside you there are two wolves. One is brave the other is defaultThe Big Doofus10101030
Kermit to the BitThe of us1010020
NieR: Nǃxau ǂTomataNosfera2: The Return of Bill Skarsgard1010020
Positive AttitudeVon Trapped1010020
Skibidiallo RizzirkzeeDowntown Freddie Brown1010020
THE SIXTH SENSENo Longer Free Agents10101030
The HoldoversWe'd Rather Be at SawCon1010020
The House of the SpiRITsSyracuse University New York Everything Sports Fun1010020
The Tortured Trivia DepartmentCreative Bankruptcy1010020
There's No Spying In QuizbowlNegged Five Tossups Then I Freaked It1010020
Tosca TrioLaniel Automatic Pinball School10101030
Untitled McGill TeamMcGill Asian Goodreads Junta0101020
Waterloo ClozeA greyscale picture of Ishan Joshi1010020
bwthhyblMartingrobe1010020
gaslight gatekeep girlbuzzUntitled HONK! Team10101030
honk tuah and squawk on that wingLast Among10101030
womtnot overly fond of geese10101030

Summary

TournamentEditionExact Match?HeardPPBEasy %Medium %Hard %
2024 HONK! @ Waterloo2024-08-03Y722.86100%100%29%
2024 HONK! @ Carleton2024-10-20Y316.67100%33%33%
2024 HONK! @ Syracuse2024-12-07Y225.00100%100%50%
2025 HONK! @ Online2025-03-09Y1025.00100%100%50%