Question
Answer some questions about recent critically acclaimed Westerns and the women that directed them, for 10 points each:
[10m] A former rodeo star named Brady bonds with the horse Apollo in this director’s 2017 Western The Rider. Frances McDormand starred as Fern in this director’s Best Picture-winning film Nomadland.
ANSWER: Chloé Zhao [accept Zhào Tíng]
[10h] Michelle Williams, a frequent collaborator with this director of Certain Women, starred as a settler travelling through Oregon in Meek’s Cutoff. Cookie also travels the Oregon Country in First Cow, another Western by this director.
ANSWER: Kelly Reichardt
[10e] This man received a Best Actor Oscar nod for his role as rancher Phil Burbank in Jane Campion’s The Power of the Dog. This English actor also received a Best Actor nom for portraying Alan Turing in The Imitation Game.
ANSWER: Benedict (Timothy Carlton) Cumberbatch
<JC, Movies: Present>
Data
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CRITique of Pure Reason | Elegy WRITten in a Country Churchyard | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| ESF Bee | The Master and the MargaRITa | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Fowl Play | The RITes of Zhou | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Holding Space for the Lyrics of Tequila | Syracuse University New York Everything Sports Fun | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 HONK! @ Waterloo | 2024-08-03 | Y | 8 | 20.00 | 100% | 88% | 13% |
| 2024 HONK! @ Carleton | 2024-10-20 | Y | 4 | 17.50 | 100% | 75% | 0% |
| 2024 HONK! @ Syracuse | 2024-12-07 | Y | 4 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| 2025 HONK! @ Online | 2025-03-09 | Y | 10 | 26.00 | 100% | 90% | 70% |