Question
This producer wrote the phrase “check your ego at the door” on a piece of paper in the 2024 documentary The Greatest Night of Pop, which follows the recording of the song “We Are the World”. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this composer. Jane Rosenthal produced a 2018 documentary about this composer of the soundtrack to The Color Purple which was also co-directed by his daughter Rashida.
ANSWER: Quincy (Delight) Jones Jr.
[10h] A Quincy Jones song repeats the lyric “This is the self-preservation society” as a group tries to balance a gold stash in a bus in this film. This 1969 caper stars Benny Hill as Professor Peach and also features playwright Noël Coward.
ANSWER: The Italian Job
[10e] Quincy Jones scored many of this actor’s films, including The Slender Thread and The Lost Man. This first Black actor to win an Oscar for Male Lead Actor starred in the Quincy Jones-scored film In the Heat of the Night.
ANSWER: Sidney Poitier (“PWAH-tee-ay”)
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Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 HONK! @ Waterloo | 2024-08-03 | Y | 8 | 21.25 | 100% | 88% | 25% |
| 2024 HONK! @ Syracuse | 2024-12-07 | Y | 4 | 5.00 | 50% | 0% | 0% |
| 2025 HONK! @ Online | 2025-03-09 | Y | 10 | 19.00 | 90% | 80% | 20% |