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”)
<JA, Video Games>
Data
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FDA Poop Experiments | Fill in the _______ | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Kermit to the Bit | The of us | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| NieR: Nǃxau ǂTomata | Nosfera2: The Return of Bill Skarsgard | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Skibidiallo Rizzirkzee | Downtown Freddie Brown | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| THE SIXTH SENSE | No Longer Free Agents | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| The Holdovers | We'd Rather Be at SawCon | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Tosca Trio | Laniel Automatic Pinball School | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| gaslight gatekeep girlbuzz | Untitled HONK! Team | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| honk tuah and squawk on that wing | Last Among | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| womt | not overly fond of geese | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 HONK! @ Waterloo | 2024-08-03 | Y | 7 | 22.86 | 100% | 100% | 29% |
| 2024 HONK! @ Carleton | 2024-10-20 | Y | 3 | 16.67 | 100% | 33% | 33% |
| 2024 HONK! @ Syracuse | 2024-12-07 | Y | 2 | 25.00 | 100% | 100% | 50% |
| 2025 HONK! @ Online | 2025-03-09 | Y | 10 | 25.00 | 100% | 100% | 50% |