Question
Musical numbers from The Sound of Music have worked their way into a lot of different pop songs. For 10 points each:
[10e] Rodgers and Hammerstein were paid 90% of the songwriting royalties for this Ariana Grande song, which features her listing “Breakfast at Tiffany’s and bottles of bubbles” among her favorite things.
ANSWER: “7 Rings”
[10h] This other pop singer yodels along to The Sound of Music’s “The Lonely Goatherd” on her track “Wind It Up.” This artist interpolates a song from Fiddler on the Roof on a track from her album Love Angel Music Baby.
ANSWER: Gwen (Renée) Stefani (that song is “Rich Girl”, which interpolates “If I Were a Rich Man”)
[10m] This pop legend references “Do-Re-Mi” with the lines “when you know the notes to sing / you can sing most anything” in “Deeper and Deeper”, a single off her 1992 album Erotica.
ANSWER: Madonna [or Madonna Louise Ciccone]
<GV, Music: Pop>
Data
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Downtown Freddie Brown | honk tuah and squawk on that wing | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| FDA Poop Experiments | Laniel Automatic Pinball School | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Fill in the _______ | Last Among | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| No Longer Free Agents | NieR: Nǃxau ǂTomata | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| THE SIXTH SENSE | Kermit to the Bit | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| The Holdovers | Nosfera2: The Return of Bill Skarsgard | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Tosca Trio | Untitled HONK! Team | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| gaslight gatekeep girlbuzz | Skibidiallo Rizzirkzee | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| not overly fond of geese | We'd Rather Be at SawCon | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 HONK! @ Waterloo | 2024-08-03 | Y | 6 | 26.67 | 100% | 100% | 67% |
| 2025 HONK! @ Online | 2025-03-09 | Y | 9 | 24.44 | 100% | 100% | 44% |