Question
As we look back on recent innovations in history, we must often ask ourselves who is more important — the guy who did the work or the investor who provided the seed capital? For 10 points each:
[10e] A 2023 Taron Egerton film answers that question by focusing entirely on Henk Rogers’s quest to secure the rights to this title game. This arcade game was invented by Soviet-born engineer Alexey Pajitnov.
ANSWER: Tetris
[10m] Instead of focusing on Michael Jordan’s shoe deal with Nike, the 2023 film Air centers instead on a Matt-Damon-played scout and CEO Phil Knight who was played by this director of the film.
ANSWER: Ben Affleck [or Benjamin Géza Affleck]
[10h] Most of the HONK! writing team watched Blackberry in 2023, in which this actor plays co-CEO and seed capital-provider Jim Ballsilie as a hockey-obsessed douchebag. In that film, this actor yells “I’m from Waterloo, where the vampires hang out!”
ANSWER: Glenn Howerton [or Glenn Franklin Howerton III]
<ME, Movies: Present>
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 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Fill in the _______ | Last Among | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| No Longer Free Agents | NieR: Nǃxau ǂTomata | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Nosfera2: The Return of Bill Skarsgard | The Holdovers | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| THE SIXTH SENSE | Kermit to the Bit | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| The of us | womt | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Tosca Trio | Untitled HONK! Team | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| We'd Rather Be at SawCon | not overly fond of geese | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| gaslight gatekeep girlbuzz | Skibidiallo Rizzirkzee | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 HONK! @ Waterloo | 2024-08-03 | Y | 8 | 22.50 | 100% | 75% | 50% |
| 2024 HONK! @ Carleton | 2024-10-20 | Y | 4 | 17.50 | 100% | 50% | 25% |
| 2024 HONK! @ Syracuse | 2024-12-07 | Y | 4 | 20.00 | 100% | 75% | 25% |
| 2025 HONK! @ Online | 2025-03-09 | Y | 10 | 26.00 | 100% | 80% | 80% |