Question
In a 2024 controversy, baseball player Casey Schmitt was photographed with a pair of see-through pants produced by this company. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this monopolistic American online retailer of sportswear for the Big Four leagues. Evidence of this brand’s ever-growing reach include its acquisition of trading card company Topps in 2022.
ANSWER: Fanatics, Inc.
[10h] Fanatics entered the music scene by partnering with this rapper on the 2023 single “Merch Madness” which touted the company’s charity work. In a less altruistic lyric from a 2024 song, this artist raps “fuck that, we can go M for M”.
ANSWER: Lil Baby [or Dominique Armani Jones] (the song is Central Cee’s “BAND4BAND”)
[10e] Fanatics announced a new August 2024 festival held in New York that was compared to this event by The Hollywood Reporter. To the delight of many fandoms, this annual convention hosted in San Diego presents the Eisner Awards.
ANSWER: San Diego Comic-Con International
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Data
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Downtown Freddie Brown | gaslight gatekeep girlbuzz | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Fill in the _______ | honk tuah and squawk on that wing | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Last Among | Laniel Automatic Pinball School | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| NieR: Nǃxau ǂTomata | THE SIXTH SENSE | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| No Longer Free Agents | Nosfera2: The Return of Bill Skarsgard | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| The Holdovers | not overly fond of geese | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Tosca Trio | FDA Poop Experiments | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Untitled HONK! Team | Skibidiallo Rizzirkzee | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| We'd Rather Be at SawCon | The of us | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| womt | Kermit to the Bit | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 HONK! @ Waterloo | 2024-08-03 | Y | 8 | 16.25 | 100% | 50% | 13% |
| 2024 HONK! @ Carleton | 2024-10-20 | Y | 4 | 17.50 | 100% | 50% | 25% |
| 2024 HONK! @ Syracuse | 2024-12-07 | Y | 4 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
| 2025 HONK! @ Online | 2025-03-09 | Y | 10 | 19.00 | 100% | 80% | 10% |