Question
The Jesus and Mary Chain’s noise pop classic “Just Like Honey” begins with a reverb-drenched version of this specific musical element. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name or describe this musical element. Ronnie Spector sings “the night we met I knew I needed you so” immediately after this musical element is performed by Hal Blaine at the beginning of a 1963 girl group hit.
ANSWER: the opening drumbeat of “Be My Baby” [accept any answers indicating the opening drums of “Be My Baby”; accept approximations of the rhythm “dum… dum-dum… psh”]
[10e] This pop duo reused the “Be My Baby” drumbeat at the beginning of their song “The Last Time”. Other songs by this pop duo include “Maneater”, “Out of Touch”, and “You Make My Dreams (Come True)”.
ANSWER: Hall and Oates [or Daryl Hall and John Oates]
[10m] The “Be My Baby” beat is also imitated in “Only Yesterday”, a single by this other pop group. This brother-sister duo behind “Top of the World” won a Grammy for their version of “(They Long to Be) Close to You”.
ANSWER: (The) Carpenters
<JC, Music: Pop>
Data
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FDA Poop Experiments | gaslight gatekeep girlbuzz | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Fill in the _______ | Tosca Trio | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Kermit to the Bit | No Longer Free Agents | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Last Among | Downtown Freddie Brown | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Nosfera2: The Return of Bill Skarsgard | We'd Rather Be at SawCon | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Skibidiallo Rizzirkzee | honk tuah and squawk on that wing | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| THE SIXTH SENSE | The of us | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Untitled HONK! Team | Laniel Automatic Pinball School | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| not overly fond of geese | NieR: Nǃxau ǂTomata | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| womt | The Holdovers | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 HONK! @ Waterloo | 2024-08-03 | Y | 8 | 18.75 | 100% | 50% | 38% |
| 2024 HONK! @ Carleton | 2024-10-20 | Y | 4 | 17.50 | 100% | 75% | 0% |
| 2024 HONK! @ Syracuse | 2024-12-07 | Y | 4 | 20.00 | 100% | 75% | 25% |
| 2025 HONK! @ Online | 2025-03-09 | Y | 10 | 18.00 | 100% | 60% | 20% |