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Broad Ripple Brewpub Quiz

posted: Jan. 21, 2021

Questions from a past Brewpub Quiz. This quiz was won by The Black Friars with 15 points.

Ships

1) The Japanese Instrument of Surrender that ended America's involvement in World War II was signed on the deck of what ship?

2) What was the name of the ship commanded by Captain Ahab in Moby Dick?

3) On what ship did Charles Darwin arrive in the Galapagos Islands?

4) What kind of wood did God instruct Noah to build the Ark from in the book of Genesis?

Old Sayings and Stuff

1) In British theaters it's considered unlucky to say the name of what Shakespearean play?

2) What is the next line in the old Irish saying: "A new broom sweeps clean, but..."?

3) "And the Gobbeuns al git ya ef ya don't watch out!" is an inscription that's located where in the city of Indianapolis?

4) In the nursery rhyme that begins: "Monday's child is fair of face..." what is said about Thursday's child?

Jazz Musicians

1) What instrument did Erroll Garner, Bill Evans and Oscar Peterson play?

2) I am considered one of the pioneers of jazz. I am largely known for my cornet playing, but I was also proficient on the piano. I was a native of Iowa and of German decent. I died in 1931 at the age of 28. Who am I?

3) Who composed the Be-Bop classic A Night in Tunisia?

4) What jazz musician started out in his parents' vaudeville act as Traps the Drum Wonder?

Historical Places

1) What famous 17th Century fire started in a bakery on Pudding Lane?

2) During World War II, two decisive victories by the Allies occurred at El Alamein. In what country is El Alamein located?

3) Galileo proved his theory that all objects fall with the same acceleration by dropping two balls of different weights from the top of what building?

4) The Battle of the Little Bighorn, also known as Custer's Last Stand, took place in what state?

Movie Heroines

1) What was the name of the spaceship where Ellen Ripley first encounters an alien?

2) Who plays Valeria, the warrior woman who aids Conan, in Conan the Barbarian?

3) Barbara Bach plays Agent XXX in which James Bond film?

4) Who provides the voice of Helen Parr, aka Elastigirl, in Pixar's The Incredibles?

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