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Broad Ripple Brewpub Quiz
posted: Jun. 24, 2021

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Questions from a past Brewpub Quiz. This quiz was won by Not The Black Friars with 17 points.

Film Directors
1) Roman Polanski cast his then girlfriend in the lead role of his 1979 film Tess. Who was she?
2) What filmmaking brothers are responsible for co-directing the Matrix series?
3) Who has received Oscar nominations four times for Best Director and Best Picture for the same movies, as well as nominations for Best Actor for two of those movies?
4) What director and filmmaker founded Keystone Studios?

Lakes
1) Created after the completion of the Hoover Dam, what is the largest man-made lake in the United States?
2) Located on the border of Peru and Bolivia what is the world's highest navigable lake?
3) Which of the two Great Lakes are in reality just one lake?
4) Located in Africa, and divided mostly between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Tanzania, what is the world's longest freshwater lake?

Gangsters
1) Frank Costello, Meyer Lansky and Benjamin Siegel were all associates of what famous gangster?
2) What word is given to the so-called code of silence that's practiced by the mafia?
3) What gangster is widely thought to have had a strong association with Frank Sinatra?
4) What nickname was given to the gangster who referred to himself as Jack Diamond?

Latin Phrases
1) Cave Canem, a phrase that might make a cynophobic person nervous, translates as what?
2) Veritas Vos Liberabit translates to what familiar phrase that praises honesty?
3) Alea Jacta Est, words spoken by Julius Caesar as he brought his army across the Rubicon river in violation of Roman law, translates as what?
4) What does the phrase Alma Mater literally translate to?

Songs of the New Millenium
1) "Smooth", a hit for Santana in 2000, featured vocals by what singer from the band Matchbox Twenty, who also co-wrote the song?
2) "Lady Marmalade", a 2001 Grammy winner for Christina Aguilera, Pink, Mya and Lil Kim was a cover of a 1974 original by what group?
3) What group released the song "Not Ready to Make Nice" in 2006 in response to criticisms they received from conservative groups?
4) What sardonic "break-up" song released in 2006 became a breakout hit for Lily Allen?




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