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Broad Ripple Brewpub Quiz

posted: Jun. 01, 2023

The winners of this May 2, 2023, quiz were Raise Your Glass To Dean Knapp with 42 points. The winners of the Best Team Name Competition were Banned By The Hamilton County Library Board.

May the Fourth Be In Two Days

1) What actor plays Jedi Mace Windu in the first three films of the nine main films in the Star Wars saga, an actor who asked George Lucas to make his lightsaber purple?

2) What are the names of the creatures that Luke Skywalker and Han Solo ride while on the ice planet Hoth at the beginning of the 1980 movie The Empire Strikes Back?

3) Rey, the hero of the seventh, eighth and ninth movies in nine main film series is revealed to be the granddaughter of what major character in the Star Wars saga?

4) In the 2018 movie Solo: A Star Wars Story, Donald Glover plays a younger version of what Star Wars character?

5) Moneyball Question: The television series Andor, which aired on Disney+ is a direct prequel to what 2016 movie in the Star Wars franchise?

Picture Round - Q Things

1) What type of animal is this? In what country are they found?

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2) What is this South American city? It's the capital of what country?

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3) What model of car is this that was a popular choice as a road rally vehicle in the 1980s and early 1990s? What car company manufactured them?

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4) What variety of fruit is this? In what 1992 movie did a character played by Rosie Perez win at Jeopardy because she studied foods beginning with "Q" and this was one of the answers?

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5) Who is this heavy metal band pictured here circa 1984? Their biggest hit was a power ballad from 1990 titled Silent Lucidity. What style of beer was the beer that our brewer Jonathon named Silent Lucidity?

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Month of May Trivia

1) In 2021 Hélio Castroneves equaled what accomplishment achieved by only three other Indy car drivers?

2) What company has been the sponsor of the Indianapolis 500 Mini Marathon since 2004?

3) In 2022 what race day tradition was not held for the first time since it was started in 1947 due to environmental concerns?

4) What a cappella group, which formed at IU, were the first to perform Back Home Again In Indiana after Jim Nabors sang it for the last time in 2014?

5) Moneyball Question: Who is the official historian of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, a man who was born in England?

Just Desserts

1) What dessert, that consists of fried dough stuffed with cream and ricotta cheese, was frequently mentioned on The Sopranos?

2) Mille-feuille, a pastry made from layers of puff pastry with custard between each layer, also goes by the name of what famous Frenchman?

3) Mochi Ice Cream, an American invention, consists of ice cream encased in a kind of Japanese cake. What is the cake made from?

4) Lassi, a variety of yogurt milkshake, originated in what country?

5) Moneyball Question: All desserts in Britain can be referred to by what word that in America means a specific kind of dessert?

Just Deserts

1) What city located in the Sahara Desert is the most famous city in the country of Mali?

2) Parts of what desert located in Chile have been compared to Mars, as it gets no rainfall and there are no living organisms in the soil?

3) What rarely seen large cat can be found in the Gobi Desert as well as mountainous regions?

4) The Great Sandy Desert is located in what country, which is also the home to the animal mentioned in question one of the picture round?

5) Moneyball Question: What desert borders the Mojave Desert taking in parts of California and Arizona and stretching into Mexico?

Album Tracks from the Top Five Best-Selling Studio Albums Worldwide

1) What album released in 1973, that is the third best-selling studio album of all time, opens with the track Speak To Me, written by drummer Nick Mason, and closes with the track Eclipse, written by the band member most responsible for writing songs for the band?

2) What 1976 album, the fifth best-selling studio album of all time, that would be disliked by a character in a 1998 Coen brothers movie, ends side A on the original vinyl with the track Wasted Time, and opens side B with an orchestral reprise of the song?

3) What Do You Do For Money Honey is a track from what album released by AC/DC in 1980, that is the second best-selling studio album of all time?

4) Baby Be Mine and The Lady in My Life are the only two tracks of the nine included on what 1982 album, that is the best-selling album of all time, not to be released as singles?

5) Moneyball Question: For Crying Out Loud is the final track on what classic 1977 album that was produced by Todd Rundgren, and is the fourth best-selling studio album of all time?

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