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Broad Ripple Brewpub Quiz

posted: Jun. 15, 2023

The winners of this June 6, 2023, quiz were Isaiah Rogers Has Fifty On Us To Win with 35 points. The winners of the Best Team Name Competition were Our Drinking Team Has A Trivia Problem.

Motor Racing Movies

1) Winning, a 1969 movie about a man vying to win the Indianapolis 500, stars what major Hollywood star, who developed a love of car racing from being in the movie, and began a side career in motorsports, taking part in many events including the Le Mans 24 Hour race?

2) Elvis Presley plays Lucky, who spends time wooing Rusty played by Ann-Margret, while also trying to raise money to buy an engine for his race car in what 1964 movie?

3) Herbie, the Volkswagen Beetle, who uses his human-like intelligence to win car races, first appeared in what Disney produced movie released in 1968?

4) In the 2019 movie Ford Vs. Ferrari, John Bernthal plays what then Ford executive, who famously went on to turn around the flagging fortunes of Chrysler in the 1980s?

5) Moneyball Question: The epic 1966 movie Grand Prix, noted for its ground-breaking in-car filming, features a score by what French composer, known for his Oscar winning scores to 1962's Lawrence Of Arabia and 1965's Doctor Zhivago?

Picture Round - Works of Art

1) This painting is called The Haywain. What 19th Century English born artist painted it? It hangs in the National Gallery in London, which is located in what famous square?

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2) What is the name of this sculpture which can be found in St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City? Who is the artist responsible for it?

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3) What modern day artist created this painting? The stylized dog in the painting was inspired by images created by what other artist?

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4) This is a 1935 photograph of a famous rock formation known as El Capitan. Where is it located? What photographer took the picture?

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5) Now usually referred to as In A Café, this painting also went by the name of what alcoholic beverage, a glass of which sits in front of the woman? What French Impressionist, also known for his paintings of ballet dancers, is the artist responsible for the work?

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Languages

1) Yiddish is a dialect deriving from what European language?

2) Which of the following is not a language commonly spoken in India: Tamil, Urdu, Zuni or Gujarati?

3) Tagalog is a language spoken in what Asian country?

4) Berber languages are spoken on what continent?

5) Moneyball Question: Erse, a word that usually only appears in crosswords, refers to a form of what language?

Literary Fill in the Blanks

1) Because I Could Not Stop For _____, poem by Emily Dickinson published in 1890?

2) 1959 historical book by Cornelius Ryan: The Longest _____?

3) _____ Fish, 1975 novel by S. E. Hinton?

4) _____ From The Edge, semi-autobiographical 1985 novel by Carrie Fisher?

5) Moneyball Question: Love's _____ Lost, comedic play by William Shakespeare circa 1590?

Television Series in Their Last Seasons

1) What is the surname of the family at the heart of the HBO series Succession?

2) The title character from what television series has parents named Abe and Rose, a husband named Joel, and a manager named Susie?

3) The NCIS spin-off which stars LL Cool J and Chris O'Donnell is set in what city?

4) The sitcom The Goldbergs is known for being set in what decade of the 20th Century?

5) Moneyball Question: One of the central characters in what series has been played by Claire Foy, Olivia Coleman, and Imelda Staunton?

Songs & Songwriters Through History

1) Pastime With Good Company is a song written by what historical figure who most likely did not write the song Greensleeves?

2) What 18th Century Scottish poet is responsible for the lyrics to Auld Lang Syne?

3) Paul Dresser, a songwriter born in Terre Haute in 1857, composed what song, which has great significance in Indiana?

4) Nicklolas Ashford was one half of a songwriting team behind such classic songs as Ain't No Mountain High Enough. What was the name of his wife and song-writing partner, with whom he wrote numerous hit songs from 1964 until his death in 2011?

5) Moneyball Question: Irishman, Thomas Moore, born in 1799, wrote the lyrics to the song Believe Me If All Those Endearing Young Charms which was set to an old Irish tune. It was often used as a recurring gag in cartoons by what Hollywood studio, in which a piano was rigged to explode when the last note of the first line of the song was played?

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