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Broad Ripple Brewpub Quiz

posted: Jul. 27, 2023

The winners of the July 11th, 2023 quiz were Lost In The Wilderness Alone And Wet A Bus Came By And We Got On Then Finally Came Down And Landed here At The Pub with 43 points. The winners of the Best Team Name Competition were We Love A Good Political Joke Until He Gets Elected.

V is for Movies

1) What is the missing word in the following title of a 2015 movie based on a graphic novel written by Alan Moore and illustrated by David Lloyd: V For _____?

2) Kim Basinger plays what character in the 1989 movie Batman which also stars Michael Keaton in the title role?

3) Christian Bale gained forty pounds to play Dick Cheney in what 2018 biopic?

4) What is the name of the character played by John Travolta in the 1994 movie Pulp Fiction?

5) Moneyball Question: In the 1988 movie Dangerous Liaisons, John Malkovich plays the lead male character. In a 1989 movie, Colin Firth plays the same character, which gives that movie its title. What is the movie's title?

Picture Round - K Things

1) What is the name of this comic strip character? Who created him?

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2) From what form of protein is this feather, and all feathers, made from? The feather shown comes from what species of bird?

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3) Introduced in 2021, this is the latest logo for what car company? The company originated in what country?

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4) What variety of vegetable is this? From what European language does its name originate?

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5) Who is this author? What is the title of his novel that was made into a 1975 movie starring Jack Nicholson?

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X Marks The Middle

1) What sedimentary rock is the main source of aluminum?

2) What Egyptian city is home to a number of major archaeological sites, including the Valley of the Kings and the ruins of the city of Thebes?

3) A popular bumper sticker that was first produced in the early 2000s, spells what word using the Star of David in place of the "X"?

4) What eleven letter word is a synonym for roughly?

5) Moneyball Question: What is the first name of actress Carter, who was one of the main stars of the sit-com Designing Women which ran from 1986 to 1993?

Je'Qs

1) In geometry, any shape with four sides and four corners can be referred to as a Tetragon or a what?

2) What five letter word would be pronounced the same way that it is now if its last four letters were removed?

3) Cotton swabs, which are manufactured by the Unilever company, are sold under the brand name Q-Tip. What does the Q stand for in the name?

4) In French a particular animal goes cancan. What sound does it make in English?

5) Moneyball Question: In 1965, Quaker Oats introduced two new breakfast cereals that were promoted in a series of animated commercials in which two different characters, one an alien with a propeller on its head and one a burly underground miner, urged kids to try their own cereals rather than the other's. What were the characters called?

Geographical Js

1) Amman is the capital of what Middle Eastern country?

2) What is the largest city in South Africa?

3) In what country do members of a religious movement consider Hailie Selassie, the one-time Emperor of Ethiopia, a God-like messianic figure?

4) The Indonesian capital of Jakarta is located on what island?

5) Moneyball Question: Most of the country of Denmark lies on a peninsula known as what?

Musical Zs

1) What song from Billy Joel's 1978 classic album 52nd Street shares its title with an African island located off the coast of Tanzania?

2) What was U2's 1993 follow-up album to 1991's Achtung Baby?

3) What is the missing word in the following title of a piece of music by composer Richard Strauss, which was featured prominently in the 1968 movie 2001: A Space Odyssey: Thus Spake _____?

4) Formed in 1969, what band's breakthrough album was 1983's Eliminator, which spawned three major hits, Sharp Dressed Man, Gimme All Your Lovin' and Legs, the videos for which were regularly shown on MTV?

5) Moneyball Question: What duo had their only hit single with the song In The Year 2525 released in 1969?

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