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Broad Ripple Brewpub Quiz

posted: Oct. 05, 2023

The winners of this October 3, 2023, quiz were The Scotch Eggheads with 40 points. The winners of the Best Team Name Competition were Billy For House Speaker. . . For Now.

International Horror Films

1) What is the missing two words from a line in a mysterious children's book that provides the title to a 2013 horror film from Australia: "If it's in a word or it's in a look you can't get rid of _____"?

2) Six women go spelunking in an extensive cave system only to encounter murderous creatures in what British film released in 2005?

3) What German silent film from 1922 was the first filmed version of Bram Stoker's novel Dracula?

4) The 2016 zombie-themed horror film Train To Busan was produced in what Asian country?

5) Moneyball Question: What 1977 Italian horror film co-written and directed by Dario Argento, who specifically produced films in that genre, was remade in 2018 with Dakota Johnson in the starring role?

Picture Round - Partnerships

1) Who is this actor and comedian? What was the name of his wife and comedy partner?

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2) Who is this aviation pioneer? What was his brother's name, who was the first person to successfully pilot a powered aircraft?

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3) Who is this singer? What was the name of his singing partner with which he formed the group The Righteous Brothers?

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4) Who is this German born philosopher and political theorist? Who was his partner in writing the Communist Manifesto published in 1848?

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5) Who is this basketball player? Who is his teammate with whom he formed a high scoring partnership known as The Splash Brothers?

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Internet Slang

1) What name is given to spending long periods of time reading negative news online?

2) What term means to set up an alternate account on a particular app for photos you only wish to share with a small group of people?

3) What does the phrase "No Cap" mean?

4) What word that begins with the letter "B" is used to describe someone that's rich or acts like they're rich?

5) Moneyball Question: Bae, a now common term for a significant other, is usually thought to be an abbreviation of "baby" or "babe" but it may also be an acronym for what phrase?

Ventriloquists

1) A skeleton named Achmed The Dead Terrorist, Walter, a grumpy old man, and Peanut, a purple creature with green hair, are just some of the characters created by what ventriloquist?

2) Darci Lynne, who first appeared on America's Got Talent in 2017 at the age of 12, wowed the judges when her character Petunia sang Summertime. She would go on to win that season. What kind of animal is Petunia?

3) What Spanish born ventriloquist, who died in 1999 at the age of 103, often used his hand to provide a face for his characters?

4) What ventriloquist used a character named Lambchop in her act?

5) Moneyball Question: Mortimer Snerd and Charlie McCarthy were characters used by what ventriloquist, who began his sixty-year career in 1919?

Animals Named for Other Animals

1) The three sharks most likely to attack humans are the Tiger Shark, The Great White and what other species named for an animal often found on a farm?

2) What type of beetle, of which there are over 1500 species, are easily recognizable by the distinctive large horns sprouting from their heads?

3) The Elephant Shrew was not given its name because it's larger than other shrews, to which they're not actually related, but because of what feature?

4) What creature with an apian sounding name is the world's smallest species of bird?

5) Moneyball Question: Sometimes referred to as a Skunk Bear, most often by Native Americans, what is the far more common name for this medium-dog-sized animal with a reputation for fearless ferocity?

Veterans of Farm Aid

1) What folk singer, who has appeared eight times at Farm Aid, had a hit with the song City Of New Orleans in 1972, which was written by Steven Goodman, who also wrote the song Go Cubs Go?

2) What recording artist, who played the first two Farm Aids in 1985 and 1986 with Tom Petty's band The Heartbreakers, but not since then, was a surprise guest this year, who again played with the surviving members of The Heartbreakers?

3) Dave Matthews, who first played Farm Aid in 1995, and became a board member in 2001, was born in what country in 1967?

4) What recording artist, who along with Dolly Parton and Linda Ronstadt released the 1987 album Trio, played at the first three Farm Aid concerts?

5) Moneyball Question: Willie Nelson, the main driving force behind Farm Aid and the only person to play at all the concerts, has been joined on stage at many of the shows by his sons Micah and Lukas, and his older sister who died aged 91 in 2022. What was her name?

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