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Broad Ripple Brewpub Quiz
posted: Nov. 02, 2023
The winners of this past were I'll Have The Fabricated Fries With That Bio Burger with 17 points. The winners of the Best Team Name Competition were Russia's National Anthem: Putin On The Ritz.
The following questions were created for us by Dean Knapp for which we are grateful.
The following questions were created for us by Dean Knapp for which we are grateful.
1950s and 1960s Classic TV Shows
1) What western TV show character's business card read "Have Gun - Will Travel"?
2) Who were the upstairs neighbors and friends of Ralph and Alice Kramden on The Honeymooners?
3) What was the name of the female saloonkeeper on the TV western Gunsmoke and who was the actress who played her?
4) Who were the landlords of Lucy and Desi Arnaz in the TV comedy I Love Lucy?
Scientists
1) What 19th Century Austrian monk discovered the first laws of heredity and genetics?
2) What 19th Century Swedish botanist ironically formulated the scientific classifications of all animals?
3) What late 15th Century and early 16th Century Polish astronomer propounded the heliocentric theory of the solar system?
4) What late 16th Century and early 17th Century Italian scientist was the founder of the field of experimental physics and astronomy?
The Wild West
1) Born William Henry McCarty, by what alias was Billy the Kid commonly known?
2) What sheriff killed Billy the Kid in New Mexico?
3) What lawman, survivor of the Gunfight at the OK Corral, later became a sports writer in Burbank, California?
4) Wild Bill Hickock was killed by Jack McCall in Deadwood, South Dakota, while playing poker. The hand he was about to play consisted of two pair and became known after as the Deadman's Hand. What were the two pair he was holding?
Broadway Shows
1) Who wrote the musical score for Showboat?
2) John Raitt, the father of singer Bonnie Raitt, originated the role of Billy Bigelow in the Broadway production of what musical?
3) What Italian opera singer originated the role of Emile de Becque, the French plantation owner, in the Broadway production of South Pacific, but was subsequently played by what other Italian performer in the movie version?
4) Who played the role of Professor Henry Higgins in the original stage production and the subsequent movie version of My Fair Lady?
Heavenly Bodies
1) The planet Mars has two moons. What are their names?
2) The so-called Dog Star is in its ascendancy in the sky from July 3rd to August 11th, hence the phrase Dog Days of Summer. What is the star's astronomical name?
3) What is the astronomical name of the North Star?
4) What planet was discovered by the English Astronomer Sir William Herschel in 1781?
alan@broadripplegazette.com
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