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Broad Ripple Brewpub Quiz

posted: Nov. 16, 2023

The winners of this November 7, 2023, quiz were Barstool Caucus with 43 points. The winners of the Best Team Name Competition were OC/DC.

Concert Films

1) In U2's 1988 part documentary part concert film Rattle And Hum, Bono announces to a crowd in Denver, Colorado that "This is a song Charles Manson stole from The Beatles. We're stealing it back" prior to the band launching into a cover of what song?

2) The Last Waltz, a 1978 movie directed by Martin Scorsese shows the last concert ever given by what musical group?

3) Summer Of Soul (. . . Or, When The Revolution Could Not Be Televised) is a 2021 documentary featuring concert footage from the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival which won an Oscar for what well-known drummer and band leader, the film's director?

4) Homecoming, filmed at Coachella in 2018 and released the following year, stars what singer, who released the critically acclaimed album Lemonade in 2016?

5) Moneyball Question: A line from the song Girlfriend Is Better provides the title to what celebrated 1984 concert film?

Picture Round - "N" Things

1) What species of bird is this, a name that often appears in crosswords? It is the state bird of what state?

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2) Who is this rapper? He had a hit with the song Ride Wit Me in 2000. What is the missing word in the following lyrics from the song's chorus: "Oh, why do I live this way? (Hey, must be the _____)"?

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3) What is the name of this city which is the capital of India? What other city was India's capital prior to 1911?

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4) This is a still from a television adaptation of what 2018 novel? What is the name of the Irish born author who wrote it?

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5) What kind of cabbage is this? It originated in China where its name in Chinese translates as Big White Vegetable. A similar plant is known to the Chinese as Small White Vegetable but is known by what two-word name to Americans?

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TV Show Intros

1) What sitcom that ran from 1993 to 2004 opens with a line drawing of the Seattle skyline?

2) What series that ran from 1999 to 2007 opens with the main character driving through a toll booth that leads to the New Jersey Turnpike?

3) What sitcom that ran from 1976 to 1984 has a theme song that begins with the line "Come and knock on our door"?

4) The opening to what animated series that debuted in 2011 features a newly opened storefront in each episode with names such as Maxi Pads - Large Apartment Rentals, Cupid's Stupid - Divorce Attorneys, and Extra Moist Yoga?

5) Moneyball Question: What TV series that ran from 1983 to 1987 starts with a voice-over telling the viewer that the show is about a "crack commando unit sent to prison by a military court for a crime they didn't commit"?

Famous Politicians In History

1) Who was the only US President to go on to be a member of the Supreme Court?

2) Benazir Bhutto was the first female Prime Minister of what Islamic country?

3) The last President of the Soviet Union, Mikail Gorbachev presided over a change to Soviet society, which he referred to as an "openness". What Russian word was used to describe this change?

4) Jiang Qing, the fourth wife of Mao Zedong, along with three associates were put on trial and subsequently given lengthy prison sentences for their involvement in China's Cultural Revolution. What name was given to this group?

5) Moneyball Question: Arthur Wellesley, who famously led the army that defeated Napoleon's forces at the Battle of Waterloo, was the Prime Minister of Great Britain on two separate occasions. He was better known by what inherited title?

By Appointment To Her Majesty The Queen (Royal Warrants)

1) Manufactured by Heinz, which is on the list of Royal warrants, and usually referred to in Britain as brown sauce, what is the name of the condiment which is named for a landmark in London, using only the initials of the landmark's name?

2) What company founded in 1783, that bears the name of the German born founder who invented a way to bottle carbonation, has a Royal warrant?

3) The British branch of what American cereal company is thought to have been given a Royal warrant sometime in the 1920s?

4) What company, second only to Mars as the largest producer of chocolate in the world, first received its Royal warrant in 1854?

5) Moneyball Question: What London food emporium founded in 1707, and notable for being the inventor of Scotch Eggs, were first given a Royal warrant in 1910?

Live Albums

1) The first live album by the band Nirvana was released in 1994 seven months after the death of frontman Kurt Cobain. It was recorded as part of what television series?

2) What band released a critically acclaimed live album in 1971 titled Live At Fillmore East?

3) Subtitled The Rolling Stones In Concert, what is the missing word from the following title of a 1970 album: Get Yer ____ Out?

4) A 1963 live album by Frank Sinatra singing with Count Basie's orchestra as conducted by Quincy Jones was recorded at what famous Las Vegas hotel, which was demolished in 1996 to make way for The Venetian, and afforded the chance to give the album an alliterative title?

5) Moneyball Question: Volume 4 of Bob Dylan's Bootleg series, of which so far seventeen volumes have been released, features a live 1966 performance at what renowned concert hall in London where an audience member shouted out "Judas" when he and his band began the electric half of the show?

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