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Broad Ripple Brewpub Quiz

posted: Dec. 14, 2023

The winners of this past quiz were You Can't Get There From Here with 15 points. The winners of the Best Team Name Competition were NFL Safety Available For Odd Jobs.

Drivin' Movies

1) In the 1999 movie The Straight Story, based on a true story and directed by David Lynch, Richard Farnsworth plays a man who takes to the road to visit his brother who lives over 200 miles away using what unusual mode of transport?

2) Susan George and Peter Fonda play what two title characters in a cult film from 1974, about a stock car driver and his mechanic who go on the run, with a girl in tow, after robbing a supermarket to fund their entry into NASCAR?

3) What were Burt Reynolds and Jerry Reeds' characters hired to transport from Texas to Georgia in the 1977 movie Smokey and the Bandit?

4) The 1963 movie It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, about a group of people on a hunt for buried treasure, features an all star cast largely made up of comedic actors. Which of the following actors does not make an appearance in the movie: Sid Caesar, Milton Berle, Bob Hope, Jonathan Winters or Phil Silvers?

When Their Mom's Away the Kids Will Play

1) Planes, a Disney movie that's currently showing in theaters, takes place in the same world that was created for what Pixar movie?

2) Ryan Lewis is the DJ for what rapper?

3) Scottish actor Peter Capaldi was recently announced as the newest star of what television program?

4) What was the title of the first Asterix book, which was published in 1961 by writer Rene Goscinny and artist Albert Uderzo?

Arcade Games of the '70s and '80s

1) In the game Frogger, how many frogs do you need to get safely across a busy road and a predator infested river to complete each level?

2) Three of the four "ghosts" that chase after Pac-Man are named Inky, Blinky and Pinky. What is the fourth one called?

3) To finish a level of the standard arcade version of Space Invaders you have to destroy five rows of aliens. How many aliens in total are in each level?

4) Dirk The Daring is the star of what arcade game that featured traditional drawn animation rather than computer graphics?

Andrew Luck - Number 12 in your Programs, Number 5 in my Heart

1) Andrew Luck was born on what date in September 1989?

2) Luck was a runner-up for the Heisman Trophy in 2010 and 2011. Who were the winners in 2010 and 2011?

3) Luck set a record for rookie quarterbacks with 627. In what statistic did he set this record?

4) Recently Luck signed his first big endorsement deal with what locally based company who are manufacturers of audio speakers?

Record Producers

1) What musician, who has worked as a producer on five of U2's albums, often in conjunction with fellow musician Daniel Lanois, was once a member of the band Roxy Music and is often the answer to crossword clues?

2) What musician and major producer of rap and hip-hop records takes his stage name from a manufacturer of footwear?

3) What record producer founded Arista records in 1974?

4) Who produced early recordings by Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash and Elvis Presley at his recording studio in Memphis, Tennessee?

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