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Broad Ripple Brewpub Quiz

posted: Mar. 28, 2024

The winners of the March 19, 2024, quiz were Does This Handkerchief Smell Like Chloroform? with 41 points. The winners of the Best Team Name Competition were Publisher's Drinking House.

Round One: Movie Siblings

1) In what 1984 movie do Tom Hanks and John Candy play brothers called Allen and Freddie, who get involved with someone named Madison?

2) Mia Farrow, Barbara Hershey and Dianne Weist play siblings and what title characters in a 1986 movie?

3) In what 2008 movie do characters played by Richard Jenkins and Mary Steenburgen marry, which forces their childish grown-up sons to live together?

4) The characters T'Challa and Shuri are brother and sister who appear in several action/adventure movies but predominantly in what 2018 film?

5) Moneyball Question: In the 1965 movie The Sound Of Music, Captain Von Trapp has seven children. How many of the siblings are sisters?

Round Two: Picture Round - "G" Things

1) What species of animal is this? By what other name is it known?

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2) Who is this Muppet? Who originally provided his voice?

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3) What is the concoction in this bowl? What literary character from 1838 wanted more of it?

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4) What is this musical instrument? The instrument is featured prominently on Radiohead's song No Surprises which is featured on what 1997 album?

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5) What is the title of this 1937 painting by Pablo Picasso? It represents an incident that took place during what conflict?

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Round Three: Songs Repurposed For TV Commercials

1) The lyrics of the chorus to the 1982 song I Want Candy by Bow Wow Wow are changed to "I Love Andy" for a recently launched commercial for what local car dealerships?

2) First shown during the Super Bowl in 2021, a commercial for Cheetos, featuring Shaggy singing a repurposed version of his 2000 song Wasn't Me, also featured what celebrity couple?

3) In a commercial first shown in 2003, what floor cleaning device used a repurposed version of the 1980 song Whip It by Devo to advertise the product?

4) The 1974 song Magic, by the band Pilot, whose chorus contains the lyrics "oh, ho, ho it's magic" was repurposed starting in 2018 to sell what pharmaceutical for Type 2 diabetes?

5) Moneyball Question: In a commercial first shown in 2020 the song Rocket Man by Elton John was repurposed to advertise what online site that offers coupons and discounts for various stores?

Round Four: March 19th - The Day In History

1) In the United States first air combat mission, which took place in 1916, eight biplanes took off from New Mexico to support US troops crossing into Mexico. What historical figure were the troops attempting to capture?

2) In 1953 the Academy Awards Ceremony was first televised. What comedic actor was the host?

3) In 1966 Texas Western beat Kentucky to win the NCAA Men's Basketball Championship. What was different about Texas Western's starting five that had not occurred before in the tournament's winning team?

4) In 1991 the NFL owners decided to take away the 1993 Super Bowl that had been awarded to the city of Phoenix because the state of Arizona refused to recognize what federal holiday?

5) Moneyball Question: In 1918 a bill introducing Daylight Saving Time to the United States for the first time was enacted into law only to be repealed seven months later. What President signed the bill?

Round Five: Shapes

1) Black Widow spiders can be recognized by a red mark on their abdomen. What is it shaped like?

2) The first trademarked logo in history was for a beer. Still in use, what shape is the logo?

3) The Earth is a spheroid that's flattened at the poles. Such a spheroid is said to be what?

4) In the UK when things go wrong people often say that the situation has become like the shape of what fruit?

5) Moneyball Question: The role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons uses six different sided dice in its gameplay plus a seventh that matches one of the other dies. What name is given to the shape of the die with the most sides?

Round Six: Supergroups

1) The Traveling Wilburys, who released their first album in 1988, consisted of George Harrison, Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, Roy Orbison and what other member?

2) Which two members of the supergroup Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young had previously played in a band together?

3) Dave Grohl, of Nirvana and Foo Fighters, Josh Homme of Kyuss and Queens Of The Stone Age, and what member of Led Zeppelin formed the band Them Crooked Vultures in 2009?

4) Johnny Cash, Kris Kristofferson, Willie Nelson, and Waylon Jennings formed what supergroup in 1985?

5) Moneyball Question: Singer/songwriters Phoebe Bridgers, Lucy Dacus and Julien Baker came together to form what supergroup whose album The Record won three Grammys in 2024?

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