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Broad Ripple Brewpub Quiz

posted: Apr. 25, 2024

The winners of the May 7, 2024, quiz were Sleepy Dons with 42 points. The winners of the Best Team Name Competition were Indiana Fever Fan Since April 15th 2024.

Round One: Best Picture Oscar Winner Taglines

1) What Best Picture Oscar winner of 1984 was promoted with the tagline: "The man. . . the music. . . the madness. . . the murder. . . the motion picture"?

2) What Best Picture Oscar winner of 1990 was promoted with the tagline: "Lt. John Dunbar is about to discover the frontier. . . within himself"?

3) What Best Picture Oscar winner of 1992 was promoted with the tagline: "It's a hell of a thing, killing a man"?

4) What Best Picture Oscar winner of 2004 was promoted with the tagline: "Moving at the speed of life, we are bound to collide with each other"?

5) Moneyball Question: What Best Picture Oscar winner of 2020 was promoted with the tagline: "Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century. See you down the road"?

Round Two: Picture Round - TV Villains

1) What is the name of this character played by actor Giancarlo Esposito? In what television show did he originally appear?

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2) Played by actress Jane Wyman, Angela Channing appeared in what prime time soap opera? Who was Jane Wyman's third and most famous husband?

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3) By what name was this Game Of Thrones character, played by actor Iwan Rheon, originally introduced to viewers as? What did his surname change to later in the series?

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4) Actress Louise Fletcher played Kai Winn, the character shown, in which Star Trek spinoff? She also won a Best Actress Oscar for playing the villainous Nurse Ratched in what 1975 movie?

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5) What is the name of this character from Succession, who was played by actor Brian Cox? What former child star played Roman, the youngest of his four children?

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Round Three: April 16th - The Day In History

1) In the year 73, during the First Jewish-Roman War, what legendary Jewish fortress fell to the Romans after a lengthy siege?

2) In 1571 Martin Luther appeared before an assembly called by the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, which is known by what name, to defend his views on church reform?

3) In 1746 the last battle to take place on British soil was the Battle of Culloden where British government troops defeated the Scottish Jacobite army led by Charles Edward Stuart, who was better known to the Scots by what affectionate nickname?

4) In 1962 Walter Cronkite became the main news anchor for what network, a position he held until 1981?

5) Moneyball Question: Born in 1889, what filmmaker's last film was 1967's A Countess From Hong Kong, which he wrote, directed and composed the score for, but unusually only appeared in a cameo rather than as the star?

Round Four: Famous Residences

1) Who lives in a house built by wealthy merchant Archibald Gracie in 1799 and now located in Carl Schurz Park?

2) Who once lived in a complex known as The Forbidden City?

3) Blenheim Palace, the seat of the Dukes of Marlborough, was the birthplace of what British statesman, born in 1874?

4) Castell Gandolfo is the summer residence of what world figure?

5) Moneyball Question: The Jamaican estate, which author Ian Fleming built in the 1940s, shares its name with the 1995 movie that was the first to feature Pierce Brosnan as James Bond. What is the estate's name?

Round Five: Fill in the Blanks - Best Selling Books of the 2000s

1) 2003 book by Mitch Albom - The _____ People You Meet In Heaven?

2) 2009 book by Dan Brown - The Lost _____?

3) 2011 book by George R. R. Martin - A Dance With _____?

4) Author of 2012 book Gone Girl -_____ Flynn?

5) Moneyball Question: Author of the 2012 book Wild: Lost To Found On The Pacific Crest Trail - Cheryl _____?

Round Six: Musical Firsts

1) Italian composer Giovanni Battista Sammartini, born in 1698, is considered the first to write music in what form, a form later developed by Joseph Hayden into a format more familiar to modern listeners?

2) A 1948 song titled Molly And Tenbrook, recorded by brothers Ralph and Carter is the first Bluegrass record. What is the surname of the brothers?

3) Whoopee!, a 1930 movie musical starring Eddie Cantor, was the first movie to feature dance sequences created by what choreographer?

4) What 1978 album by Billy Joel was the first album to be released on Compact Disc in 1982?

5) Moneyball Question:While Les Paul is often credited with inventing the electric guitar, in reality the first electric guitar was an aluminum lap steel guitar nicknamed The Frying Pan, and introduced in 1932. It was manufactured by what guitar manufacturer, famous for producing the bass that Paul McCartney played?

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