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Broad Ripple Brewpub Quiz

posted: May 23, 2024

The winners of the May 21, 2024, quiz were The Defense Breasts with 40 points. The winners of the Best Team Name Competition were Spike Lee Was Knicked Again.

Round One: Box Office Flops

1) The 2000 movie Battlefield Earth, which was co-produced by and starred John Travolta, was based on who's 1982 novel?

2) What are the first names of the brothers played by Bob Hoskins and John Leguizamo in a 1993 movie?

3) Who was the star of the 2002 movie The Adventures Of Pluto Nash?

4) The 2022 animated movie Turning Red is to date the least successful movie released by what movie studio?

5) Moneyball Question: The 2012 movie John Carter was based on a science fiction novel by what author?

Round Two: Picture Round - Stage Plays

1) The is a still from the original 1947 production of what play? What actress played the leading female role?

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2) This a still from a production of what 2004 play? Its author John Patrick Shanley won an Oscar for writing the screenplay to what 1987 movie starring Cher?

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3) This is a still from a production of what Shakespeare play? The title character appears in the center of the stage. What is the name of the woman cradled in his arms?

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4) This is a still from a production of what 2007 play? The action in the play takes place over a period of six years. What year is it at the end of the play?

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5) This is a still from a production of what play first produced in 1953? The author was inspired by the activities of what government organization?

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Round Three: May 21st - The Day In History

1) Hernando de Soto, who died in 1542, led the first European expedition that saw what river?

2) In 1979, riots in San Francisco broke out following politician Dan White's lenient sentence for the murders of Mayor George Moscone and what other politician who served with him on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors?

3) In 1992, on Johnny Carson's second to last show as host of The Tonight Show, what singer, who sang One For My Baby, was his last ever guest?

4) In 1999 Susan Lucci finally won a Daytime Emmy on her 20th nomination for her role in what soap opera?

5) Moneyball Question: Charles Lindburgh became the first man to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. Five years later to the day Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. In what two years did these events occur?

Round Four: Animalistic Answers (the answers to these questions are a single word in which part of the word is the name of an animal)

1) What type of knot can be used to shorten a length of rope?

2) What derogatory, avian based term, means a person who is not very intelligent?

3) What word is given to a principle that a hierarchy expects their followers to accept as absolute truth?

4) What word means to use your intelligence to get the better of someone?

5) Moneyball Question: What word means to give great acclaim to a person or persons?

Round Five: Motorsports

1) Italians Giacomo Agostini and Valentino Rossi are considered two of the best to ever have competed in what sport?

2) A race that is still held annually and originally went through both Europe and Africa was given what name during the first half of its existence due to the two cities that formed the starting and ending points?

3) In addition to motorcycles, Drag Racing uses an automobile known as a Top Fuel dragster and what other kind of automobile?

4) Founded in 2013 by former Indy Car driver Robby Gordon, the motorsport series known by the acronym SST features what kind of vehicles?

5) Moneyball Question: The circuit at Silverstone is the site of many major motorsport events, including the British Grand Prix. It's located in what English county, which is why that county is twinned with Indianapolis?

Round Six: Musical Names

1) The jazz pianist for whom the 1929 song Ain't Misbehavin' was a signature song, and the rock and roll pianist for whom the 1940 song Blueberry Hill was a signature song shared what nickname?

2) What style of music that originated in Trinidad And Tobago is named for a Greek goddess?

3) What band, whose lead singer and main songwriter was Paul Westerberg, when struggling to come up with a name for the album they released in 1984 decided to use the title of the next song that came on the radio and so ended up calling it Let It Be?

4) A 1964 song by the band Them, a 1982 song by Laura Branigan, and a 2016 song by The Lumineers all have what girl's name as their titles?

5) Moneyball Question: What was the first name of the father of Russian composer Tchaikovsky?

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