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Broad Ripple Brewpub Quiz

posted: Aug. 08, 2024

The winners of the August 6th, 2024, quiz were Is RFK Jr. A Cubs Fan? with 41 points. The winners of the Best Team Name Competition were Hello, Walz.

Round One: Olympic Movies

1) In what 2019 film directed by Clint Eastwood, does Kathy Bates play the mother of the man falsely accused of planting a bomb at the 1996 Atlanta games, whose name gives the film its title?

2) In the 2008 French movie Asterix At The Olympic Games, which is based on the comic book series, what renowned French actor plays Asterix's best friend Obelix, who possesses superhuman strength?

3) The 1981 movie Chariots Of Fire tells the true story of British athletes competing in the 1924 Olympic Games. In what city did those games take place?

4) The 2014 movie Foxcatcher starring Steve Carell, Mark Ruffalo and Channing Tatum, tells the real-life dark story of wealthy John Du Pont, who hires two Olympic gold medal winning brothers to train a team to compete in what Olympic sport?

5) Moneyball Question: Triumph Of The Will, a film directed by Leni Riefenstahl, which is as much a propaganda film as it is a documentary, centers around the games which took place in what year?

Round Three: August 6th - The Day In History

1) In 1809, the British poet Alfred, Lord Tennyson was born. What is his most famous poem which deals with an incident that occurred during the Crimean War?

2) In 1926 Gertrude Ederle becomes the first woman to do what?

3) In 1956, what television network aired its last program?

4) In 1991, Tim Berners-Lee released details of an idea he had to the public, which was later put into practice. What was the idea?

5) Moneyball Question: In 1806, Francis II of Austria declared what empire, which had existed for over one thousand years, to be dissolved?

Round Four: Olympic Sport Divisions

1) What team sport, in which seven players including a goalkeeper compete, is played over four eight-minute periods?

2) All Olympic rowing races are roughly 1.2 miles in length. How long are the races in meters?

3) In an Olympic individual swimming medley, the athletes competing swim a minimum of one length of the pool using a different stroke for each part of the race. What is the second stroke they switch to?

4) Seven players play two halves of seven minutes each in what team sport?

5) Moneyball Question: In men's Olympic Volleyball the match is the best of five sets. To win a set a team needs to reach twenty-five points provided that's two points clear of their opponents. The exception is the fifth set. How many points does a team need to score, again two clear of their opponents, to win the fifth set and ultimately the match?

Round Five: One Word Connections

1) What word connects the following four words: Jay, Morpho, Russian, Whale?

2) What word connects the following four words: Cayman, Hotel, Rapids, Slam?

3) What word connects the following four words: Hockey, Soldier, Left, Magnetic?

4) What word connects the following four words: Shadow, Day, Beat, Match?

5) Moneyball Question: What word connects the following four words: Subject, Bread, Round, Story?

Round Six: Songs for Days - all the answers to these questions have the name of a day of the week in them

1) What 1995 song by Ice Cube was featured on the soundtrack to a movie he co-wrote and starred in?

2) What 1967 song by The Rolling Stones gave its name to a chain of restaurants?

3) What 1983 synth-pop classic by the British band New Order is the biggest selling 12-inch single of all time?

4) In what 1972 song by Chicago does the singer recount a joyous time that he thinks occurred on the Fourth of July?

5) Moneyball Question: What 1964 song by Simon & Garfunkel features the following lyrics: "Oh, what have I done? Why have I done it? I've committed a crime, I've broken the law. For twenty-five dollars and pieces of silver, I held up and robbed a hard liquor store"?

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