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Broad Ripple Brewpub Quiz

posted: Oct. 03, 2024

The winners of the September 17th quiz were Calico Casserole with 42 points. The winners of the Best Team Name Competition were Brugge Appreciation Society.

Round One: Cult Movies

1) What spoof of teenage sex comedies released in 2001 and set at a lakeside camp for kids featured Paul Rudd, Amy Poehler, Janeane Garafalo, David Hyde Pierce, Bradley Cooper, Molly Shannon, Elizabeth Banks, Christopher Meloni and Michael Ian Black?

2) 1974's Female Trouble, 1977's Desperate Living and what movie from 1972 make up writer/director John Waters' Trash Trilogy?

3) In the 1997 movie Romy And Michelle's High School Reunion, Romy played by Mira Sorvino, and Michelle, played by Lisa Kudrow, come up with a plan to impress their former classmates by pretending that they've invented what common office product that in reality was invented by 3M?

4) Shannon Doherty, Lisanne Falk and Kim Walker all play three high school girls with the same name in what dark comedy from 1989, which gives the movie its title?

5) Moneyball Question: What major Hollywood actress rolls around in a mixture of chocolate and baked beans in the 1975 movie Tommy, based on the album Tommy by The Who?

Round Three: September 17th - The Day In History

1) In 1787, thirty-nine of the delegates of the Constitutional Convention signed the Constitution including what president, the fourth, who is referred to as the Father of the Constitution?

2) In 1978, a peace agreement between Egyptian president Anwar Sadat and Israeli prime minister Menachem Begin, which was organized by US President Jimmy Carter, came to be known as what?

3) In 1980, after several weeks of strikes at a shipyard in Gdansk, Poland, a trade union was established that was recognized by the state and which soon spread throughout the country. What was it known as in English?

4) In 1996, The Deep End Of The Ocean, a novel published that year by author Jacquelyn Mitchard, became significant for what reason?

5) Moneyball Question: In 1849, Harriet Tubman escaped from the plantation where she was enslaved. In what state was that plantation located?

Round Four: TV Actors Replacing TV Actors

1) Which member of the original cast of The Brady Bunch refused to take part in the 1976 variety show The Brady Bunch Hour, being replaced by Geri Reischl, an accomplished singer, stating that they didn't want to be associated with their Brady Bunch character for their whole career?

2) In Game Of Thrones, what character was initially played by Conan Stevens, then by Ian Whyte, and finally by Hafthór Björnsson?

3) Aunt Vivian was played in the first three seasons by Janet Hubert before being replaced by Daphne Maxwell Reid in what series?

4) In the first season of The Family Guy, the character of Meg Griffin was voiced by Lacey Chabert. Who has voiced the character from the second season on?

5) Moneyball Question: In the series Arrested Development, George Michael Bluth's dull girlfriend was initially played by Alessandra Torresani. In keeping with the character being unmemorable it was decided by the producers that they would replace her with a different actress in each season, and so cast Mae Whitman in the second season, but they were so happy with her portrayal that they kept her in the cast. What was the character's name?

Round Five: Sportspersons by Country

1) Former tennis pro Lleyton Hewitt, IndyCar driver Ryan Briscoe and swimmer Emma McKeon are all from what country?

2) Golfer John Rahm, former tennis pro Conchita Martinez, and the soccer player known as Nacho are all from what country?

3) Soccer player Marta, former IndyCar driver Vitor Meira, and UFC fighter Jose Aldo are all from what country?

4) Basketball player Bojan Bogdanović, discus thrower Sandra Elkasević, and former tennis pro Goran Ivanišević are all from what country?

5) Moneyball Question: Former sprinter Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, former baseball player Chili Davis, and cricketer Andre Russell are all from what country?

Round Six: Musical Geography

1) What song released in 2017 as part of an EP called Don't Smile At Me, was the first single for Billie Eilish to reach the Billboard Charts?

2) Coming out in 1993 what was the title of the last album of rock songs that Billy Joel released, whose title track was a major hit for him?

3) Recorded in 1942 by Dame Vera Lynn at the height of World War II what is the next five words in the following song title: There'll Be Bluebirds Over?

4) Released in 1970 by Creedence Clearwater Revival, what song, according to John Fogarty, is more about the proliferation of guns in the United States than about the Vietnam War as the title might suggest?

5) Moneyball Question: In the video for what 1997 song by Veruca Salt are the band shown on stage jumping around while attached to bungee cords?

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