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Broad Ripple Brewpub Quiz

posted: Oct. 31, 2024

The winners of the October 15th quiz were Townhall Dance Party with 42 points. The winners of the Best Team Name Competition were The Nightmare Before Quizmas.

Round One: Horror Movie Taglines

1) What 1968 movie was promoted with the tagline: "It's Not What You Were Expecting"?

2) What 1982 movie was promoted with the tagline: "They're Here"?

3) What 1984 movie was promoted with the tagline: "If Nancy Doesn't Wake Up Screaming, She Doesn't Wake Up At All"?

4) What 1996 movie was advertised with the tagline: "Someone Has Taken Their Love For Horror Movies One Step Too Far. Solving This Mystery Is Going To Be Murder"?

5) Moneyball Question: What 1935 movie sequel was promoted with the tagline: "More Fearful Than The Monster Himself"?

Round Two: Picture Round: "S" Things

1) This building is known as the what? In what city is it located?

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2) What species of big cat is this? On what continent can they be found in the wild?

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3) Who is this writer, who had a prolific career as a screenwriter, novelist and creator of television shows? What is the missing word in the following title of one of his best sellers, published in 1973: The Other Side Of _____?

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4) What variety of lily is this? It's the state flower of what state that has a beehive on its flag?

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5) Who is this singer who was prominent during the British punk era of the 1970s? What was the name of her backing band?

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Round Three: October 15th - The Day In History

1) In 70 BC, what Roman poet, a fictionalized version of whom guided Dante Alighieri through the underworld in his 1321 poem The Divine Comedy, was born?

2) In 1582, the Gregorian calendar, still in use today, was adopted. What calendar did it replace?

3) In 1888, investigators into the Jack The Ripper case received a letter thought to be from the killer. What two words headed the letter, which was used as the title to a graphic novel published as one collection in 1999 and its subsequent 2001 movie adaptation?

4) In 1956 FORTRAN was introduced. FORTRAN was the first what to be widely used?

5) Moneyball Question: In 2008, the second worst percentage drop in Dow Jones' history occurred. It was known as Black Monday in the United States. Besides Bear Stearns, which was bought out by JP Morgan, what major investment bank founded in 1850 collapsed as a result?

Round Four: Famously Combined

1) An 18th century astronomer and a former NFL running back turned politician?

2) Actress who was Steven Spielberg's first wife and a celebrated songwriter?

3) The lead singer of a progressive rock trio and a well-known teacher of method acting?

4) An American comedian with own his television show which first aired in 1950 and an English comedian with his own television show which first aired in 1969?

5) Moneyball Question: An actress who once played a replicant and a German born political theorist?

Round Five: Festivals

1) What annual New York film festival, which was co-founded by Robert De Niro, first took place in 2002?

2) The festival of San Fermín, famous for its running of the bulls, takes place in July each year in what Spanish city?

3) The annual Carnival held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, is spread over the five days before the beginning of what event in the Catholic calendar?

4) A 1993 concert given by Pearl Jam at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California, because they refused to perform in Los Angeles due to a dispute with Ticketmaster, eventually led to what annual music and arts festival held at that location each year since 1999?

5) Moneyball Question: A performing arts festival usually referred to as Fringe, takes place in what UK city each year?

Round Six: Hit Songs Turned TV Themes

1) What television program that ran from 2000 to 2015 used The Who's recording of their song Who Are You as its opening theme song?

2) The song Short Skirt, Long Jacket by what band, was used as the opening theme to the television show Chuck, which aired from 2008 to 2012?

3) The theme to what television series that ran from 1988 to 1993 was a Joe Cocker recording of a song by The Beatles?

4) What song by Billy Joel was the theme song to the television show Bosom Buddies, that ran from 1980 to 1982, a show that is famous for launching the career of Tom Hanks?

5) Moneyball Question: What song, co-written and recorded by Joan Jett, was the theme to the Judd Apatow created television series Freak And Geeks that ran for a single season in 1999?

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