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Broad Ripple Brewpub Quiz

posted: May 01, 2025

The winners of the April 1st, 2025 quiz were The Black Friars. The winners of the Best Team Name Competition were Corey Booker's Piss Bucket.

Round One: Movie Heros and Their Foes

1) Who was Captain America's main foe in the 2011 movie Captain America: The First Avenger, a character who would return as the guardian of the Soul Stone in later entries in the Marvel Cinematic Universe?

2) In the 2009 movie Inglourious Basterds, Christophe Waltz plays Hans Landa, known as The Jew Hunter to the Allies. Brad Pitt plays the leader of a group of commandos tasked with killing people like Landa. By what nickname does he go by?

3) In what 1952 western is Marshal Will Kane forced to face outlaw Frank Miller and his gang alone?

4) In the 1959 Disney animated film Sleeping Beauty, Prince Philip battles the evil Maleficent to free what Princess from the enchantment Maleficent has placed her under?

5) Moneyball Question: In the 2005 movie The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe, Liam Neeson provides the voice of Aslan. What British actress plays his archenemy The White Witch?

Round Two: Picture Round - Acting Siblings with Different Surnames

1) Who is this actor, mostly known for comedic roles? Who is this, his sister, also mostly known for comedic roles?

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2) These are a famous acting sister and brother. Which one of them used their real surname with a slight spelling alteration for their stage name? Which one used a variation of their middle name as their stage name?

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3) Who is this actress, noted for playing Melanie in Gone With The Wind and her many films with Errol Flynn? Who is this, her sister, who won an Oscar for her performance in Alfred Hitchcock's 1941 movie Suspicion?

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4) Who is this actor, who once held the record for playing the same television character for the longest time? Who is this actor, his brother, known for his dramatic roles, but also for playing an airline captain in the 1980 comedy film Airplane!?

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5) Who is this actor and filmmaker? This is his actor brother. What was the name of the inept daredevil character he created?

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Round Three: April 1st - The Day in History

1) In 1918 the first air force was formed in what country?

2) In 1921 who was sentenced to five years in prison for their part in the Beer Hall Putsch?

3) In 1970, then President, Richard Nixon signed legislation which banned what from being advertised on television and radio?

4) In 1985, what shoes went on sale for the first time, selling 1.5 million pairs in the first six weeks?

5) Moneyball Question: In 2001, what northern European country was the first to make same-sex marriage legal?

Round Four: Baseball Greats

1) What catcher, who was on thirteen World Series winning teams, had the real first name of Lawrence?

2) What Right Fielder was tragically killed in a 1972 plane crash which he had chartered himself to bring emergency relief aid to Nicaragua after a major earthquake had hit the country?

3) An over the shoulder catch made at the wall during the 1954 World Series for the New York Giants is often cited as the greatest catch ever made. What Hall of Fame player made the catch?

4) Which of the following pitchers never threw a perfect game: Sandy Koufax, Don Larsen, Nolan Ryan or Randy Johnson?

5) Moneyball Question: In the 1992 movie A League Of Their Own, during the famous "there's no crying in baseball" scene, the character Jimmy Dugan, played by Tom Hanks, talks about how being belittled by what real-life Hall of Fame player and manager in front of his parents still didn't cause him to cry?

Round Five: Animal Activity

1) Vespertine refers to animals who are mostly active at what time of day?

2) Diurnal refers to animals who are mostly active at what time of day?

3) Which of the following animals are not Nocturnal: Hedgehogs, Lions, Leopards or Porcupines?

4) Matutinal refers to animals who are mostly active at what time of day?

5) Moneyball Question: An animal who is most active at dawn and dusk is said to be what?

Round Six: Nonsense Words Songs

1) In what 1966 song by Frank Sinatra does he sing the refrain "do be do be do"?

2) What 1970 song by Simon & Garfunkel has just two words repeated in its chorus, namely "Lie" and "La"?

3) "Rah, rah, ah-ah-ah, roma, roma-ma" is a refrain heard in what 2009 song by Lady Gaga?

4) What 1974 song by Bjorn Skifs And Blue Swede begins with the refrain "Ooga-Chaka Ooga-Ooga" four times?

5) Moneyball Question: What Rock and Roll pioneer recorded the song Be Bop A-Lula in 1956?

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