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Broad Ripple Brewpub Quiz

posted: May 15, 2025

The winners of the April 15th, 2025 quiz were Trivia Cheaters Sent To El Salvadorean Prison. The winners of the Best Team Name Competition were Comfortably Dumb.

Round One: M. O. V. I. E. - one of the answers to the questions begins with the letter "M", one with the letter "O", one with the letter "V", one with the letter "I" and one with the letter "E"

1) Tom Cruise played the real-life German officer Claus von Stauffenberg who was involved in a failed plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler in what 2008 movie?

2) In what 2015 movie does Amy Poehler provide the voice for Joy, Bill Hader for Fear, Lewis Black for Anger and Mindy Kaling for Disgust?

3) What 2001 film directed by David Lynch was promoted with the tagline "A love story in the city of dreams"?

4) What 2010 comedy film starring Emma Stone was partially inspired by the 1850 Nathaniel Hawthorne novel The Scarlet Letter?

5) Moneyball Question: In what 1984 movie directed by Sergio Leone do James Woods and Robert DeNiro play Jewish gangsters growing up together in early 20th Century New York?

Round Three: April 15th - The Day in History

1) In 1894, what African American singer, known as the Empress Of The Blues, was born?

2) In 1947, Jackie Robinson became the first African American to sign with a Major League baseball team. He signed with the Brooklyn Dodgers. Who owned the Dodgers at the time?

3) In 1955, the first franchise of what restaurant chain opened in Des Plaines, Illinois?

4) In 1998, what former leader of the Khmer Rouge died while serving a life sentence, which was served under house arrest?

5) Moneyball Question: In 1755, A Dictionary Of The English Language by what English author, was first published in London?

Round Four: US National Parks

1) What National Park contains over half the world's geysers?

2) What National Park, located in Arizona, is named for the species of cactus that grows there?

3) Located in the Cascade Mountains of Oregon, what National Park is named for the body of water created by the collapse of a volcano?

4) Biscayne National Park is located off the coast of what east coast state?

5) Moneyball Question: Acadia, the first National Park opened on the east coast, is located in what state?

Round Five: Literary Trivia

1) The Newbury Medal and The Caldecott Medal are considered the most prestigious prizes awarded to authors of what literary genre?

2) "It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen" is the first line in what acclaimed dystopian novel published in 1949?

3) Alice Walker became the first African American woman to win a Pulitzer Prize for fiction with what 1982 novel?

4) What 1952 novel by John Steinbeck, which deals with two sets of rival brothers from the same family, gets its title from a line in the Book of Genesis?

5) Moneyball Question: Which of the three Brontë sisters namely Charlotte, Emily and Anne only published one novel in their lifetime?

Round Six: TV Theme Music

1) What show that first aired in 1966 starts with a fuse being lit which burns across the screen as the theme written by Lalo Schifrin plays?

2) What composer, known for his film scores for Tim Burton movies, wrote the theme to The Simpsons?

3) The theme song to what meta television comedy from the 1980s features the lyrics "I'm almost halfway finished, how do you like it so far"?

4) The theme to the long-running series M.A.S.H. was originally a song with lyrics that was featured in the 1970 movie that the series was based on. What was the song's title?

5) Moneyball Question: A jazz-fusion instrumental by Bob James entitled Angela was the theme to what 1970s sitcom whose opening credits showed a vehicle driving over New York City's Queensboro Bridge?

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