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posted: Aug. 14, 2025

The winners of the August 5th, 2025 quiz were Summertime And The Colbert Deport. The winners of the Best Team Name Competition were WFYI Now Depending On Trivia Gift Cards For Funding.

Genre Movies

1) What 1992 western features the line: "It's a hell of a thing killing a man. You take away all he's got, and all he's ever gonna have"?

2) In the 1979 comedy film The Life Of Brian, Graham Chapman played the title character, but unlike his comedy partners who all played multiple parts, he only had one other speaking part. What was the name of the other character, besides Brian, that he played?

3) In what 1998 horror movie do high school students discover that their teachers have been replaced by murderous aliens?

4) In what 2015 action film, which spent almost twenty years in on again off again development, does Tom Hardy play Max Rockatansky?

5) Moneyball Question: What 1945 Alfred Hitchcock directed thriller about a man with deep psychological problems played by Gregory Peck features a dream sequence designed by Salvador Dali?

August 5th - The Day in History

1) In 1100, Henry I was crowned king of England. Who was his father, who was the first Norman king of England?

2) In 1915, what was first installed at Euclid Avenue and East 105th Street in Cleveland, Ohio?

3) In 1960 the African country of Upper Volta declared its independence from France. Its capital is Ouagadougou. By what name is it now known?

4) In 1981, President Ronald Reagan fired 11,359 striking workers who were employed in what profession?

5) Moneyball Question: In 1924, a long-running comic strip written and drawn by Harold Gray first appeared in newspapers. What was it called?

Colorful Irish Animal Names

1) What woodland animal is known as Maidrín Rua in Irish Gaelic which translates into English as Little Red Dog?

2) What undersea creature is known as Smugairle Róin in Irish Gaelic which translates into English as Seal Snot?

3) What insect is known as Snáthaid Mhór in Irish Gaelic which translates into English as Big Needle?

4) What mammal is known as Sciathán Leathair in Irish Gaelic which translates into English as Leather Wing?

5) Moneyball Question: What arboreal animal is known as Cat Crainn in Irish Gaelic which translates into English as Tree Cat?

Human Bones And Muscles

1) In birds, the wishbone is essentially two bones that are fused together. What are those comparable bones, which are not fused together in human beings, called?

2) What muscles, found in the upper part of the torso, are named for the Greek letter whose shape they resemble?

3) What name is given to the five largest vertebrae in the human spine?

4) The Incus, one of the three small bones found in the ear, is also known as what?

5) Moneyball Question: What two muscles help compress the abdominal cavity during actions such as sneezing, coughing or childbirth?

Black & White Music

1) What band released an album in 2010 whose cover, rather than showing an image of some kind, just features the following words: "This is an album by" and it lists the band's name, and then goes on "the name of this album is Brothers"?

2) What 1983 song by rap artist Melle Mel was subtitled "Don't Do It"?

3) What 1920s dance craze is mentioned in the title of a 1982 play by August Wilson about the blues singer Ma Rainey?

4) David Coverdale is the frontman for what British band originally formed in 1978?

5) Moneyball Question: What are the missing words in the following title of a 1967 song by The Moody Blues: _____ in _____ Satin?

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