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Broad Ripple Brewpub Quiz

posted: Aug. 28, 2025

The winners of the August 19th, 2025 quiz were Cease Friars. The winners of the Best Team Name Competition were Jar Jar Drinks.

Movie Debuts

1) Julie Andrews made her film debut in the 1964 Disney film Mary Poppins rather than what movie, also released in 1964, that was based on a Broadway musical in which she originated the role, having lost the part to a more famous but non-singing actress?

2) What renowned film composer, famous for writing many scores for Alfred Hitchcock directed movies such as Psycho, North By Northwest and Vertigo, composed his first film score for 1941's Citizen Kane?

3) Josh Brolin made his film acting debut in what classic kids' movie from 1985?

4) Whose screenwriting debut, which he also directed, was for the 1986 film She's Gotta Have It?

5) Moneyball Question: The 1996 movie Bottle Rocket starring Owen and Luke Wilson in their film debut was also the directorial debut for what filmmaker known for his quirky and highly stylized films?

August 19th - The Day in History

1) In 1839, the French government, as a free gift to the world, released the full instructions for the photographic process developed by what pioneer of photography?

2) In 1895, what Old West Texas outlaw, who lent his name to a 1967 album by Bob Dylan, was killed?

3) In 1953, the government of what country, whose Premier was Mohammed Mossadegh, was overthrown by that country's military with backing by the CIA?

4) In 1960, American Air Force pilot Gary Francis Powers was sentenced to ten years in a Soviet prison for espionage. He was captured after the plane he was spying in was shot down. What type of reconnaissance aircraft was he flying?

5) Moneyball Question: In 1909, the first car race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway was held. The race was how many miles long?

Phobias

1) Cynophobia is the fear of what animals?

2) Nyctophobia is the fear of what?

3) Entomophobia is the fear of what creatures?

4) Monophobia could be considered the opposite of Agoraphobia. What is Monophobia the fear of?

5) Moneyball Question: Nomophobia, a term that was coined in 2008, is the fear of being without what?

Events of 1929

1) On January 17th, what famous character was first introduced in a comic strip called Thimble Theatre created by E. C. Segar?

2) Signed in Rome, Italy on February 11th, what was established by the Lateran Treaty?

3) On May 16th, the first Academy Awards ceremony was held. What silent film won Best Picture?

4) In August what German airship was the first to circumnavigate the globe?

5) Moneyball Question: Black Tuesday was the worst day of the Wall Street Crash of 1929. In what month did it take place?

Signature Songs

1) What comedic actor's signature song was Thanks For The Memories, which he first recorded in 1938?

2) Country singer Luke Combs had a hit in 2023 with what singer-songwriter's signature song which she wrote and recorded in 1987?

3) What became a signature song for Louis Armstrong when he recorded it in 1967?

4) In 1963, Leslie Gore, then seventeen, recorded what female empowerment song which became a signature song for her?

5) Moneyball Question: What singer-songwriter and one-time teen idol wrote the lyrics to Frank Sinatra's signature song My Way?

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