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Broad Ripple Brewpub Quiz

posted: Nov. 13, 2025

The winners of the November 4th, 2025 quiz were I'm Calling A Special Session So Braun Can Redistrict My A**. The winners of the Best Team Name Competition were The Englishman Formerly Known As Prince.

Violent Animal Movies

1) Dee Wallace stars in what 1983 movie that's based on a 1981 novel by Stephen King?

2) What 1978 film directed by disaster movie specialist Irwin Allen and featuring an all-star cast led by Michael Caine is about an invasion of killer bees threatening Houston, Texas?

3) What 2023 horror-comedy film that takes place in Georgia's Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest, and is based very loosely on real-life events, stars Keri Russell?

4) In the 2011 movie The Grey starring Liam Neeson, what kind of animals threaten the group of humans who are stranded in the Alaskan wilderness?

5) Moneyball Question: What 1977 movie starring Richard Harris and Charlotte Rampling, which tried to cash in on the success of Jaws, tells the story of a fisherman's battle with the vengeful sea creature of the title?

November 4th - The Day in History

1) In 1677, what couple were married, who would go on to reign jointly over England and its colonies, and to give their name to an American institute of higher learning?

2) In 1922, a team led by what British archaeologist discovered the tomb of Tutankhamun?

3) In 1946, what often controversial photographer, who was known for his long-time relationship with musician Patti Smith, was born?

4) In 1960, Jane Goodall observed chimps doing something that had never been previously observed amongst non-human animals. What was it?

5) Moneyball Question: In 1924, Nellie Tayloe Ross became the first woman to be elected governor of a US state. What state was it?

Round Four: First Ladies

2) In addition to Martha Washington, Anna Harrison, the wife of William Henry Harrison, is the only other First Lady not to do what?

3) Which early 19th Century First Lady, known for being a socialite, was the only First Lady who was taller than her husband?

4) Frances Cleveland, who was only 21 when she married Grover Cleveland, after he had already become president, was the first First Lady to do what while in The White House?

5) What First Lady won an Honorary Emmy for conducting a televised tour of The White House?

6) Moneyball Question: What 20th Century First lady wrote Millie's Book, about a day at The White House told from the perspective of the First Family's pet dog?

Sitcom Couples

1) The series Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage is a spinoff of a spinoff of what series?

2) In the finale of the sitcom Newhart, rather than waking up next to actress Mary Frann who played his wife in the series, Bob Newhart wakes up next to what actress who played his wife in his previous sitcom The Bob Newhart Show?

3) Melissa McCarthy had her first major starring role as one half of a title couple in what sitcom from the 2010s?

4) The maiden name of the wife in what animated sitcom is Pewterschmidt?

5) Moneyball Question: A real-life husband and wife and their two sons starred in what sitcom that ran from 1952 to 1966?

Pianists

1) Classical pianist Glenn Gould was born in what country?

2) Steely Dan is essentially a duet, who employ additional musicians for their albums and tours, featuring Walter Becker on guitar and whom on piano?

3) What singer-songwriter and pianist wrote most of his songs with lyricist Bernie Taupin?

4) What pianist, composer and band leader wrote the jazz classic It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)?

5) Moneyball Question: What singer-songwriter and pianist's final studio album, once he decided to stop recording new music, was a 2001 album of original classical pieces called Fantasies & Delusions?

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