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posted: Apr. 16, 2026

The winners of the April 7th, 2026 quiz were Open The F'n Intersection, You Crazy Bastards!. The winners of the Best Team Name Competition were Open The F'n Intersection, You Crazy Bastards!.

Movie Remake Casts

1) In the 1925 version of a movie, the title character was played by Roman Navarro. In the 1959 version the title character was played by Charlton Heston. What is the title character's name?

2) Fay Wray in 1933, Jessica Lange in 1976, and Naomi Watts in 2005 essentially play the same role in the original version of a movie and the two subsequent remakes. The movies all used the same title. What is the title?

3) Steve Martin and Diane Keaton play the parents of Kimberly Williams' character in a 1991 remake of a 1950 movie in which Spencer Tracy and Joan Bennett play the parents of the character played by what actress?

4) The 1966 novella We Can Remember That For You Wholesale inspired a 1990 movie starring Arnold Schwartzenegger, Sharon Stone and Rachel Ticotin and a 2012 remake starring Colin Farrell, Kate Beckinsale and Jessica Biel. What well-known science fiction author wrote the novella?

5) Moneyball Question: In the 1942 film To Be Or Not To Be, Jack Benny plays a pompous Shakespearean actor, and Carole Lombard plays his wife, who together try to save an allied pilot from the Nazis. What well-known real-life couple played them in the 1983 remake, which the male star also directed?

April 7th - The Day in History

1) In 1805, Beethoven's Third Symphony premiered in Vienna. It is frequently referred to by what nickname?

2) In 1906, the eruption of what volcano caused extensive damage to the city of Naples?

3) In 1949, what Broadway musical, with lyrics and music by Rogers and Hammerstein, that features the song Some Enchanted Evening, debuted on Broadway?

4) In 1953, Dag Hammarskjöld was elected Secretary-General of the United Nations. In what country was he born?

5) Moneyball Question: In 1940, what author and educator, who founded the Tuskegee Institute, became the first African American man to be commemorated on a stamp?

Sportscasters

1) Longtime sportscaster Chris Berman goes by what nickname?

2) What long-time local sportscaster and what former IU player are the commentator and colorman respectively for television coverage of the Indiana Pacers?

3) Since 1993, Irish-born sportscaster Tommy Smyth has been employed by ESPN as a color commentator for what particular sport?

4) Rich Eisen is the lead sportscaster for what sports channel?

5) Moneyball Question: Sportscaster Sage Steele graduated from Carmel High School and then IU and went on to work for what local network television affiliate from 1997 to 1998?

Card Games

1) What well-known card game was briefly banned in Syracuse, New York during World War I due to its association with German immigrants?

2) In what card game is the score kept using pegs?

3) In what card game do dealers in casinos distribute cards and collect chips using an implement called a pallet which is a thin wooden rectangular implement with a rounded end?

4) The name of what card game comes from the Spanish word for basket?

5) Moneyball Question: What playing cards were originally created for the game of Euchre even though they're not used in the American version of the game?

Debut Albums

1) What band chose to make their 1994 debut album self-titled but then went on the release five more self-titled albums amongst the fifteen studio albums they've released so far?

2) What was the title of Cyndi Lauper's 1983 debut album that was the first debut album by a female artist to yield four top five hits on the Billboard Charts?

3) What rapper's debut album was 1994's Illmatic, widely considered one of the best hip-hop albums ever released?

4) What band's 1969 debut album, a band that featured Eric Clapton on guitar, was also their last album?

5) Moneyball Question: Pure Heroine, the 2013, debut album by the then 16-year-old artist born Ellen Yelich-O'Connor was released under her stage name. What is her stage name?

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