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Broad Ripple Brewpub Quiz

posted: Jul. 16, 2026

The winners of this quiz from June 16th were Pay Per View Presidency. The winners of the Best Team Name Competition were Pay Per View Presidency.

They Were Recast

1) Ironically, due to his alcoholism, actor Gig Young was replaced as what major character in the 1974 movie Blazing Saddles?

2) Irish actor Stuart Townsend was replaced by Viggo Mortensen for what role in the Lord of the Rings trilogy released between 2001 and 2003?

3) In the 2013 movie Her, Samantha Morton provided the voice of an AI character while being physically on set with the movie's star Joaquin Phoenix but was replaced after filming was complete with the voice of what other actress?

4) What actor, known for his role in the 1985 movie Mask, was originally cast as Marty McFly in the movie Back To The Future, also released in 1985, before being replaced by Michael J. Fox?

5) Moneyball Question: Judy Garland, the original star of what 1950 musical biopic based loosely on the life of a figure from the Old West was replaced by Betty Hutton, which would go on to be her most celebrated role?

June 16th - The Day in History

1) In 1884, America's first roller coaster that was built purposefully as an amusement ride, and referred to as a Switchback Railway, opened in what famous amusement park?

2) In 1961, what ballet dancer defected from the Soviet Union to the West, while on tour in Paris with the Kirov Ballet?

3) In 1963, the Soviet Union launched the Vostok 6 space mission with human beings aboard. What was significant about it?

4) In 2010, what Asian country, whose capital is Thimphu, was the first to institute an all-out ban on tobacco?

5) Moneyball Question: In 1904, what Irish author began a relationship with his future wife and muse, Nora Barnacle?

World Cup Countries Capitals

1) What is the capital of Paraguay?

2) What is the capital of Morocco?

3) What is the capital of Croatia?

4) What is the capital of Jordan?

5) Moneyball Question: What is the capital of The Democratic Republic Of The Congo?

Pride

1) What was the first country in the world to legalize Gay Marriage?

2) Sean Penn played what openly gay politician in a 2008 biopic?

3) In what year did the Stonewall Riots, a major incident in the securement of Gay rights, occur?

4) What politician, who served as Secretary of Transportation, was the first openly gay cabinet member in US history?

5) Moneyball Question: In what decade in the second half of the 20th Century did the World Health Organization declassify homosexuality as a mental disorder?

Ex Band Members

1) What musician and songwriter, who went on to form the band Megadeth, was fired from the band Metallic just before the release of their debut album, Kill 'Em All, in 1983?

2) Which member of The Spice Girls was the first to leave?

3) What original bass player for The Rolling Stones chose to leave the band in 1993?

4) Florence Ballard quit what female vocal group in 1967 when she discovered that Motown head Berry Gordy was plotting to replace her?

5) Moneyball Question: In 2016, Camilla Cabello left what five-member all-girl group formed during the reality television series The X Factor?

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