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Broad Ripple Brewpub Quiz

posted: Aug. 13, 2026

The winners of this quiz from July 21st were Dani's Disciples. The winners of the Best Team Name Competition were Wanna Go To Taco Bell? Depends.

Movies Associated with Ancient Greece

1) In what 1963 movie do the hero and his men battle living skeletons, one of stop-motion special effects creator Ray Harryhausen's most celebrated sequences?

2) Sean Bean plays Odysseus in what 2004 movie?

3) In the 2004 movie Alexander, Colin Farrell plays Alexander The Great. What actress, who in real-life is less than a year older than him, played his mother Olympias?

4) In the 2010 movie Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief, the title character discovers he's the son of what Olympic god?

5) Moneyball Question: What is the title of the 2012 sequel to the 2010 movie Clash Of The Titans, itself a remake of the 1981 movie of the same name?

July 21st - The Day in History

1) In 1873, the James-Younger gang, led by Jesse James, were the first to successfully pull off what kind of robbery?

2) In 1925, a trial often known by what derogatory name, in which William Jennings Bryan acted for the prosecution and Clarence Darrow acted for the defense, came to its conclusion?

3) In 1944, a major World War II battle started on what island, that is the first American territory to experience New Year's Eve each year?

4) In 1979, Jay Silverheels, known for playing what character on television, became the first Native American to get a star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame?

5) Moneyball Question: In 1959, Pumpsie Green became the first African American to play for what major league baseball team, the last to break the color barrier?

Ancient Names for Elements on the Periodic Table

1) What element was once known as Ferrum?

2) What element was once known as Aurum?

3) What element was once known as Plumbum?

4) What element was once known as Argentum?

5) Moneyball Question: What element was once known as Stannum?

Pick a Color - all the answers to these questions have the name of the same color in them

1) What is the popular name of a place of worship located in Istanbul, Turkey?

2) What is the title of a 1770 painting by Thomas Gainsborough?

3) By what name are a group once known as the U. S. Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron now known?

4) Who are the villains in the 1968 movie Yellow Submarine?

5) Moneyball Question: What is the third track on side two of the 1971 album Who's Next by The Who?

Band Lineups

1) Pearl Jam have kept the same lineup from their initial formation in 1990 until the present day with the sole exception being the band member who plays what instrument, for which they've so far had five different musicians at that position?

2) Jung Kook, V, Jimin, Suga, RM, Jin, and j-hope are the seven members of what band?

3) Adam Lambert, who finished runner-up on the eighth season of American Idol, went on tour with members of what band as their lead vocalist, twenty-three years after the band's original vocalist died?

4) What band currently has members who use stage names such as Balsac The Jaws Of Death, Beefcake The Mighty, and Blothar The Berserker?

5) Moneyball Question: Until his death in 2018, Mark E. Smith, was the sole songwriter and front man of what British band, formed in 1976, that had over forty different musicians at various times as members of the band?

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