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Broad Ripple Brewpub Quiz
posted: Oct. 08, 2026
The winners of this quiz from September 1st were Trump Renames The White River The All White River. The winners of the Best Team Name Competition were The Rocky Horror Trivia Show.
Athletic Movies
1) One-time NFL defensive end, John Matuszak, unrecognizable in heavy makeup, played Sloth in what 1985 movie?
2) In the 2015 comedy, Trainwreck, written by, and starring, Amy Schumer, Bill Hader plays a sports doctor, who is best friends with what athlete, playing themselves?
3) Which one of the twelve actors playing The Dirty Dozen, in the 1967 war movie, was once an NFL running back?
4) In what 1988 comedy, starring Leslie Nielsen, does Reggie Jackson play a baseball player hypnotized into attempting to assassinate Queen Elizabeth II?
5) Moneyball Question: What 1982 movie, starring Mariel Hemingway, about female athletes preparing for the 1980 Moscow Olympics, features Patrice Donnelly, who competed in the 100-meter hurdles for the USA at the 1976 Montreal Olympic Games, in a major role?
September 1st - The Day in History
1) In 1875, what author, who created the characters of Tarzan and John Carter, was born?
2) In 1923, what boxer, the only heavyweight champion to retire undefeated, was born?
3) In 1969, a coup in the African country of Libya, brought what political figure to power?
4) In 1974, the SR-71 recorded the fastest ever flight time between New York and London, just under two hours. By what nickname is the plane known?
5) Moneyball Question: In 1897, the Tremont Street Subway, the first underground transit system in the United States, opened in what city?
The Supreme Court
1) Who is currently the only supreme court justice not appointed in the 2000s?
2) Who is the first African American woman to be appointed to the supreme court?
3) Who is the only current female justice to be appointed by a Republican president?
4) Which current supreme court justice's appointment was controversial due to testimony provided by Christine Blasey Ford?
5) Moneyball Question: What supreme court justice's middle name is Anthony?
Dolly Parton - The Late Lamented Queen of Country
1) According to the lyrics of Dolly Parton's classic song Jolene, Jolene had auburn hair and what color eyes?
2) The 1974 song I Will Always Love You, later a major hit for Whitney Houston, was written as a tribute to what country star, following Dolly Parton's decision to dissolve her partnership with him and pursue a solo career?
3) Who played the male chauvinist boss that the three women played by Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin and Dolly Parton get revenge on in the 1980 movie 9 To 5?
4) In what Tennessee town is the theme park Dollywood located?
5) Moneyball Question: On June 25th, 2023, which town in Ireland set a Guinness Book of Records record for the most people dressed like Dolly Parton in one place as part of a charitable event?
Disney and Pixar Songs
1) Over the closing credits of the 2001 Pixar movie Monsters Inc. the song If I Didn't Have You is heard. What two actors sing it?
2) In the 1967 Disney movie The Jungle Book, what villainous creature sings the song Trust In Me?
3) In Toy Story 2, Sarah McLachlan sings the song, When She Loved Me, over a flashback montage of what toy's previous life with her first owner?
4) In what 1954 live-action Disney movie, based on a classic 1870 sci-fi novel, does sailor Ned Land, played by Kirk Douglas, sing the song A Whale Of A Tale?
5) Moneyball Question: What 2010 Disney animated movie features the duet I See The Light, sung by Mandy Moore and Zachary Levy?
alan@broadripplegazette.com
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