The Broad Ripple Gazette
Vol. 12 No. 6
5 Mar 20 - Apr 2, 2015
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2040 E. 54th Street Indianapolis, IN 46220 answers on Page 22 The winners of the March 10th quiz were Leslie Gore’s Last Words: “It’s My Funeral And I’ll Die If I Want To, Die If I Want To...” with 19 points. The winners of the Best Team Name Competition were John And Bob. Irish Themed Movies 1. In what 1998 film comedy do the people of a small Irish village attempt to conceal the death of a lottery winner in order to share the winnings? 2. In what 2008 movie do Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson play two Irish hit men working for a London gangster, played by Ralph Fiennes, who are forced to hide out in the European city that forms part of the movie’s title? 3. The 2000 biopic Nora starring Susan Lynch and Ewan McGregor tells the story of Irishwoman Nora Barnacle and her marriage to what Irish writer? 4. What 1997 movie, based on a Pulitzer Prize winning memoir, takes place in the 1930s and 1940s and is mostly set in the slums of Limerick City?
Random Ripplings
American Legion Broad Ripple Post #3, 64th and College Avenue, held an anniversary dinner on March 15. The dinner celebrated the 96th anniversary of both the National American Legion and Broad Ripple Post #3.
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Big Ten Alumnus 1. Which U. S. President attended the University of Michigan? 2. What soccer analyst, who was known for his flamboyance and long red hair and goatee during his days as a player for the U. S. International team, attended Rutgers University? 3. What author of the novel The Cider House Rules is an alumnus of the University of Iowa? 4. What disgraced former Governor of Illinois, who was convicted and sentenced to prison on corruption charges for amongst other things, attempting to sell the vacant Senate seat of Barack Obama while he was President-elect, went to Northwestern University? Big Ten Alumna 1. What female gymnast and three time Olympian who was the first black person, either man or woman, to win an Olympic Gold in gymnastics, attended the University of Maryland? 2. What author of the novel O Pioneers! which deals with frontier life at the turn of the 20th Century, was an alumna of the University of Nebraska? 3. Julie Aigner-Clark, who attended Michigan State University, founded what multimedia and toy manufacturing company in 1997, which aimed to get a head start on children’s brain development at a very early age? 4. What actress, who went to the University of Wisconsin, and has appeared many times in movies with her actor brother, is currently appearing in the Showtime series Shameless? Fill in the Blanks 1. Longest waterway in Ireland: The River _____? 2. The full name of the University of Illinois: The University of Illinois at _____-Champaign? 3. Irish tourist attraction: The _____ of Dingle? 4. Colors of Penn State: _____ and white?
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Irish Rock Music on Ireland 1. What new wave/punk band recorded the song Banana Republic in 1980 about the perceived narrow mindedness of the Irish people? 2. What 1983 song by U2 about the violence in Northern Ireland begins with the lyrics: “I can’t believe the news today, I can’t close my eyes and make it go away”? 3. What 1994 song with a one word title by The Cranberries was their take on the Troubles in Northern Ireland? 4. What Irish hard rock band recorded a version of the traditional Irish ballad Whiskey In The Jar in 1972, the story of which is set in the Cork and Kerry mountains?