Wednesday – 30 Question Quiz – 23/10/2024

Round 1: Music – "Classical"

10 questions all about “classical” music.

The 'Brandenburg Concertos' were composed in around 1721 by which famous German composer?

'Ride of the Valkyries' is played at the beginning of Act III, of the opera Die Walküre, in the Der Ring des Nibelungen. Who composed it?

Which composer is known for a symphony in which each musician in turn stops playing and leaves the stage until only two people are left?

In which country were the composers Mozart, Haydn, Schubert and Strauss all born?

What is Symphony No. 9 in E minor by Antonín Dvořák more commonly known as?

Who did Ludwig van Beethoven originally plan to dedicate the Eroica, his Third Symphony?

"Le quattro stagioni" is a group of four violin concertos by Italian composer Antonio Vivaldi, what is it in English?

Of Romantic, Baroque, and Classical, which period of "classical" music came first?

Romantic

Classical

Baroque

The Pachelbel’s Canon was originally written in which major key?

The lowest singing voice in opera is called what?

Round 2: Rather Large Lakes

No need to use the word “lake” in your answers. Though you can if you really want to.

Shared between four African countries, what is the longest freshwater lake in the world and third largest of any kind by volume?

Located between three African countries, and named after one of them, what late as of 2021 has more species of fish than any other lake in the world?

Falling within Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania, what is the largest lake by area in Africa?

Located in Sweden, what is the largest lake in the European Union and the third-largest lake of all Europe (by area)?

What is the largest of the Great Lakes by volume, having more water than the other four combined, and also the largest freshwater lake in the world by area?

The deepest in the United States, what lake in south-central Oregon is famous for its deep blue colour and water clarity?

Which lake, falling within both the U.S. and Canada contains Manitoulin Island, the world's largest lake island?

What is the second-largest Scottish loch by surface area after Loch Lomond, but due to its great depth is the largest by volume in the British Isles?

The highest navigable lake in the world and largest lake in South America, which lake is shared by Bolivia and Peru?

What lake in Russia is the deepest lake in the world and largest freshwater lake in the world by volume?

Round 3: General Knowledge

10 General Knowledge questions with no theme or connection.

What was the pre-war German name for the Baltic city which is now Russian and called Kaliningrad?

Of what group of minerals do emerald and aquamarine belong?

Deficiency in what vitamin will cause you to suffer from Scurvy?

What is the flattened, oblong organ that removes disease-producing organisms and worn-out red blood cells from the bloodstream?

Squid, octopus and cuttlefish are all types of which creatures?

"Now is the winter of our discontent" is a line from which Shakespearian play?

What is the name of the bad guy in The Friday The 13th film franchise?

The "Oyster" watch is a famous model produced by what top watchmaker?

Which species of vertebrate holds the record for the longest recorded life span?

Which group wrote a song called "Ring Ring" for The Eurovision Song Contest in 1973?