Wednesday – 30 Question Quiz – 06/03/2024

Round 1: Shared Names

10 questions about shared names. #10 is a bit of a weak one, but this was a tricky round!

What name is shared by an actor who played Catwoman, and the wife of William Shakespeare?

What name is shared by a philosopher who served as attorney general and lord chancellor of England, and one of the most influential post-World-War-II British artists?

What name is shared by a novel by writer Charles Dickens, published in book form in 1850, and an American magician?

What name is shared by one of the judges on the first seasons of "American Idol.", and a brother of "The King of Pop"?

What name is shared by an actor who retired from movies in 1932 (after appearing in more than 80), and the actor who plays Indiana Jones?

What name is shared by a "King of Cool" actor and race driver, and the British film director of 12 Years a Slave?

What name is shared by the actor who portrayed Gordon Gekko in Wall Street (1987), and the real name of an actor who has played Batman?

What name is shared by a hugely popular Welsh singer, and the short title of a comic novel by Henry Fielding?

One of the Founding Fathers of the United States, and a nickname for the U.S. one hundred-dollar bill?

What name is shared by the actor who played Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman, and the third wife of King Henry VIII?

Round 2: Food and Drink

10 questions all about Food and Drink.

Singha was first brewed in 1933, and in 1939 officially endorsed by King Rama VIII – of which country?

Mint sauce is a green sauce popular in the United Kingdom, what meat is it normally served with?

Dried soybeans that are soaked in water then crushed and boiled are the basis for what Chinese foodstuff?

Traditionally, the term caviar refers only to roe from which fish, caught wild in the Caspian Sea and Black Sea?

Encompassing towns such as Tanunda, Angaston and Nuriootpa, the Barossa Valley is a wine-producing region in which country?

Typically made from cow's milk, the semi-hard Gouda cheese originated in which country?

Borlotti and Tarbais are types of which food of the Fabaceae family?

Sprite, Canary, and Honeydew are varieties of which large fruit?

Sake or saké, also referred to as Japanese rice wine, is an alcoholic beverage of Japanese origin made by fermenting what?

A pasty, a traditional variety of which is particularly associated with Cornwall in the UK, is typically made using what type of pastry?

Round 3: General Knowledge

10 General Knowledge questions with no theme or connection.

What is the name of the common and generally treatable imperfection in the curvature of the eye that causes blurred distance and near vision?

Which Scottish musician is the bassist for the bands Coldplay and Apparatjik?

Who won his fourth consecutive Wimbledon title, defeating Pat Rafter, and became the first winner in the new millennium?

Who had success in the West End with comedies such as Lady Frederick (1907), Jack Straw (1908), and The Constant Wife (1926)?

Verdi was commissioned to write an opera with an Egyptian subject for the opening of the Cairo Opera House in 1869, what was it called?

What follow-up to "Barbie Girl" by Danish dance-pop group Aqua became the group's second UK No. 1 single?

Who is the best known member of a group of provincial English Catholics who planned the failed Gunpowder Plot of 1605?

Bobby Farrell was the only male member of which chart topping group who were formed in Germany in 1976?

What was a highly successful film in 1961, a flop broadway musical in 1966, and a top ten uk hit in 1996?

In 2006 who became the first act to go to number one in the UK on download sales alone with the song "Crazy"?