Wednesday – 30 Question Quiz – 08/05/2024

Round 1: Pirates

10 questions all about Pirates – Yaaaaarr!

By what name was Edward Teach – an English pirate who operated around the West Indies – better known?

What is the traditional name for the early 18th-century pirate flag showing the skull and crossbones?

Which old French word for pirate refers to a privateer, especially of the Barbary Coast?

Who played the pirate captain Barbossa in the Pirates of the Caribbean movies?

In Peter Pan, what is the name of Captain Hook's second in command?

According to the pirates' song, how many men were there on a dead man's chest?

Who is the secret leader of the pirates in the novel Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson?

Which 2018 action-adventure game, which was developed by Rare and published by Microsoft Studios, do you sail around as a pirate with friends?

Due to the practice of cutting the coins into "bits", what did the British call the Spanish dollar?

Which brand of flavoured rums is named after the 17th-century Welsh privateer of the Caribbean?

Round 2: Rock

10 questions all themed around things to do with rock.

What is the real name of the American actor and businessman known by his ring name "The Rock"?

What is the other name for Ayers Rock – a massive sandstone monolith in the heart of Australia's Northern Territory?

Which famous actor starred in the action film "The Rock," portraying the character Dr. Stanley Goodspeed?

In geology, what type of rock forms from the cooling and solidification of magma or lava?

In Greek mythology, who has to roll a boulder up a hill only for it to roll back down every time it neared the top, repeatedly for eternity?

"Rock Me Amadeus", the only German language song (as of 2024) to peak at number one of the Billboard Hot 100, is a song recorded by which Austrian musician?

What is the name of the rock formation in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, known for its distinctive hexagonal basalt columns?

Which American musician and actor is known for his role as Dewey Finn in the film "School of Rock"?

The "King of Rock and Roll" is a nickname most commonly associated with which American singer who lived from 1935–1977?

Sedimentary rock is the most prevalent on the Earth's surface, what is the most common sedimentary rock?

Round 3: General Knowledge

10 General Knowledge questions with no theme or connection.

With a total area of over 130 thousand square kilometres, what is the largest country in the subregion of Central America?

Which American painter and art instructor created and hosted The Joy of Painting, which aired from 1983 to 1994?

Who was drafted in to play Inspector Clouseau in Blake Edwards' film The Pink Panther (1963) when Peter Ustinov dropped out?

Said to have got the name from his former job as a riverboat captain, Samuel Langhorne Clemens is perhaps better known to us as who?

Which world famous author of a series of stories about wizards writes crime novels under the pen name of "Robert Galbraith"?

What type of instrument was named after Laurens Hammond?

What is the metric unit of length equal to 10⁻¹⁰ m; that is, one ten-billionth of a metre?

In theatre, what's the instantaneous killing of all stage lights called?

Probably the best known character created for Nintendo, Mario, has a last name – What is it?

Viscount Mountbatten was the Viceroy whose responsibilities were to oversee Britain leaving which country?