Wednesday – 30 Question Quiz – 15/05/2024

Round 1: NATO phonetic alphabet

10 questions to test your knowledge of the NATO phonetic alphabet.

What word is used in the NATO phonetic alphabet to refer to the letter – X?

What word is used in the NATO phonetic alphabet to refer to the letter – Z?

What word is used in the NATO phonetic alphabet to refer to the letter – T?

What word is used in the NATO phonetic alphabet to refer to the letter – A?

What word is used in the NATO phonetic alphabet to refer to the letter – K?

What word is used in the NATO phonetic alphabet to refer to the letter – V?

What word is used in the NATO phonetic alphabet to refer to the letter – O?

What word is used in the NATO phonetic alphabet to refer to the letter – G?

What word is used in the NATO phonetic alphabet to refer to the letter – Y?

What word is used in the NATO phonetic alphabet to refer to the letter – C?

Round 2: Geography – Island Countries

10 questions all about island countries.

The independent Commonwealth country Antigua and Barbuda is positioned at the conjuncture of the Atlantic Ocean and what sea?

Which country between the Indian and Pacific oceans consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and more?

Japan's five main islands are; Hokkaido, Honshu (the "mainland"), Shikoku, Kyushu, and which other?

Lying off the southeastern coast of Africa, what is the world's fourth largest island and the second-largest island country?

Which country and archipelagic state in South Asia in the Indian Ocean is named after the main island and capital, Malé?

The Solomon Islands, a country consisting of six major islands in Melanesia, part of Oceania, is directly adjacent to which country to the southwest?

Which island country in South Asia in the Indian Ocean, southwest of the Bay of Bengal, was historically known as Ceylon?

What is the capital of Trinidad and Tobago, a dual-island Caribbean nation near Venezuela?

Which country, located at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, is known officially as the Republic of China?

An archipelago of 115 islands in the Indian Ocean, with a capital called Victoria, which country is the smallest in Africa?

Round 3: General Knowledge

10 General Knowledge questions with no theme or connection.

What name is given to any ground that remains completely frozen—32°F (0°C) or colder — for at least two years straight?

What arty based hobby was developed by the Palmer Paint company of Detroit?

A pseudonym is a fictitious name that a person assumes for a particular purpose, what other word means the same?

What state is the element Krypton in at standard temperature and pressure?

In the TV show Red Dwarf, what did the H stand for on the character Rimmers head?

First published in 1955, which British reference book is updated every year and is one of the best selling books of all time?

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

Who lost 41 of a crew of 98 to scurvy in 1868, on his first voyage to the South Pacific?

Originally published in two parts, "Heidi" is a work of fiction written in 1880 by which Swiss author?

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