Wednesday – 30 Question Quiz – 16/10/2024

Round 1: Food and Drink

10 questions on the subject of Food and Drink.

What is the name of the Turkish dish of vine leaves filled with rice, chopped meat and onions?

A disciple or student of a particular Greek philosopher, or a person who takes particular pleasure in fine food and drink be described as?

Toasted bread, covered with a mixture of cheese, pale ale, and mustard is often referred to as Welsh what?

What is the correct name for food that is permitted under Moslem laws?

Often sniffed out by pigs, the subterranean fungus highly prized in cooking is known as what?

The milk from which fruit is a basic ingredient of many Thai dishes?

In most English-speaking countries, what food may be the classic shish or souvlaki – small cubes of meat cooked on a skewer?

What is a small bite-sized confectionery or savoury appetiser named from the French, meaning "small oven"?

What name is given to the plant-based gelatin derived from some species of red algae?

Also known as hotcake, griddlecake, or flapjack, is a flat cake – what do people traditionally eat on Shrove Tuesday?

Round 2: Ditloids

10 Ditloids where I’m asking for a specific word from each.

What is the N in this ditloid – 1001 A N?

What is the F in this ditloid – 13 S on the A F?

What is the B in this ditloid – 66 B of the B?

What is the L in this ditloid – 50 W to L Y L?

What is the E in this ditloid – 6 W of H the E?

What is the F in this ditloid – 1 M L on the C F?

What is the C in this ditloid – 2 S on a C?

What is the D in this ditloid – 13 L in a B D?

What is the second L in this ditloid – 4 L C is G L?

What is the B in this ditloid – 20 N on a D B?

Round 3: General Knowledge

10 General Knowledge questions with no theme or connection.

In The Lord of the Rings, which character's memoirs were called "There and Back Again"?

Nut, Neuth, and Nuit are all alternative names for the Egyptian goddess of the what?

The Alcedinidae family of birds, to which the Kookaburra belongs, is better known as what?

Which fairy delivers the closing speech of William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream?

In which winter sport do athletes race down an icy track lying feet first on their backs on a specialised sled?

During World War II, atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and which other Japanese city?

Historically considered to be a stronghold of pirates, which is the capital and largest city of The Bahamas?

Draining more than a fifth of France's land, what is the name of the longest river in France?

What substance is barley converted into before it can be made into beer?

A yoghurt-based starter called 'tzatziki' is an English loanword from which country?