Wednesday – 30 Question Quiz – 21/12/2022 Round 1: Food and Drink 10 questions all about Food and Drink. Yum. None What name is given to Indian triangular pastries stuffed with meat or vegetables? Food that is permitted to be eaten under Jewish dietary laws is known as what? Used as the scent on an artificial hare at greyhound tracks, the herb Fennel has what flavour? Which drink, invented in 1886, was first marketed as the 'Esteemed Brain Tonic and Intellectual Beverage'? What vegetable did Mark Twain describe as 'Cabbage with a college education'? What was developed in 1888–1889 by the Pearl Milling Company and advertised as the first ready-mix? Mainly associated with chicken and eggs, what is the name of the bacterium that causes food poisoning? What is the Swedish name for hot or cold dishes served as a buffet? What type of star is awarded to restaurants where the food is of exceptional quality? What name is given to a special bread of Eastern European origin in Ashkenazi Jewish cuisine, usually braided and typically eaten on ceremonial occasions such as Shabbat? Round 2: General Knowledge 10 General Knowledge questions, no theme. None With the conflict lasting between 38 and 45 minutes, marking it as the shortest recorded war in history, who did the UK go to war with on 27 August 1896? In dry measure 16 pints, or 8 quarts, make up a what? President Roosevelt won a record four presidential elections, who did he defeat in a landslide victory in 1932? Which former heavyweight boxing champion has an identical twin brother called George? Napoleon was imprisoned on Elba and died on St. Helena, where was he born? In the film Snow White, what instrument did Sneezy play? What is the smallest portion of a substance capable of existing independently and retaining its original properties? Which biologist wrote the books "The Selfish Gene" and "Climbing Mount Improbable"? What term is used for a diplomat living abroad as representative of their country? What was the name of the domestic videocassette tape recorder system introduced by Sony in 1975? Round 3: General Knowledge Another set of 10 General Knowledge questions with no theme. None In the Wizard of Oz what was the name of the Good Witch of the North? In which 1956 film did Elvis Presley make his debut? A picture, especially a painting, done in different shades of a single colour would be described as what? What type of seafood is put into an omelette in a Hangtown Fry? What is the technical term for long-sightedness? Also called neuronal junctions, the junction between two nerve cells is called a what? Lying off southwestern mainland British Columbia, what is the largest island on the Pacific coast of North America? Which football club won the European Cup the first five years in which it was held? In the world of music how is Ronald William Wycherley more commonly known? What phase of the moon precedes a full moon? Time's up
