Wednesday – 30 Question Quiz – 28/12/2022 Round 1: Alliterative Names Provide the last name of the person from the short hints. It always starts with the same letter as the first name given. None American actor in "Matilda" and "Twins", Danny? Spanish Cubist painter, Pablo? Co-Inventor of the Airplane, Wilbur? Former Prime Minister of Cambodia, Pol? Grandson of Genghis, Kublai? French fashion designer and businesswoman, Coco? English explorer of Canada, Henry? Governor of the Roman province of Judaea, Pontius? 40th president of the United States, Ronald? Israeli actress and Wonder Woman, Gal? Round 2: Animals - Fish 10 questions all about fish and fish related things. None Skipjack, Frigate, and Yellowfin, are all types of which fish? Often served in cans, but also eaten grilled, pickled, or smoked when fresh, which fish may be named after a Mediterranean island? Smoked varieties of which fish include the Finnan haddie and the Arbroath smokie? The practice of incorporating seafood into an otherwise vegetarian diet is known as what? Which fish are named for their mode of predation, in which a modified luminescent fin ray acts as a lure? Native to East Asia, which relatively small member of the carp family is commonly kept as a pet in indoor aquariums? Distinguished by their flattened bodies and enlarged pectoral fins that are fused to the head, Batoidea is a superorder of cartilaginous fishes commonly known as what? What is the name of the branch of zoology devoted to the study of fish? Which large, highly migratory predatory fish, characterised by a long, flat, pointed bill, are also known as broadbills in some countries? What is the second-largest living shark and fish, after the whale shark, and one of three plankton-eating shark species? Round 3: General Knowledge 10 General Knowledge questions - 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
