Get the best experience in our app Enjoy offline reading, category favourites, and instant updates - right from your pocket. Download the App Maybe later Home Archive TES Quiz: 16 December 2016 Back Subscriber-only TES Quiz: 16 December 2016 Pit your wits against TES’ weekly general knowledge quiz 16th December 2016, 12:00am John Cunnane Share TES Quiz: 16 December 2016 https://www.tes.com/magazine/archive/tes-quiz-16-december-2016 Copy Link What does the suffix -nesia mean in places such as Polynesia, Micronesia and Indonesia? Which city in North America hosts what will become the first trans-Atlantic sports team when it begins competing in rugby league in England? Mark Rylance won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Rudolf Abel in which 2015 Cold War film? After how many years would a couple celebrate their pearl wedding anniversary? Who had hits with Ain’t No Sunshine, Lovely Day and Just The Two Of Us? Who was the fifth of Henry VIII’s wives? Which famous portrait painting is also known as La Gioconda? Which of the human body’s organs can suffer with psoriasis? Which French fashion house was founded on 16 December 1946? Which company manufactures the Kadjar car model? You need a Tes subscription to read this article Subscribe now to read this article and get other subscriber-only content: /per month for 12 months Unlimited access to all Tes magazine content Exclusive subscriber-only stories Award-winning email newsletters Subscribe now Log in Unlimited access to all Tes magazine content Exclusive subscriber-only stories Award-winning email newsletters More information You need a subscription to read this article Subscribe now to read this article and get other subscriber-only content, including: /per month for 12 months Unlimited access to all Tes magazine content Exclusive subscriber-only stories Award-winning email newsletters Subscribe now Unlimited access to all Tes magazine content Exclusive subscriber-only stories Award-winning email newsletters More information John Cunnane Share TES Quiz: 16 December 2016 https://www.tes.com/magazine/archive/tes-quiz-16-december-2016 Copy Link Read more Phillipson: Pupil poverty comes at a ‘personal cost’ to school staff Cerys Turner • 15th October 2024 Schools offered free service to protect against cyberattacks Tes reporter • 15th October 2024 EHCP cash ‘less than half’ of what’s needed, say 3 in 5 school staff John Roberts • 15th October 2024 De Souza wants more support for neurodevelopmental conditions Matilda Martin • 15th October 2024 Recent Most read Most shared NAHT calls for change in Ofsted leadership News 15 October 2026 Brighton College reveals plan for Japan school opening in 2028 News 15 October 2026 Powell: Oracy will have ‘equal status’ with reading and writing News 15 October 2026 Is ‘gentle parenting’ driving a behaviour crisis in schools? Analysis 14 October 2026 Ofsted report card inspections are ‘brutal’, say governors News 13 October 2026 Ofsted crisis: NEU calls on Oliver to go News 14 October 2026 The rising problem of ‘hasty reading’ and what teachers can do about it Teaching & Learning 15 October 2026 1 in 3 schools considering redundancies or restructuring News 15 October 2026 The trust movement has carried the spirit of comprehensive education - now a new era awaits Analysis 15 October 2026
