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: 8 May 2020 Back Subscriber-only Tes Quiz: 8 May 2020 Pit your wits against Tes’ weekly general knowledge quiz 7th May 2020, 6:21pm John Cunnane Share Tes Quiz: 8 May 2020 https://www.tes.com/magazine/archive/tes-quiz-8-may-2020 Copy Link Which 2012 film, based on the true story of the rescue of six US diplomats from Iran, won an Oscar for best picture? Which Scottish singer featured on the Prince singles U Got The Look and The Arms Of Orion? In medical equipment terms, what does MRI stand for? How many hearts does an octopus have? Which author created the character Noddy? From which club did Nottingham Forest sign Trevor Francis to make him the first player for an English club to be transferred for £1 million? In which South American country would you find the Atacama Desert? Which member of the Beatles was the first to have a solo number-one single? What is the traditional name for a champagne bottle that contains the equivalent of 16 75cl bottles? What children’s game involves removing sticks without dislodging the marbles they are holding up? QUIZ ANSWERS 1. Argo 2. Sheena Easton 3. Magnetic resonance imaging 4. Three 5. Enid Blyton 6. Birmingham City 7. Chile 8. George Harrison 9. Balthazar 10. KerPlunk 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: 8 May 2020 https://www.tes.com/magazine/archive/tes-quiz-8-may-2020 Copy Link Read more Staff with poor view of leaders in November more likely to leave Jasmine Norden • 18th October 2024 New ungraded inspections risk inconsistency, trusts’ leader warns John Roberts • 18th October 2024 Exclusive McKinnell: Regional improvement teams to support schools in zero capacity areas John Roberts • 18th October 2024 Long-term absence rates rise Mark Gould • 17th October 2024 Recent Most read Most shared 2005 reforms were meant to fix Ofsted - now they’re the cause of inspection concerns Analysis 18 October 2026 Could ‘mathematical reasoning’ improve primary maths teaching? Teaching & Learning 17 October 2026 Ofqual chief warns against ‘undiscriminating’ AI use in schools News 16 October 2026 DfE told to defend moving schools to national MAT News 15 October 2026 DfE SEND expert warns against too many support packages News 15 October 2026 DfE relaxes QTS rules for experienced teachers News 13 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
