Tes Quiz: 16 August 2019

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16th August 2019, 12:04am
Tes Quiz 16 August 2019

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Tes Quiz: 16 August 2019

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  1. Made up of three brothers, which band had a 1997 hit with the single MMMBop?
  2. Which actress is the mother of Rumer Willis, who was born on 16 August 1988?
  3. Which motorcycle manufacturer made the Navigator, Atlas and Commando models?
  4. On 15 August 1914, the SS Ancon was the first vessel to navigate which waterway?
  5. How many US states end in the letter ‘s’?
  6. Only half finished, what was the 15th and last novel by Charles Dickens?
  7. What type of creature is an avocet?
  8. Which African country was renamed eSwatini by King Mswati III in April 2018?
  9. Which two Australian state representative teams take part in rugby league’s State of Origin series?
  10. The German stock exchange is based in which city?

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QUIZ ANSWERS

  1. Hanson
  2. Demi Moore
  3. Norton
  4. Panama Canal
  5. Five - Arkansas, Illinois, Kansas, Massachusetts and Texas
  6. The Mystery of Edwin Drood
  7. Bird
  8. Swaziland
  9. New South Wales and Queensland
  10. Frankfurt

Questions set by John Cunnane

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