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Tes Quiz: 17 May 2019

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17th May 2019, 12:03am
Tes Quiz 17 May 2019

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Tes Quiz: 17 May 2019

https://www.tes.com/magazine/archived/tes-quiz-17-may-2019

1) What is the capital of Turkey?

2) Which Errol Garner jazz classic is in the title of a 1971 Clint Eastwood film?

3) Which three homophones mean a fruit, to peel or trim, and a couple?

4) Which of the Bronte sisters wrote Wuthering Heights?

5) Which Canadian ice hockey player opened his first cafe in Hamilton, Ontario on 17th May 1964, a brand that now has over 4800 outlets?

6) Who plays circus owner Max Medici in the 2019 film Dumbo?

7) Meaning a path to a certain file on the World Wide Web, what does the acronym URL stand for?

8) Which Provençal fish stew is particularly associated with the French port of Marseille?

9) What name is given to the natural home of an eagle?

10) American Michelle Wei is associated with which sport?

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QUIZ ANSWERS

1. Ankara

2. Misty (Play Misty For Me)

3. Pear, pare and pair

4. Emily 

5. Tim Horton

6. Danny DeVito

7. Uniform Resource Locator

8. Bouillabaisse

9. Eyrie

10. Golf

Questions set by John Cunnane

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