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 Archived Tes Quiz: 2 October 2020 Back Subscriber-only Tes Quiz: 2 October 2020 Pit your wits against Tes’ weekly general knowledge quiz 2nd October 2020, 12:00am John Cunnane Share Tes Quiz: 2 October 2020 https://www.tes.com/magazine/archived/tes-quiz-2-october-2020 Copy Link Born on 2 October 1951, singer and actor Gordon Sumner is better known by what name? Cricket bats are traditionally made from the wood of which tree? What is the name of the scale on which earthquakes are measured? What is the largest of the Caribbean islands? Hawaiian monk, elephant and leopard are all species of which semiaquatic mammal? Yale University is based in which US state? Created by Daedalus, what is the name of the maze located under the palace of King Minos of Crete? Who played the lead role of Douglas Quaid in the 2012 remake of the film Total Recall? On what day were The Cure in love in their 1992 single? What is the only Shakespeare play to have the name of an English town in its title? QUIZ ANSWERS 1. Sting 2. Willow 3. Richter 4. Cuba 5. Seal 6. Connecticut 7. The Labyrinth 8. Colin Farrell 9. Friday 10. The Merry Wives of Windsor Questions set by John Cunnane 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 Read more New Magazine Experience New Magazine Experience • 18th November 2021 Recent Most read Most shared Heads to demand two extra Inset days for SEND training News 21 April 2026 Why the UK joining Erasmus+ is a cause for celebration Analysis 21 April 2026 Taylor’s Schools CEO reveals her plans to expand ‘at pace’ across Asia Analysis 21 April 2026 Neurodiversity in the teacher workforce: what new data tells us Analysis 16 April 2026 More than 70 Harris Federation staff at risk of redundancy News 20 April 2026 Uta Frith: why I no longer think autism is a spectrum Teaching & Learning 4 March 2026 SEND reforms ‘risk overlooking developmental language disorder’ News 20 April 2026 Why ‘experts at hand’ could create the SEND capacity we need Analysis 20 April 2026 SEND reform: Individual support plans must not reduce pupils’ rights Analysis 17 April 2026
