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: 21 October 2016 Back Subscriber-only TES Quiz: 21 October 2016 Pit your wits against TES’ weekly general knowledge quiz 21st October 2016, 12:00am John Cunnane Share TES Quiz: 21 October 2016 https://www.tes.com/magazine/archived/tes-quiz-21-october-2016 Copy Link What nationality was Gustav Holst, composer of The Planets? Which is the smallest of the United States by area? A stimpmeter is used in which sport? On what part of the body would you expect to see a bindi? Who played King George VI in the 2010 film The King’s Speech? Which Swedish chemist, the inventor of dynamite, was born on 21 October 1833? Which red flower is the title of a 1905 novel by Emma Orczy? Poison is a perfume created by which fashion company? In computing terms, what does RAM stand for? Which animated family live in Orbit City? 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 Government education action group relegates international bodies News 24 April 2026 Growing number of new teachers quitting the profession in Scotland News 24 April 2026 Why simple everyday rituals hold huge power Analysis 24 April 2026 Why funny teachers aren’t (usually) better teachers Teaching & Learning 22 April 2026 Teaching assistants are leaving - here’s how to make them stay Analysis 23 April 2026 Uta Frith: why I no longer think autism is a spectrum Teaching & Learning 4 March 2026 Oasis and Big Education to merge from September News 21 April 2026 Primaries face £288m shortfall next year due to drop in pupils News 22 April 2026 Revealed: The ‘risk’ SEND magnet schools face with Progress 8 News 22 April 2026
