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: 6 January 2017 Back Subscriber-only TES Quiz: 6 January 2017 Pit your wits against TES’ weekly general knowledge quiz 6th January 2017, 12:00am John Cunnane Share TES Quiz: 6 January 2017 https://www.tes.com/magazine/archived/tes-quiz-6-january-2017 Copy Link Famous for his novels Howard’s End and A Passage To India, which author was born on New Year’s Day 1879? Who was the president of Cuba who fled the country on 1 January 1959? What name is given to the Jewish New Year? On New Year’s Day 1925, Norway changed the name of its capital city to Oslo. What was the previous name? In the Chinese calendar, which animal symbolises the year 2017? Which Stevie Wonder song begins with the lyrics “No New Year’s Day to celebrate”? The New Year’s Eve Ball Drop takes place in which New York City landmark? In which city will the World Athletics Championships take place in 2017? How many hours are there between midnight on Christmas Day and midnight on New Year’s Eve? Traditionally eaten on New Year’s Eve, Vasilopita or St Basil’s cake originates from which southeast European country? 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 Trust’s merger masks £1m deficit News 29 January 2026 Supporting speech and language: lessons from a specialist school Teaching & Learning 29 January 2026 Your choices as a leader matter - but implementation matters more Leadership 29 January 2026 Why SEND reform depends on the early years Teaching & Learning 28 January 2026 DfE writes to schools to push universal RISE support News 26 January 2026 Are perimenopausal teachers getting enough support in schools? Analysis 21 January 2026 DfE to trial AI tutoring tools in schools this year News 26 January 2026 How can special and mainstream schools work together? News 27 January 2026 GCSE reading lists ‘will take decades’ to reflect UK diversity News 27 January 2026
