Tes Quiz: 12 July 2019

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12th July 2019, 12:04am
Tes Quiz 12 July 2019

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Tes Quiz: 12 July 2019

https://www.tes.com/magazine/archived/tes-quiz-12-july-2019
  1. What classification of instrument is a zither?
  2. In which sport has Marc Márquez been world champion in 2016-18?
  3. Which vegetable dish forms part of the catchphrase of the cartoon character Sylvester the Cat?
  4. Mandalay is a city in which country?
  5. Which of Evelyn Waugh’s novels is subtitled The Sacred & Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder?
  6. Damson, greengage and mirabelle are all cultivars of which fruit?
  7. How many yards are there in a furlong?
  8. On March 26 1971, Bangladesh declared independence from which country?
  9. The Yoshida Kogyo Kabushikikaisha company is renowned for making which product?
  10. The chemical symbols for potassium, iodine and tellurium spell the name of which bird?

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QUIZ ANSWERS

  1. Stringed
  2. MotoGP motorcycling
  3. Succotash
  4. Burma
  5. Brideshead Revisited
  6. Plum
  7. 220
  8. Pakistan
  9. Zips and fasteners (YKK)
  10. Kite

Questions set by John Cunnane

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