Home Archived Tes Quiz: 13 December 2019 Back Subscriber-only Tes Quiz: 13 December 2019 Pit your wits against Tes’ weekly general knowledge quiz 13th December 2019, 12:04am John Cunnane Share Tes Quiz: 13 December 2019 https://www.tes.com/magazine/archived/tes-quiz-13-december-2019 Copy Link Who is the oldest person mentioned in the Bible? Who was the coach of the New Zealand All Blacks who retired from his post after the 2019 Rugby World Cup? How many pairs of chromosomes do the majority of humans have? The words “bungalow”, “shampoo” and “pundit” all originate from languages in which country? Born in Reading, Pennsylvania on 13 December 1989, whose latest hit album is entitled Lover? By what collective name are George Wingrave, Carl Hentschel and Jerome K Jerome known in a novel written by the latter? Manila is the capital of which South East Asian country? Which British monarch did the Gunpowder Plot of 1605 seek to assassinate? Which fruit is a main ingredient in the Scottish dessert cranachan? Which musical by Lin-Manuel Miranda is about the life of one of the Founding Fathers of the United States? Scroll for answers. QUIZ ANSWERS Methuselah Steve Hansen 23 India Taylor Swift Three Men in a Boat The Philippines James I Raspberry Hamilton 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: Unlimited access to all Tes magazine content Exclusive subscriber-only stories Award-winning email newsletters Subscribe now Already a subscriber? Log in You need a subscription to read this article Subscribe now to read this article and get other subscriber-only content, including: Unlimited access to all Tes magazine content Exclusive subscriber-only stories Award-winning email newsletters Subscribe now Read more New Magazine Experience New Magazine Experience • 18th November 2021 Recent Most read Most shared Ofsted scraps ungraded inspection deep dives News 4 May 2024 10 Questions with... Nicky Dunford News 4 May 2024 Just 1% of heads say SEND funding meets pupil needs News 4 May 2024 Why you’re probably wrong about the science of learning Teaching & Learning 1 May 2024 How to reform childcare to truly benefit teachers Analysis 30 April 2024 Growing oracy focus could benefit maths teaching Analysis 1 May 2024 Science practicals need to push experimental boundaries Analysis 2 May 2024 Faith special schools can help to ease SEND pressure Analysis 2 May 2024 DfE SEND reform testing plan ‘9 months behind schedule’ News 1 May 2024