Tes Quiz: 15 March 2019

Pit your wits against Tes’ weekly general knowledge quiz

15th March 2019, 12:04am

John Cunnane

1. Belle & Sebastian, Average White Band and KT Tunstall all hail from which country?

2. Jeff Bezos is the founder and CEO of which multi-national technology company formed in 1994?

3. The name of Pokémon is a shortened version of which Japanese brand?

4. In which body of water is the island of Curaçao?

5. Footballer James Rodriguez represents which country?

6. Sidney Carton and Charles Darnay are the protagonists in which Dickens novel?

7. Who was murdered on 15 March in 44 BC?

8. Which siblings wrote the films The Big Lebowski, No Country For Old Men and Fargo?

9. Chateaubriand is a dish associated with which foodstuff?

10. What is the name of the process used by plants to harness energy from sunlight and turn it into chemical energy?

QUIZ ANSWERS 1. Scotland 2. Amazon 3. Pocket Monster 4. The Caribbean Sea 5. Colombia 6. A Tale of Two Cities 7. Julius Caesar 8. The Coen Brothers (Joel and Ethan) 9. Beef (often steak) 10. Photosynthesis

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