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 Teaching & Learning General Tes Quiz: 16 July 2021 Back Subscriber-only Tes Quiz: 16 July 2021 Pit your wits against Tes’ weekly general knowledge quiz 16th July 2021, 12:00am John Cunnane Share Tes Quiz: 16 July 2021 https://www.tes.com/magazine/teaching-learning/general/tes-quiz-16-july-2021 Copy Link Which Scandinavian country issued Europe’s first real banknote? Which spacecraft was launched on 16 July 1969? What name features in the titles of songs by The Rolling Stones, Kenny Rogers and Kaiser Chiefs? Born 16 July 1958, Riverdance choreographer Michael Flatley was born in which country? A dermatologist specialises in treating which organ of the human body? Famed for its white Lipizzaner horses, the Spanish Riding School is situated in which European capital city? Which animals are featured playing poker in an 1894 painting by Cassius Marcellus Coolidge? What distance do athletes swim in the men’s Olympic triathlon? Which video game series spawned a 2007 film starring Timothy Olyphant in the title role? What is drawn by a cartographer? Scroll down for the answers… QUIZ ANSWERS 1. Sweden 2. Apollo 11 3. Ruby 4. USA 5. The skin 6. Vienna 7. Dogs 8. 1.5 kilometres 9. Hitman 10. Maps 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: /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 The problem with ‘making it local’ in the curriculum Mark Enser • 20th January 2026 How can schools get early intervention right? Simon Knight • 19th January 2026 What educational psychologists really do Ellen Peirson-Hagger • 22nd January 2026 The rise of nihilistic violent extremist groups: what schools need to know Thomas Michael • 12th January 2026 Recent Most read Most shared Leaders suffer ‘disturbing’ mistreatment, support service warns News 23 January 2026 The new inspections mean schools must change their expectations Analysis 23 January 2026 Would an under-16s social media ban help schools? News 23 January 2026 Are perimenopausal teachers getting enough support in schools? Analysis 21 January 2026 How many exam grades include marking errors? Analysis 20 January 2026 MAT merger plan called off after ‘aggressive’ opposition News 20 January 2026 ‘Parents are people, too,’ schools told in guidance on complaints News 20 January 2026 Government launches ‘tougher’ guidance on phones in schools News 19 January 2026 How many exam grades include marking errors? Analysis 20 January 2026
