Home Archived Tes Quiz: 17 January 2020 Back Subscriber-only Tes Quiz: 17 January 2020 Pit your wits against Tes’ weekly general knowledge quiz 17th January 2020, 12:04am John Cunnane Share Tes Quiz: 17 January 2020 https://www.tes.com/magazine/archived/tes-quiz-17-january-2020 Copy Link Which Scot is known as the father of economics, author of the title abbreviated to The Wealth of Nations? Which Netherlands footballer is the youngest to have scored a goal in a UEFA Champions League final, when he netted the winner in the 1995 match? The Indian company Hero Motocorp Ltd manufactures what type of vehicles? Who led the first expedition to navigate the Northwest Passage by sea, and also the first expedition to reach the South Pole? Khartoum is the capital of which African country? Honky Château, The One and Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy are all albums by which singer-songwriter? With the atomic number 2, what is the first of the noble gases in the periodic table? Starring Ali MacGraw and Ryan O’Neal, which 1970 film has a plot that is summarised in Halliwell’s Film Guide as “Two students marry; she dies”? What variety of orange is named after a sea port in Israel? Of which country did Sanna Marin become the world’s youngest sitting prime minister at age 34 in December 2019? Scroll for answers. QUIZ ANSWERS Adam Smith Patrick Kluivert Motorcycles and scooters Roald Amundsen Sudan Elton John Helium Love Story Jaffa Finland 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 Teacher secondments ‘could boost Gen Z recruits’ News 19 September 2024 DfE urged to review curriculum panel over Oak links News 18 September 2024 Reforms must go ‘far beyond’ Scottish education bill, MSPs told News 18 September 2024 Teacher pay scales 2024-25: what will your salary look like? Analysis 29 July 2024 Help unsuccessful teacher trainees be TAs, DfE urged News 17 September 2024 How a student loan repayments policy could retain 2,100 teachers Analysis 17 September 2024 Schools must not use Ofsted logos for this year’s judgements News 17 September 2024 Anxiety about Ofsted changes among leaders is justified Leadership 17 September 2024 How a student loan repayments policy could retain 2,100 teachers Analysis 17 September 2024