Tes Quiz: 19 June 2020

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19th June 2020, 12:02am
Tes Quiz: 19 June 2020

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Tes Quiz: 19 June 2020

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  1. What first did Valentina Tereshkova achieve in 1963?
  2. Which Burmese politician and 1991 Nobel Peace Prize winner was born in Rangoon on 19 June 1945?
  3. Prime minister Boris Johnson was born in which city, also on 19 June?
  4. Who was Elvis Costello watching in the title of his first song to chart, released in 1977?
  5. Piscine Molitor Patel is the narrator in which 2001 novel by Yann Martel?
  6. Rabat is the capital of which North African country?
  7. “Badger dog” is the translation of the name of which dog breed?
  8. Walter White, a high school chemistry teacher, is the leading character in which Emmy-, Golden Globe- and Bafta-winning TV series?
  9. What vegetable falls into one of three categories: white, green and purple?
  10. Diamonds is a fragrance from which fashion house?

QUIZ ANSWERS
1. First woman in space 2. Aung San Suu Kyi 3. New York City 4. The Detectives 5. Life of Pi 6. Morocco 7. Dachshund 8. Breaking Bad 9. Asparagus 10. Emporio Armani

Questions set by John Cunnane

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