Tes Quiz: 21 June 2019

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21st June 2019, 12:03am
Tes Quiz 21 June 2019

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Tes Quiz: 21 June 2019

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  1. Which member of the British royal family was born on 21 June 1982?
  2. In photography, what does the acronym SLR stand for?
  3. Who wrote the opera Aida?
  4. What was the capital of India prior to Delhi becoming the capital city in 1911?
  5. Spectacled, Gobi and Kodiak are all types of what animal?
  6. By what name is the system of forced labor camps prominent during Joseph Stalin’s long reign known?
  7. What is the second film in the Harry Potter series?
  8. What type of foodstuff is muscovado?
  9. Pesach is another name for which Jewish festival?
  10. On 21 June 1994, which female tennis player became the first defending tennis champion to lose in the first round of a major tournament when she lost to Lorrie McNeal at Wimbledon?

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QUIZ ANSWERS

  1. The Duke of Cambridge
  2. Single-lens reflex
  3. Giuseppe Verdi
  4. Calcutta (now Kolkata)
  5. Bear
  6. Gulag
  7. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
  8. Sugar
  9. Passover
  10. Steffi Graf

Questions set by John Cunnane

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