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: 21 May 2021 Back Subscriber-only Tes Quiz: 21 May 2021 Pit your wits against Tes’ weekly general knowledge quiz 21st May 2021, 12:00am John Cunnane Share Tes Quiz: 21 May 2021 https://www.tes.com/magazine/teaching-learning/general/tes-quiz-21-may-2021 Copy Link Who landed near Derry, Northern Ireland, on 21 May 1932 to become the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic? Which golfer won the 2021 Masters? Anthony Hopkins won the 2021 Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in which film? In a flame test, what primary colour flame is produced by the element sodium? In Korean cuisine, what is a side dish of fermented vegetables called? The Canary Islands take their name from which animal? Who wrote the novel The Railway Children? Who composed a suite of short pieces for small orchestra called Water Music? How many pairs of ribs do humans have? On 21 May 1927, who landed in Paris to complete the first solo flight across the Atlantic? Scroll down for the answers… QUIZ ANSWERS 1. Amelia Earhart 2. Hideki Matsuyama 3. The Father 4. Yellow 5. Kimchi/kimchee 6. Dog 7. Edith Nesbit 8. Handel 9. Twelve 10. Charles Lindbergh 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 Schools need ‘ecosystem’ of experts for inclusion drive, DfE told News 22 January 2026 Lords back social media ban for under-16s News 22 January 2026 Why a social media ban would raise big questions for schools Analysis 22 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