Home Archived TES Quiz: 21 October 2016 Back Subscriber-only TES Quiz: 21 October 2016 Pit your wits against TES’ weekly general knowledge quiz 21st October 2016, 12:00am John Cunnane Share TES Quiz: 21 October 2016 https://www.tes.com/magazine/archived/tes-quiz-21-october-2016 Copy Link What nationality was Gustav Holst, composer of The Planets? Which is the smallest of the United States by area? A stimpmeter is used in which sport? On what part of the body would you expect to see a bindi? Who played King George VI in the 2010 film The King’s Speech? Which Swedish chemist, the inventor of dynamite, was born on 21 October 1833? Which red flower is the title of a 1905 novel by Emma Orczy? Poison is a perfume created by which fashion company? In computing terms, what does RAM stand for? Which animated family live in Orbit City? 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 Jenny Gilruth: a year as Scotland’s education secretary Analysis 28 March 2024 Welsh heads warn of ‘us versus them’ inspection News 28 March 2024 Why we feed students before an exam Teaching & Learning 28 March 2024 Trusts named to run 30 new special free schools News 26 March 2024 Teacher pay falls by more than public sector as a whole News 26 March 2024 ‘Unexplained’ school moves spark call for transparency News 27 March 2024 Pupil premium allocation details delayed News 27 March 2024 ‘Unexplained’ school moves spark call for transparency News 27 March 2024 Special schools do an ‘amazing job’, so what can we learn from them? Analysis 27 March 2024