Home Archived Tes Quiz: 22 November 2019 Back Subscriber-only Tes Quiz: 22 November 2019 Pit your wits against Tes’ weekly general knowledge quiz 29th November 2019, 12:05am John Cunnane Share Tes Quiz: 22 November 2019 https://www.tes.com/magazine/archived/tes-quiz-22-november-2019 Copy Link Which siblings were responsible for directing and producing the films No Country for Old Men, The Big Lebowski and Fargo? Lake Tanganyika divides East and West Africa, and also forms the boundary between Tanzania and which other country? Who composed the opera Don Giovanni? The Stadio Comunale Luigi Ferraris is the home of Genoa CFC and which other Italian Serie A team? Known as the inventor of the first car headlamp, Louis Blériot was also a pioneer in which other field? Born on 22 November 1819, what was the pseudonym of Mary Ann Evans, author of Middlemarch and The Mill on the Floss? Which ice cream brand was founded by Reuben and Rose Mattus in Brooklyn, New York, in 1961? Which element, number 98 on the periodic table, is named after an American state that houses the university at which it was discovered? In which ocean did the Battle of the River Plate - the first naval battle in the Second World War - take place? What is the difference in pounds between an English and American hundredweight? Scroll for answers. QUIZ ANSWERS Joel and Ethan Coen Democratic Republic of the Congo Mozart Sampdoria Aviation (first person to fly the English Channel) George Eliot Häagen-Dazs Californium South Atlantic 12lbs (112lbs and 100lbs respectively) 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 Phillipson defends panel chosen for curriculum review News 23 September 2024 Call for Swinney to intervene over council education cuts News 23 September 2024 We need more teachers with SEND, says schools minister News 23 September 2024 Teacher pay scales 2024-25: what will your salary look like? Analysis 29 July 2024 DfE urged to review curriculum panel over Oak links News 18 September 2024 Schools must not use Ofsted logos for this year’s judgements News 17 September 2024 Don’t fixate on Gen Z, look after millennial mother-teachers Analysis 19 September 2024 Why we’re launching a dedicated maths review Analysis 20 September 2024 Labour’s education policy: what schools can expect News 20 September 2024