Tes Quiz: 23 August 2019

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23rd August 2019, 12:03am
Tes Quiz 23 August 2019

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Tes Quiz: 23 August 2019

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  1. Fingal O’Flahertie Wills are the middle names of which poet and playwright?
  2. El Dorado airport serves which South American capital city?
  3. Bermuda, zoysia and fescue are all varieties of which garden flora?
  4. Who did Novak Djokovic beat in the semi-final at Wimbledon 2019?
  5. By what name is the character Figaro known as the title character in an opera by Verdi?
  6. Jim Beam is a brand of which alcoholic drink?
  7. Which 1974 novel by Peter Benchley, made into a 1975 film directed by Steven Spielberg, revolves around activities in Amity, a seaside resort town on Long Island?
  8. Which Scottish patriot was executed for treason on 23 August 1305?
  9. What single-word term is given to a system of millions or billions of stars, together with gas and dust, held together by gravitational attraction?
  10. A vibraphone can be found in which section of an orchestra?

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QUIZ ANSWERS

  1. Oscar Wilde
  2. Bogotá
  3. Grass
  4. Roberto Bautista Agut
  5. The Barber of Seville
  6. Bourbon whiskey
  7. Jaws
  8. William Wallace
  9. Galaxy
  10. Percussion

Questions set by John Cunnane

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