Tes Quiz: 25 May 2018

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25th May 2018, 12:00am
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Tes Quiz: 25 May 2018

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1. Who did Muhammad Ali defeat in a rematch on 25 May 1965 to retain his WBC World Heavyweight Championship?

2. What is the largest lake in Switzerland?

3. What breed of dog was the cartoon character Droopy?

4. Which planet in our solar system has the largest moon?

5. Isis, Horus and Osiris were all deities in the religion of which civilisation?

6. Which Oscar winner played the character of Tinkerbell in the 1991 film Hook?

7. In the Dr Seuss book Horton Hears a Who!, what creature is Horton?

8. Digitalis is a drug extracted from which plant?

9. Which bone is located between the elbow and the shoulder?

10. The Siege of Mafeking took place during which conflict? (Picture clue above.)

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Quiz answers

1. Sonny Liston

2. Lake Geneva

3. Basset hound

4. Jupiter (Ganymede)

5. Ancient Egypt

6. Julia Roberts

7. An elephant

8. Foxglove

9. Humerus

10. Second Boer War

Questions set by John Cunnane

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