Tes Quiz: 4 September 2020

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4th September 2020, 12:01am
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Tes Quiz: 4 September 2020

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  1. Which nun and missionary became a saint by being canonised on 4 September 2016?
  2. Which Bizet opera revolves around a worker in a tobacco factory in Sevilla?
  3. Who, along with Roger Federer, holds the record for winning five consecutive men’s singles titles at Wimbledon?
  4. Which spirit forms the base of a Mai Tai cocktail?
  5. Philip Pirrip, Joe Gargery and Mr Pumblechook are all characters in which Dickens novel?
  6. Which Scandinavian country has over 200,000 islands, more than any other country in the world?
  7. What was the first name of The Fonz, a character from the 1970s sitcom Happy Days?
  8. Micheál Martin is the current prime minister of which country?
  9. 4 September falls under which zodiac sign?
  10. The name of which country links an ex-Scottish international footballer, an ex-F1 team owner and an ex-basketball player?

QUIZ ANSWERS

1. Mother Teresa of Calcutta (now Saint Teresa of Calcutta) 2. Carmen 3. Bjorn Borg 4. White rum 5. Great Expectations 6. Sweden 7. Arthur 8. Republic of Ireland 9. Virgo 10. Jordan (Joe, Eddie and Michael)

Questions set by John Cunnane

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