Tes Quiz: 8 March 2019

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8th March 2019, 12:04am
Tes Quiz: 8 March 2019

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Tes Quiz: 8 March 2019

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1. Which author created the characters Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde?

2. What is the first discipline in the equine sport of three-day eventing?

3. The Rite of Spring and The Rake’s Progress are pieces of work by which 20th-century Russian composer?

4. What word can mean skill used in deceiving others, a boat or ship, or an activity involving skill in making things by hand?

5. What type of creature is an oryx?

6. How many of the state names of the US end in the letter ‘s’?

7. Which month of the year was formerly called Quintilis?

8. Diamond is a solid form of which element?

The Eldorado was a car that was manufactured and marketed by which US motor brand?

10. Jack Nicholson won the first of his Best Actor Oscars for his role in which film based on a novel by Ken Kesey?

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QUIZ ANSWERS

1. Robert Louis Stevenson

2. Dressage

3. Igor Stravinsky

4. Craft

5. Antelope

6. Five: Arkansas, Illinois, Kansas, Massachusetts and Texas

7. July

8. Carbon

9. Cadillac

10. One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest

Questions set by John Cunnane

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