The Tes quiz: COP, currency and catchy tunes

Pit your wits against Tes’ weekly general knowledge quiz
1st December 2022, 6:23pm

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The Tes quiz: COP, currency and catchy tunes

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This week’s Tes quiz is back to challenge you with 10 fiendish general knowledge brainteasers and pop-culture puzzlers, covering everything from streaming superstars to cancelled currency. So, do you know your Spotify hits from your euro predecessors? Gather your fellow quizmates and see if you can score a perfect 10…

The questions

  1. By what name is the actor Ramón Antonio Gerardo Estévez better known?
  2. Before joining Tottenham Hotspur, Antonio Conte was head coach at which European football club?
  3. Which mathematical symbol was introduced by John Wallis in 1655?
  4. Kuala Lumpur is the capital of which Southeast Asian country?
  5. The Sumatran is the smallest species of which of the big cats?
  6. Who has been announced as Spotify’s most streamed artist in the world for 2022 - the third year in a row: Bad Bunny, Taylor Swift or Harry Styles?
  7. What would you be eating if you had “huevos” in Mexico?
  8. In J R R Tolkien’s Middle-earth novels, what relation is Bilbo Baggins to Frodo Baggins?
  9. What was the name of the currency in Austria before the introduction of the euro in the early 2000s?
  10. In which city did the COP27 climate change conference take place in 2022?

If you’re in the mood for more brainteasers, visit our new quiz hub, or check out some of our recent quizzes below…

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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