The Tes quiz: Spices, spacecraft and social networks

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17th November 2022, 6:19pm

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The Tes quiz: Spices, spacecraft and social networks

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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 space missions to social media start-ups. So, do you know your apps from your astronomy? Gather your fellow quizmates and see if you can score a perfect 10…

This week’s questions

  1. Brass is an alloy of copper and which other metal?
  2. Which is the only one of North America’s Great Lakes that sits entirely within the United States?
  3. Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger were the founders of which social networking service, launched in October 2010?
  4. What colour is the gemstone lapis lazuli?
  5. Harrison Ford, Ben Affleck and Chris Pine have all played which character created by Tom Clancy?
  6. ‘Green’ wine originated - and is still produced - in which country?
  7. Who wrote the novel Far From The Madding Crowd?
  8. The spice cinnamon comes from which part of the tree?
  9. What is the name of Nasa’s next-generation rocket, which was launched on a test flight to the moon in November 2022?
  10. In television technology, what does the ‘Q’ stand for in QLED?

 


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