Get the best experience in our app Enjoy offline reading, category favourites, and instant updates - right from your pocket. Download the App Maybe later Home Teaching & Learning General Tes Quiz: 20 August 2021 Back Subscriber-only Tes Quiz: 20 August 2021 Pit your wits against Tes’ weekly general knowledge quiz 20th August 2021, 12:00am John Cunnane Share Tes Quiz: 20 August 2021 https://www.tes.com/magazine/teaching-learning/general/tes-quiz-20-august-2021 Copy Link Scott Lang is the real name of which diminutive Avengers character? Which South American country is the longest, north to south? London, Plymouth and Bombay are all associated with which alcoholic spirit? Jane Eyre is a novel by which of the Brontë sisters? 2021 Tour de France winner Tadej Pogačar and Tokyo Olympic road cycling time trial gold medallist Primož Roglič are both from which European country? A saline solution is made up of water and which other substance? Brothers In Arms is a 1985 chart-topping album by which band? Digitalis is obtained from the leaves of which plant? Bridge of Spies, Lincoln and War Horse are all films directed by whom? The assassination of which Austro-Hungarian heir on 28 June 1914 led to the start of the First World War? Scroll down for the answers… QUIZ ANSWERS 1. Ant-Man 2. Chile 3. Gin 4. Charlotte 5. Slovenia 6. Salt 7. Dire Straits 8. Foxglove 9. Steven Spielberg 10. Archduke Franz Ferdinand Questions set by John Cunnane You need a Tes subscription to read this article Subscribe now to read this article and get other subscriber-only content: /per month for 12 months Unlimited access to all Tes magazine content Exclusive subscriber-only stories Award-winning email newsletters Subscribe now Log in Unlimited access to all Tes magazine content Exclusive subscriber-only stories Award-winning email newsletters More information You need a subscription to read this article Subscribe now to read this article and get other subscriber-only content, including: /per month for 12 months Unlimited access to all Tes magazine content Exclusive subscriber-only stories Award-winning email newsletters Subscribe now Unlimited access to all Tes magazine content Exclusive subscriber-only stories Award-winning email newsletters More information Read more The problem with ‘making it local’ in the curriculum Mark Enser • 20th January 2026 How can schools get early intervention right? Simon Knight • 19th January 2026 What educational psychologists really do Ellen Peirson-Hagger • 22nd January 2026 The rise of nihilistic violent extremist groups: what schools need to know Thomas Michael • 12th January 2026 Recent Most read Most shared Let’s rally behind the international strategy’s ambitions Analysis 23 January 2026 The supply of secondary teachers ‘will fall after next year’ News 23 January 2026 Leaders suffer ‘disturbing’ mistreatment, support service warns News 23 January 2026 Are perimenopausal teachers getting enough support in schools? Analysis 21 January 2026 What educational psychologists really do Teaching & Learning 22 January 2026 Why hybrid teaching is growing in demand Analysis 16 January 2026 Reception staff spend over an hour a day on toilet assistance News 22 January 2026 Schools need ‘ecosystem’ of experts for inclusion drive, DfE told News 22 January 2026 What educational psychologists really do Teaching & Learning 22 January 2026