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 subtitles myth: why children don’t learn to read from TV Kathleen Rastle • 24th March 2026 How to help autistic children with EBSA back into school Sue Sheppard • 26th March 2026 How a small change to the English curriculum could cut teacher workload Robert Eaglestone • 9th March 2026 How to make your action research matter Sally Franklin • 12th March 2026 Recent Most read Most shared NEU members willing to take industrial action over pay and funding News 17 April 2026 DfE awards contract for school behaviour toolkit News 17 April 2026 SEND reform: Individual support plans must not reduce pupils’ rights Analysis 17 April 2026 What neuroscience tells us about teaching young children Teaching & Learning 15 April 2026 Ofqual won’t validate teacher-assessed grades for Middle East students News 16 April 2026 Former MAT director to lead on Ofsted trust inspections News 14 April 2026 Secondary teacher job adverts at ‘lowest level in 9 years’ News 16 April 2026 Why schools will struggle to fund ‘utterly unrealistic’ food standards News 16 April 2026 SEND: 4 ways to set up a successful inclusion base Leadership 17 April 2026