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: 21 May 2021 Back Subscriber-only Tes Quiz: 21 May 2021 Pit your wits against Tes’ weekly general knowledge quiz 21st May 2021, 12:00am John Cunnane Share Tes Quiz: 21 May 2021 https://www.tes.com/magazine/teaching-learning/general/tes-quiz-21-may-2021 Copy Link Who landed near Derry, Northern Ireland, on 21 May 1932 to become the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic? Which golfer won the 2021 Masters? Anthony Hopkins won the 2021 Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in which film? In a flame test, what primary colour flame is produced by the element sodium? In Korean cuisine, what is a side dish of fermented vegetables called? The Canary Islands take their name from which animal? Who wrote the novel The Railway Children? Who composed a suite of short pieces for small orchestra called Water Music? How many pairs of ribs do humans have? On 21 May 1927, who landed in Paris to complete the first solo flight across the Atlantic? Scroll down for the answers… QUIZ ANSWERS 1. Amelia Earhart 2. Hideki Matsuyama 3. The Father 4. Yellow 5. Kimchi/kimchee 6. Dog 7. Edith Nesbit 8. Handel 9. Twelve 10. Charles Lindbergh 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 Do we really know what ‘good listening’ looks like? Rebekah Boylan • 24th April 2026 Why funny teachers aren’t (usually) better teachers Mark Roberts • 22nd April 2026 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 Recent Most read Most shared Government education action group relegates international bodies News 24 April 2026 Growing number of new teachers quitting the profession in Scotland News 24 April 2026 Why simple everyday rituals hold huge power Analysis 24 April 2026 Why funny teachers aren’t (usually) better teachers Teaching & Learning 22 April 2026 Teaching assistants are leaving - here’s how to make them stay Analysis 23 April 2026 Uta Frith: why I no longer think autism is a spectrum Teaching & Learning 4 March 2026 Oasis and Big Education to merge from September News 21 April 2026 Primaries face £288m shortfall next year due to drop in pupils News 22 April 2026 Revealed: The ‘risk’ SEND magnet schools face with Progress 8 News 22 April 2026