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: 23 July 2021 Back Subscriber-only Tes Quiz: 23 July 2021 Pit your wits against Tes’ weekly general knowledge quiz 23rd July 2021, 12:00am John Cunnane Share Tes Quiz: 23 July 2021 https://www.tes.com/magazine/teaching-learning/general/tes-quiz-23-july-2021 Copy Link The Marriage of Figaro is an opera by which composer? Edward Lear is famed for which type of poetry? Fuerteventura is part of which island group? Humans have five basic tastes. Which one describes foods that exhibit savouriness? I’m as bald as a coot. But what type of creature is a coot? What is the name of the reddish-brown pigment derived from the ink sac of the common cuttlefish? British athlete Hannah Cockcroft is a five-time Paralympic gold medallist in which sport? Directed by Bong Joon-ho, which was the first non-English-language film to win the Oscar for Best Picture in 2020? Manolo Blahnik is famous for designing which fashion item? “Deck”, “arm” and “wheel” can all be placed in front of which other word to create a new word? Scroll down for answers… QUIZ ANSWERS 1. Mozart 2. Limericks 3. Canary Islands 4. Umami 5. Bird 6. Sepia 7. Wheelchair racing 8. Parasite 9. Shoes 10. Chair 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 GCSE reading lists ‘will take decades’ to reflect UK diversity News 27 January 2026 Disadvantaged white pupils ‘fall furthest after primary’ News 27 January 2026 Why students must get to see life beyond the school gates Analysis 27 January 2026 The new inspections mean schools must change their expectations Analysis 23 January 2026 Are perimenopausal teachers getting enough support in schools? Analysis 21 January 2026 ‘Parents are people, too,’ schools told in guidance on complaints News 20 January 2026 Almost half of school leaders needed mental health support last year News 23 January 2026 Leaders suffer ‘disturbing’ mistreatment, support service warns News 23 January 2026 The attendance crisis: what does last term’s data tell us? Analysis 26 January 2026
