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: 30 April 2021 Back Subscriber-only Tes Quiz: 30 April 2021 Pit your wits against Tes’ weekly general knowledge quiz 30th April 2021, 12:00am John Cunnane Share Tes Quiz: 30 April 2021 https://www.tes.com/magazine/teaching-learning/general/tes-quiz-30-april-2021 Copy Link “I think, therefore I am” is a phrase attributed to which philosopher? What type of animal is an oryx? What economic term defines a decrease in the overall price level so that the inflation rate becomes negative? Which English city will host the 2022 Commonwealth Games? Oswald Cobblepot is the real name of which of the Batman villains? Which vegetable is used in the dish eggs florentine? By what name is the clavicle bone also known? What was the name of Bill Sikes’ dog in the novel Oliver Twist? Which member of the band the Eagles had a 1984 hit with The Heat Is On? What is the longest river in the USA? Scroll down for the answers… QUIZ ANSWERS 1. René Descartes 2. Antelope 3. Deflation 4. Birmingham 5. The Penguin 6. Spinach 7. Collarbone 8. Bull’s-eye 9. Glenn Frey 10. The Missouri 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 Using AI in schools: a beginner’s guide for teachers Gráinne Hallahan • 1st May 2026 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 Recent Most read Most shared NAHT backs industrial action ballot over teacher pay News 2 May 2026 Heads pave way for industrial action over new Ofsted framework News 2 May 2026 Schools must not ‘carry the can’ for underfunded policies, NAHT warns News 1 May 2026 How falling rolls are reshaping England’s schools Analysis 29 April 2026 Ofsted framework ‘penalises’ inclusive schools, heads warn News 30 April 2026 Low prior attainers not harmed by learning in sets, EEF finds News 29 April 2026 Spring term exclusions hit record high News 30 April 2026 Ofsted is a ‘driver of misery’, says new NAHT president News 1 May 2026 The complex story behind rising suspensions in primary schools News 1 May 2026