Tes Quiz: 20 August 2021

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20th August 2021, 12:00am
Tes Quiz 20/08/21

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Tes Quiz: 20 August 2021

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  1. Scott Lang is the real name of which diminutive Avengers character?
  2. Which South American country is the longest, north to south?
  3. London, Plymouth and Bombay are all associated with which alcoholic spirit?
  4. Jane Eyre is a novel by which of the Brontë sisters?
  5. 2021 Tour de France winner Tadej Pogačar and Tokyo Olympic road cycling time trial gold medallist Primož Roglič are both from which European country?
  6. A saline solution is made up of water and which other substance?
  7. Brothers In Arms is a 1985 chart-topping album by which band?
  8. Digitalis is obtained from the leaves of which plant?
  9. Bridge of Spies, Lincoln and War Horse are all films directed by whom?
  10. The assassination of which Austro-Hungarian heir on 28 June 1914 led to the start of the First World War?

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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

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