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Use a research library or the internet to find the answers to this quick quiz:
1. Kazuo Ishiguro won the Booker Prize in the UK for his novel ______in 1989.
2. Samuel Ryder founded the Ryder Cup golf tournament in 19_____.
3. Couples celebrate their ruby wedding anniversary after ______years of marriage.
4. The acronym TESSA stands for ______.
5. The acronym KG after your name stands for ______.
6. The squire Sancho Panza is a principal character in the novel ______by ______.
7. Henry VIII divorced two of his six wives – Catherine of Aragon and ______.
8. The acronym EPOS stands for ______.
9. The seven wonders of the ancient world included: the ______of Babylon and the ______of Rhodes.
10. The Three Musketeers in Alexandre Dumas’ novel are: ______
11. Kay, Gareth, Bors, Geraint and Tristan were all ______.
12. In the traditional English Christmas Carol ‘The Twelve Days of Christmas’ there were ______drummers drumming.
13. The American English spelling of the word ‘plough’ is ______.
14. The novelist Charlotte Bronte married ______, a curate, in 1854.
15. The real name of Victorian English novelist George Eliot, author of ‘The Mill on the Floss’ and ‘Adam Bede’ was ______.
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Answers:
1. Kazuo Ishiguro won the Booker Prize in the UK for his novel ‘The Remains of the Day’ in 1989.
2. Samuel Ryder founded the Ryder Cup golf tournament in 1927.
3. Couples celebrate their ruby wedding anniversary after 40 years of marriage.
4. The acronym TESSA stands for ‘tax exempt special savings account’.
5. The acronym KG after your name stands for ‘Knight of the Garter’.
6. The squire Sancho Panza is a principal character in the novel ‘Don Quixote’ by Miguel Cervantes.
7. Henry VIII divorced two of his six wives – Catherine of Aragon and Anne of Cleves.
8. The acronym EPOS stands for ‘electronic point of sale’.
9. The seven wonders of the ancient world included: the Hanging Gardens of Babylon and the Colossus of Rhodes.
10. The Three Musketeers in Alexandre Dumas’ novel are: Aramis, Athos and Porthos.
11. Kay, Gareth, Bors, Geraint and Tristan were all Knights of the Round Table.
12. In the traditional English Christmas Carol ‘The Twelve Days of Christmas’ there were twelve drummers drumming.
13. The American English spelling of the word ‘plough’ is ‘plow’.
14. The novelist Charlotte Bronte married Arthur Bell Nicholls, a curate, in 1854.
15. The real name of Victorian English novelist George Eliot, author of ‘The Mill on the Floss’ and ‘Adam Bede’ was Mary Ann Evans. For more fun tests, quizzes and games log onto www.englishbanana.com now! This worksheet can be photocopied and used without charge