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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.