English Banana.com Test Your Research Skills You Either Know It Or You Don’t! Use a research library or the internet to find the answers to this quick quiz: Kazuo Ishiguro won the Booker Prize in the UK for his novel in 1989 Samuel Ryder founded the Ryder Cup golf tournament in 19 _ Couples celebrate their ruby wedding anniversary after _ years of marriage The acronym TESSA stands for The acronym KG after your name stands for The squire Sancho Panza is a principal character in the novel by Henry VIII divorced two of his six wives – Catherine of Aragon and The acronym EPOS stands for 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 _ For more fun tests, quizzes and games log onto www.englishbanana.com now! This worksheet can be photocopied and used without charge English Banana.com Test Your Research Skills You Either Know It Or You Don’t! Answers: Kazuo Ishiguro won the Booker Prize in the UK for his novel ‘The Remains of the Day’ in 1989 Samuel Ryder founded the Ryder Cup golf tournament in 1927 Couples celebrate their ruby wedding anniversary after 40 years of marriage The acronym TESSA stands for ‘tax exempt special savings account’ The acronym KG after your name stands for ‘Knight of the Garter’ The squire Sancho Panza is a principal character in the novel ‘Don Quixote’ by Miguel Cervantes Henry VIII divorced two of his six wives – Catherine of Aragon and Anne of Cleves The acronym EPOS stands for ‘electronic point of sale’ 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