REGIAL PURSUIT IIII
How well do you know the Early Middle Ages? As we get back into the school year, these questions might be of interest to students, and to new or inexperienced reemactors!
- Medieval Books were printed on
A. Paper
B. Skin
C. Wool
D. Horn - A bound book was known as a
A. Notebook
B. Rune stone
C. Scroll
D. Codex - The first books were bound in
A. Circa 33
B. Circa 300
C. Circa 700
D Circa 1455 - Right- and left-hand pages were known, respectively, as
A. Dexter and Sinister
B. Right and Left
C. Recto and Verso
D Kumquat and Plantain - Paper was first used in Europe in
A. Circa 100
B. Circa 1100
C. Circa 1350
D Circa 1612 - In Europe, books were hand written until
A. Circa 1000
B. Circa 1400
C. Circa 1455
D. Circa 1583 - Pen nibs were made out of
A. Feathers
B. Steel
C. Copper
D. Reeds - An individual page was known as
A. Folo
B. Folio
C. Octavo
D. Octavio - Awls for boring holes were also known as
A. Needles
B. Gimlets
C. Martinis
D. Seaxes - The movable type press was developed in Europe in
A. Amerigo Vespucci
B. William Caxton
C. Johannes Gutenberg
D. Marco Polo - The name of the bribe paid to the Norse by the English was
A. Hoard
B. Blood Eagle
C. Pouchware
D. Danegeld - The first Norseman who encountered Iceland was
A. Naddoddr
B. Leifr Eiriksson
C. Thangbrand
D. Snorri Sturlusson
answers: 1-B. 2-D. 3-B. 4-C. 5-B. 6-B. 7-D. 8-B. 9-B. 10-C. 11-D. 12-A.
REGIAL PURSUIT III
How well do you know the Early Middle Ages? As we get back into the school year, these questions might be of interest to students, and to new or inexperienced reemactors!
- The best cure against a head ache is:
A. Drinking a hen’s egg, mixed in warm ale
B. Lying on a dog’s head, burned to ashes
C. Singing nine Pater Nosters
D. Leeches - In an Anglo-Saxon aphrodisiac, you would likely use:
A. Deer testicles
B. A carrot and two plums
C. Oysters
D. Leeches - A hiccough is most likely caused by:
A. Accidentally swallowing an elf
B. Drinking too quickly
C. An imbalance of the humors
D. Fear of Viking Invasion - Which is the best cure against warts?
A. Applying some leeches
B. A mixture of dog’s urine and mouse blood
C. Pray the Pater Noster three times
D. Cutting them off with a heated knife - In case of severed sinews, apply:
A. Leeches
B. Hemp bath
C. Earthworms
D. The bark of a young and healthy tree - Throwing a dung beetle over your shoulder and saying “Remedium facio ad ventris dolorem” three times will:
A. Get rid off an annoying itch between your shoulder blades
B. Give you the power to cure stomach aches for a full year
C. Alleviate diarrhea in the entire village
D. Get rid off the dung beetle - A child has a fever, you:
A. Apply leeches on its forehead
B. Have him drink a potation with goat dung
C. Put it on a rooftop in the sun
D. Put it in an oven - Against heart ache:
A. Ribwort, boiled in milk, drink it for nine mornings
B. Ribwort, boiled in milk, drink it for six mornings
C. Ribwort, boiled in milk, drink it for three mornings
D. Ribwort, boiled in milk, drink it for seven mornings - Which one of these remedies is not an actual Anglo-Saxon remedy?
A. None; They are all real
B. Against madness, hit the patient with a whip made of dolphin skin
C. Against a stomach ache, sleep next to a fat child
D. Against misty eyes, rub the eyes with child’s urine and honey - Your patient has a sore throat, you prescribe:
A. Nine leeches
B. Take the neck of a goose and wrap it around the patient’s neck
C. Gargle with the spittle of a horse
D. Drink heated honey with some herbs - For a cold
A. Drink Garlic tea
B. Fry black snails in a hot pan and rub it to dust and let the man eat the dust
C. Seethe nettle in oil. Smear and rub all over the body
D. Take cannabis, pounded. with grease, lay it to the breasts. - A physican was known as
A. A doctor
B. A laece
C. A surgien
D. A barbour
answers: 1-B. 2-A. 3-A. 4-B. 5-C. 6-C. 7-C. 8-A. 9-A. 10-D. 11-C. 12-B.
REGIAL PURSUIT II
How well do you know the Early Middle Ages? As we get back into the school year, these questions might be of interest to students, and to new or inexperienced reemactors!
- What was the meaning of the term “Viking”?
A. Warrior from Scandinavia
B. Barbarian
C. Pirate
D. Pirate/Trader - What was the name of Arab envoy who wrote about Vikings?
A. Abu ibn Battutah
B. Ahmed ibn Fadlan
C. Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
D. Hamza ibn Abdul-Muttalib - What word did the Anglo-Saxons not use for “Knife”?
A. Seax
B. Cnif
C. Knif
D. Bill - Who was the first Norse king of England?
A. Sveyn Forkbeard
B. Ivarr the Boneless
C. Canute the Great
D. William of Normandy - What is the name of the first Viking ship found?
A. Vasa
B. Gokstad
C. Tune
D. Knarr - What the Viking army in Constantinople called?
A. The Varangian Guard
B. The Vikings
C. The Micel Here
D. The Rus - What was the name by which the game King’s Table was known?
A. Drepa
B. Hnefatafl
C. Hnefatafl
D. Merels - The Norse-ruled part of England was known as
A. North Country
B. Danelaw
C. Danegeld
D. Wic - What name was not used by Oðinn?
A. Asagrim
B. Hárr
C. Gautr
D. Olav - When did Iceland convert to Christianity?
A. 870
B. 930
C. 1000
D. 1550 - A drakkar was
A. A dragon in a saga
B. A longship
C. A minstrel
D. A seaman - A Faering was
A. A law court
B. A farmer
C. A small boat
D. A parliament
answers: 1-D. 2-B. 3-D. 4-A. 5-C. 6-A. 7-B. 8-B. 9-D. 10-C. 11-B. 12-C.
REGIAL PURSUIT I
How well do you know the Early Middle Ages? As we get back into the school year, these questions might be of interest to students, and to new or inexperienced reemactors!
- What race did the Norse call Serkirs?
A. The Franks
B. The Greeks
C. The Moors
D. The Eskimos - What was Roggvarfeldr?
A. Sowing the field
B. Norman overthrow of the Danelaw
C. King of Mercia 956–958
D. Fake fur - On what day did Eþelræd try to kill all Scandinavians in England?
A. St. Christopher Day 999
B. St. Bryce’s Day 1002
C. St. Valentine’s Day 1013
D. St. Callistus Day 1066 - Which had the first democracy since classical times?
A. Danelaw
B. Iceland
C. United States of America
D. Mercia - What did the Anglo-Saxons call a belt?
A. Balut
B. Ard
C. Windingas
D. Belt - What were Norse parliaments were known as?
A. Things
B. Stuff
C. Assemblies
D. Moots - Who were the æðelings?
A. Norse royalty
B. Anglo Saxon royalty
C. Anglo-Saxon carts
D. English kings’ daughters - What was the most common fabric used in Norse and Anglo-Saxon cultures
A. Linen
B. Silk
C. Cotton
D. Wool - What was a scop?
A. An Anglo-Saxon minstrel
B. A device used by Vikings to bail out ships
C. An Anglo-Saxon shovel
D. An Anglo-Saxon spade - What was the Norse farmer class called?
A. Æðelings
B. Bondi
C. Serfs
D. Haymadr - The longest-reigning Englisc king was
A. Alfred
B. Ethelred
C. Canute
D. Harold - For counting, the Norse used
A. A decimal system
B. A duodecimal system
C. Only their fingers
D. They never counted
answers: 1-C. 2-D. 3-B. 4-B. 5-D. 6-A. 7-B. 8-D. 9-A. 10-B. 11-B. 12-B.
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