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History Quiz; England Pt 1
8 years ago
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I have also been requested to do a quiz on history. Since the history I know the most about is English, I'm going to start there. I'll get to the other stuff later.
The first questions are based on information gotten from "Time Team", hosted by Tony Robinson. If you've never seen this series, I recommend it very highly. It is available on YouTube.
1) What is "WoodHenge"? And why did it cause a scandal?
2) The British Stone Age/early Bronze Age was not without its artist trims and flourishes. In fact, your truly stylish round-house owner included a large stone construction directly opposite the entrance, ensuring that it would be the first thing seen when a guest entered the house. This thing was largely impractical. It's use was almost completely decorative. What was it?
3) It is now believed that the Arthurian legend of drawing the Sword from the Stone has a basis in fact. What practice is it thought to refer to?
4) Knights and monks during the Middle Ages ate a great deal of fish. Partly this was because fish was considered "not of the mortal earth", unlike beef or other red meats, which were definitely earthly, extravagant and expensive. So it was considered humble and virtuous to eat fish, but there was another reason it was so popular. What was it?
5) The population of the British Isles drank ale almost exclusively until something happened and wine was suddenly added to the menu. What was this thing?
6.) King Henry VIII was not only known for his collection of wives, he was also known to be a lavish spend-thrift. In fact, not until George IV was his monumental spending exceeded. One of the things he liked spending money on was tournaments. Another was decorative palaces. But perhaps the most decorative of the lot lasted only a short time. What was the name of this palace?
(You will notice I have steered clear of wars and other such conflicts in this offering. That's because there's more to history than dates and destruction. Besides, I'll get to that stuff later.)
The first questions are based on information gotten from "Time Team", hosted by Tony Robinson. If you've never seen this series, I recommend it very highly. It is available on YouTube.
1) What is "WoodHenge"? And why did it cause a scandal?
2) The British Stone Age/early Bronze Age was not without its artist trims and flourishes. In fact, your truly stylish round-house owner included a large stone construction directly opposite the entrance, ensuring that it would be the first thing seen when a guest entered the house. This thing was largely impractical. It's use was almost completely decorative. What was it?
3) It is now believed that the Arthurian legend of drawing the Sword from the Stone has a basis in fact. What practice is it thought to refer to?
4) Knights and monks during the Middle Ages ate a great deal of fish. Partly this was because fish was considered "not of the mortal earth", unlike beef or other red meats, which were definitely earthly, extravagant and expensive. So it was considered humble and virtuous to eat fish, but there was another reason it was so popular. What was it?
5) The population of the British Isles drank ale almost exclusively until something happened and wine was suddenly added to the menu. What was this thing?
6.) King Henry VIII was not only known for his collection of wives, he was also known to be a lavish spend-thrift. In fact, not until George IV was his monumental spending exceeded. One of the things he liked spending money on was tournaments. Another was decorative palaces. But perhaps the most decorative of the lot lasted only a short time. What was the name of this palace?
(You will notice I have steered clear of wars and other such conflicts in this offering. That's because there's more to history than dates and destruction. Besides, I'll get to that stuff later.)
Drawing the sword from the stone referred to extracting iron ore from the stone it was encased in. So by getting the iron from the rocks and using it for tools and weapons was drawing the sword from the stone. So Smelting I guess.
a side note to #5 was that they did this because plain water was suspect. they did not understand how far away from the privy to dig the water well. this caused Cholera problems.
A question of my own. In Medieval texts, often Knights were depicted in the margins fighting Snails or Rabbits. Why was this?
The snails thing was intended to represent Lombards.
This video will explain rather well.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ISOK-XtvYs
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2> It might have been a stone dresser, but most roundhouses didn't have those. Otherwise no idea.
3> Metal casting from the Bronze age.
4> They could get fish straight from the rivers and seas, so it was always fresh.
5> Norman Invasion mostly likely, since the Normans had about 40 vineyards in Britain though most of it was used for Communion.
6> Nonsuch Palace.
My knowledge is mostly specialized into arms and armor, personal accessories and items of clothing... With some spillover into battles and persons of note.
So I'm afraid I am not familiar with most of what your questions are about this time, Vicky.
Sorry.
also they suspect that "Maultaschen" pasta pockets were invented to conceal red meat inside someting vegetarian. the first pasta pockets had vegetaric fillings, meat came later.
they also found out that asian pasta pockets, ravioli/tortellini, and Maultaschen were invented around the same time. without a definite datum it's hard to say. but it seems time was just right for it.
of course, not all orders went that length to circumvent fasting rules and such. but some did.