Middle Ages QUIZ BOWL!!

Middle Ages QUIZ BOWL!!

Question *If a serf escaped to a town, how long did he have to stay there in order to remain free?

Answer * 1 year and 1 day

Question *What was the penalty for a thief caught with stolen goods?

Answer *Hanged!

Question *At what age did the boy become a knight?

Answer *18-21

Question *What 2 classes of people were on the bottom of the social ladder?

Answer *Serfs and peasants

Question *How old was a boy when he was sent away to start training as a knight?

Answer * 7 years

Question *To what modern day American event might the medieval tournaments be compared?

Answer *Modern day rodeo!

Question *From whom did a squire learn from in the second stage?

Answer * The Knight

Question *An estimated ______ of the population died due to the Black Plague.

Answer * 1/3

Question *List 2 out of the 4 things a Page learned

Answer *COMPORTMENT, COURTESY, CLEANLINESS AND RELIGION

Question *Who were the most exalted members of a town?

Answer *The merchants

Question *Name one thing that led to the growth of the towns.

Answer *GROWTH OF TRADE AND THE MERCHANT MIDDLE CLASS

Question *Why did merchants support the king and a strong central government?

Answer *THEY NEEDED STABILITY FOR TRADE

Question *Who was head of the Christian church during this time period?

Answer *The POPE!

Question *How did the way single and married women dress differ?

Answer *SINGLE WOMEN-HAIR DOWN MARRIED WOMEN-HAIR UP AND COVERED IN A WIMPLE

Question *Why did the buildings of cooks, barbers, and brewers have to be whitewashed and plastered?

Answer *THEY WERE HEAVILY REGULATED BECAUSE OF THE RISK THEIR FIRES POSED

Question * What was the boy called during his first stage of training?

Answer * Page

Question *In addition to ringing a bell to announce news, what other job might the town crier perform?

Answer *SOLICITING PRAYERS IN MEMORY OF PEOPLE WHO PAID FOR THE PRIVILAGE

Question *List 1 thing that the merchant guilds regulated?

Answer *PRICES, QUALITY, WEIGHTS AND MEASURES AND BUSINESS PRACTICES

Question *List in order the three stages a boy had to go through in order to become able to own a shop and be fully accepted by a craft guild?

Answer *1. APPRENTICESHIP 2. JOURNEYMAN 3. MASTERCRAFTSMAN

Question *From whom did the page learn from in the first stage?

Answer *The women in the house

Question *What was the lord of the manor's primary duty?

Answer *TO PROTECT THE KING

Question *What form of rent did the villagers (serfs) pay to the lord?

Answer *PRODUCE (CROPS)

Question *From where does the term for the second stage “Journeyman” originate from and what does it mean?

Answer *JOURNEYMAN-FRENCH FOR “JOURNEE” (MEANS DAY) THEY WERE PAID BY THE DAY

Question *Why could most women not stay at home?

Answer *THEY HAD TO WORK IN THE FIELDS

Question *Most of life's necessities were produced on the fief. What are two examples of things that had to be brought in to the fief?

Middle Ages QUIZ BOWL!!