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All About Arthur
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100
A saddle horse- usually small and gentle
What is a palfrey
100
This is Arthur's guardian.
Who is Sir Ector?
100
This is Old England in the 12th century.
What is where the story takes place?
100
This is how Arthur is described.
What is smart and funny?
100
These are the fields where the tournament was held.
What is a list?
200
Lowborn foot soldiers
What are kerns?
200
This is Sir Ector's son.
Who is Sir Kay?
200
This is where the jousting tournament takes place.
What is London?
200
This is the errand that Sir Kay sends Arthur on.
What is to get him a sword from the inn?
200
This is the monetary reward promised to Arthur.
What is a shilling?
300
Roofed gate leading into a churchyard
What is a lych gate?
300
These are friends of Sir Ector who go with them on the trip to London.
Who are Sir Grummore and Sir Pellinore?
300
This is where Arthur and the knights stayed in London.
What is the inn on Pine St. that belongs to Sir Ector?
300
This is how Arthur completes the errand for Sir Kay.
What is by pulling the sword from the stone?
300
This is another name for an evergreen tree.
What is a yew?
400
This is the chief administrator of a medieval noble's estate
What is a seneschal?
400
This is the magician in charge of Arthur's education.
Who is Merlyn?
400
This is a huge green pit the size of a football field with scarlet and white grandstands.
What is the arena?
400
This is Sir Ector's one request of Arthur.
What is for Arthur to make Sir Kay the seneschal of all Arthur's lands?
400
This is a huge mythical animal half lion and half eagle.
What is a griffin?
500
This is Merlyn's wand- the name of a tree in Latin
What is lignum vitae?
500
This is the leader of the local lords fighting Arthur.
Who is King Lot?
500
This is where knights practice tilting or charging with lances.
What is the tilting ground?
500
This is how Arthur feels about becoming King of England.
What is very reluctant?
500
This is a beast feared in medieval times now identified as a crocodile.
What is a corkindrill?
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