CASTLE - OUTSIDE
CASTLE-INSIDE
CASTLE FEAST
CASTLE SIEGE WEAPONS
CASTLE MISCELLANEOUS
100
The ditch dug around the castle
What is a moat?
100
The large textile with a decorative woven design
What is a tapestry?
100
The raised flooring of a great hall where the king or lord, his family and their guests sat
What is the dais?
100
The heavy log carried by several people and propelled with force against an obstacle
What is a battering ram?
100
The custom of knocking on wood came from belief in these trouble-making creatures. The sound of the knocking would cover your voice so they wouldn't hear what you say.
What is a sprite?
200
The portion of the battlement that is low and an archer can shoot arrows from
What is a Crenal?
200
The toilet in a castle
What is the garderobe?
200
They entertained the people gathered in the great hall with singing, juggling and storytelling
What are court jesters/jesters?
200
The device used to launch a projectile a great distance without the use of explosives
What is a catapult?
200
Medieval people usually only bathed this many times a week
What is once?
300
The raised portion of the battlement where archers can conceal themselves from those attacking castles
What is a Merlon?
300
Holes in the ceiling of a gate passageway from which boiling water or oil, hot tar or rocks can be dropped on invaders
What are murder holes?
300
This is the way meat was sometimes decorated before it was served
What is with feathers/skin replaced?
300
A siege weapon similar to a catapult used for hurling large stones or flaming oil-filled containers at castles to break down the walls and/or cause fires inside the walls
What is a trebuchet?
300
The type of soap that was used in medieval time to launder clothing
What is lye?
400
The narrow windows on a castle where archers can shoot from a protected spot
What are Arrow slits /Arrow loops?
400
The room in the castle built to fulfill the religious requirements of the king or lord
What is the chapel?
400
The proximity to this very important table condiment indicated one's importance. It was also used to preserve meat
What is salt?
400
The specialized battle machine, constructed to protect assailants as they approached the defensive walls of a castle and allow access to the top parts of the walls
What is the siege tower?
400
The part of the castle that was used to collect rain water
What is a cistern?
500
The main building in a castle where meals where served, feasts were held and servants and soldiers sometimes slept
What is the great hall or keep?
500
These were made by laying long planks across benches
What are the long tables in the great hall/keep?
500
The item that was added to disguise the taste of rotten meat
What is gravy
500
A large crossbow for firing a spear during a castle siege
What is a ballista?
500
The first type of castle that was constructed from wood
What is motte and bailey?