The most secure place in a castle
What is a keep?
The most beautiful and best decorated room in the castle.
What is a chapel?
A knight's personal assisstant responsible for the knight's armour and weapons.
What is a squire?
A group fight.
What is a melee?
The place in which prisoners were kept.
What is a dungeon?
A means of preserving food in the Middle Ages.
What is salt?
The earliest age at which a young boy could start his training to become a knight.
What is seven?
A one-to-one fight with the aim of knocking the other knight off his horse.
What is a joust?
A gate of iron bars that slik up and down in front of a door to permit entry into the castle.
What is a portcullis?
A large iron pot for soups and stews usually hung over the fireplace.
What is a cauldron?
A squire just about to become a knight wears these colours.
What are red, white and brown?
The place where ladies sat at tournaments.
What is a grandstand?
What is a Great Hall?
Means of lighting the caslte.
What are torches, oil lamps and candles?
Two things the lady of the castle taught a young boy training to become a knight.
What are manners and social graces?
A way of preventing injuries at tournaments.
What are blunted weapons?
The two functions of a castle.
What are "a place to live in" and "a place of defence"?
A person who entertained the lord and his family and guests.
What is a court jester?
A symbol of a knight's new status.
What are golden spurs?
Two reasons for taking part in tournaments?
What are "showing off one's fighting skills" and a prize?