The Canterbury Tales

Basic Info

100

Geoffrey Chaucer

Who is the author of The Canterbury Tales?

200

Canterbury

What is the name of the cathedral the pilgrims set pilgrimage to?

300

29

What is the number of the amount of pilgrims on the tales?

400

St. Thomas a' Becket

What is the name of the shrine the pilgrims were going to visit?

500

Bailey

What is the name of the host of Tabard Inn?

Pilgrims!

100

Has travelled a lot and participated in the Crusades

Knight

200

Who should be humble, but is vain?

The Prioress.

300

Who was always talking about their business?

The Merchant.

400

"Her forehead was fair of spread, Almost a span across the brown I own/ She was by no means undergrown."

The Wife of Bath.

500

Who would cry in front of a trapped mouse?

The Prioress.

Journey

100

How many stories must each pilgrim tell in total?

4

200

Who proposed the story-telling idea?

Bailey

300

Who will judge the stories during the trip? What does this person do?

Bailey, Host of Tabbard Inn

400

What is the reward for the winner?

A free meal.

500

What pilgrim is introduced first on the journey?

Knight

And More Pilgrims!!

100

Who was married five times?

Wife of Bath

200

Who used astrology to diagnose?

Doctor

300

Who was wearing colourful clothes, like a jester?

The Merchant.

400

He wore blood red garments

Doctor

500

She had the "London Look" or a gap on her front teeth

The Wife of Bath