Dialects etc
How did they say you are in late (Shakespearean) Middle English?
Thou art
Name the three kings that reigned in England in 1066.
Edward the Confessor, Harold II, William I
What famous piece of work commemorates and depicts the Battle of Hastings?
The Bayeux Tapestry
The _________-_________ _____________ is a collection of annals in Old English, chronicling the history of the Anglo-Saxons.
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
What was the subject of the epic movie Braveheart?
The defiance of the Scots in the face of English subjugation.
Where might you hear somebody say "I'm ganna gang yem". What does it mean?
In the far north of England, Northumberland, Cumbria, Tyne-and-Weir etc. It means "I'm going to go home" and comes directly from old Norse.
Who signed the Magna Carta in 1215?
John
What started in Pudding Lane on 2 September 1666?
The Great Fire of London
Now is the winter of our discontent, made glorious summer by this son of York... is the opening line of which Shakespeare play?
Richard III
Who plays the title role in the film The Other Boleyn Girl?
Scarlett Johansson
What are the five Celtic languages of the British Isles that have survived from the pre-Anglo Saxon era?
Welsh, Irish Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic, Manx, and Cornish.
Which dynasty followed the Normans?
The Plantagenets
What was the battle fought by Harold II immediately prior to the Battle of Hastings?
Stamford Bridge, against Harald Hardrada and Tostig Godwinson
What was the Domesday Book?
William the Conqueror's audit of the land and wealth of England
Which actress plays the title role in the films Elizabeth and Elizabeth: The Golden Age?
Cate Blanchett
What does croeso i cymru mean? You see it when you leave England and cross the border into a neighbouring country.
Welcome to Wales
Which two kings (current and future) contested the Battle of Bosworth Fiield on August 22 1485?
Richard III and Henry VII
Who was "Queen for 9 days" in 1553?
Lady Jane Grey
This is the opening part of the prologue of which piece of classic literature?
Whan that Aprille with his shoures soote,
The droghte of March hath perced to the roote,
And bathed every veyne in swich licóur
Of which vertú engendred is the flour
The Canterbury Tales
Which two kings of England feature in the 1938 film The Adventures of Robin Hood?
Richard I and John
In which English county will you hear people saying thee, thou and tha?
Yorkshire
Whom did Elizabeth I have beheaded on February 8 1587?
Mary Stuart (Queen of Scots)
What horrific episode, still to be proven, was committed by Richard III to secure his succession to the throne?
The murder of the princes in the Tower
_________ is an Old English epic poem in the tradition of Germanic heroic legend consisting of 3,182 alliterative lines.
Beowulf
Which film depicts the final years of Sir Thomas More, the 16th-century Lord Chancellor of England who refused both to sign a letter asking Pope Clement VII to annul Henry VIII of England's marriage to Catherine of Aragon and to take an Oath of Supremacy declaring Henry Supreme Head of the Church of England?
A Man for all Seasons