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FACT CHECK!
Who You Callin’ a Yeoman?
100
King Arthur does NOT use the round table for the feast he gives at this holiday.
What is New Years Day?
100
This character frightens children with his appearance.
Who is the Summoner?
100
King John is forced to sign the Magna Carta, which limits his power and gives more to the people.
What is 1215?
100
This was left after the Romans evacuated Britain.
What is architecture (roads, bridges, baths, etc)?
100
This is how the Black Plague was spread.
What is fleas and rats?
200
This character comes to challenge Arthur’s famous knights, but finds them to be “beardless boys.”
What is the Green Knight?
200
Is consumed with appearing as part of the nobility
What is the Prioress?
200
The coronation of the first Tudor king, signaling the end of the Medieval period
What is 1485?
200
Close allegiance/devotion between leaders and followers was a facet of this culture.
What is Anglo-Saxon?
200
A knight’s armor could weigh as much as this.
What is 120 pounds?
300
Gawain accepts the Green Knight’s challenge to play this fun game.
What is beheading?
300
Sells false relics and looks girlish
What is the Pardoner?
300
The end of the Black Plague outbreak in London, which killed one-third of Europeans
What is 1349?
300
This was the only safe place to learn and preserve literary works.
What is a monastery?
300
A yeoman looked like this famous character AND used this weapon.
What is Robin Hood and longbow?
400
The lady of the house tests Gawain’s dedication to this type of non-physical affection.
What is courtly love?
400
Has been married five times
Who is the Wife of Bath?
400
Nearly two hundred years of fighting the Crusades comes to an end
What is 1270?
400
Britain became culturally linked to Europe because of this.
What is Christianity?
400
During the Middle Ages, women could run an estate under these circumstances.
What is if the man was away on business or in a war?
500
The type of wound the Green Knight gives to Gawain and WHY.
What is a nick because he failed to follow the code of chivalry (by honestly trading each day's gifts)?
500
Looks like Robin Hood and wears the St. Christopher medal
What is the yeoman?
500
The Hundred Years’ War begins between England and France
What is 1337?
500
The feudal system developed as a result of this.
What is the Norman invasion?
500
It was during THIS conflict that the image of a soldier shifted from a knight to a yeoman.
What is the Hundred Years War?
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