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What was Thomas Becket's title?

Archbishop of Canterbury

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What do you call someone willing to die for their faith?

martyr

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True or False: the Medieval Age was from 1603 - 1981

False

100

True or False - The Black Death arrived in England in the winter of 1348

False - summer of 1348

100

True or False - The Black Death first struck in Europe in 1346

False - struck in Asia in 1346

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What do you call a person who worships not a single god but an idol or idols instead?

Idolator

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What did the King shout just before the knights went to murder Thomas Becket?

"Will no one rid me of this troublesome priest?"

200

True or False: Thomas Becket died in a field at the hands of the knights.

False - he died in his own cathedral

200

True or False: Khanbaliq had a problem attracting visitors.

False - Khanbaliq attracted visitors from all over Asia.

200

What did villagers in the year 1000 use as toilet paper?

Moss

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What was the life expectancy of people living in the year 1000?

40 years.

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Did people from the year 1000 have buttons on their clothes?

Nope. Hadn't been invented yet.

300

The most important part of Catholic church service where the priest blesses the bread and wine and offers them to God.

Mass

300

The place between heaven and hell where everyone has to go first, according to the church in medieval times.

purgatory

300

What do you call part of saint, like a bone or a lock of hair?

relic

400

What do you call a long journey that people go on for their religion / faith?

pilgrimage 

400

True or False: 1 in 3 people died of the black death in England?

True

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Was it possible to recover from the Black Death?

yup. but most people who caught it died.

400

England was divided into areas known as .... ?

parish

400

What's the modern word for 'privy'

toilet

500

Over which trading route did the Black Death spread?

The Silk Road

500

What are two things do flagellants do?

whip themselves and sing hymns

500

What is the city of Khanbaliq known as today?

Beijing

500

What do you call someone specially trained to uncover ruins of old buildings and towns?

Archaeologist

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How do archaeologists work out the size and shape of buildings?

The post-holes