The Anglo Saxons
Old English
Middle English
Geoffrey Chaucer
100

Where the biggest Anglo Saxon hoard found in Britain (discovered by the metal detectorist)

What is The Staffordshire Hoard

100

A  language made up of _______ dialects.

Germanic

100

Middle English is typically between these dates.

What is 1150-1500?

100

The Century in which Chaucer was born.

What is the 14th century?

200

Where the Anglo Saxons liked to hang out - their "village"

What is the mead hall?

200

The most commonly used words in the English language AND name one. 

What is most commonly used and man, wife, work house, Friday, to , for, but.  

200

The Feudal system and the evolution of the English language. 

Battle of Hastings in 1066

200

Chaucer's resume would include all of the following except: page to royal household, errand boy, shoe shiner, soldier, public service worker. 

What is a shoe shiner?

300

What a person called who sings the epic poems in AG times.

What is a scope?

300

Grendel gongan means

What is Grendel walked

300

The language that Britain's new aristocracy spoke

What is French? 

300

The type of English in which Chaucer wrote (other than Middle English)

What is the vernacular?

400
Two terrible fates for the Anglo Saxons

What is being an exile and being a coward.  

400

When Old English was spoken. (What do we call the period in time / era)

What is the Medieval era / Dark Ages?

400

The highly decorated page is called ________________ (often designed by monks/scribes)

What is illuminated? 

400

The collective name given to the people in Chaucer's tales AND where were these people going?

What are pilgrims and to the city of Canterbury (specifically Canterbury Cathedral)