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Great Anglo-Saxon Pupils' Quiz
Were the Anglo-Saxons good craft makers?
Was everyone equal in rights?
Great Anglo-Saxon Pupils' Quiz
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Was everyone equal in rights?
No
We don't know
Yes
2
Were the Anglo-Saxons good craft makers?
No
Yes
They were, but they didn’t know how to make jewellery
3
Where did the slaves sleep?
Barn or cowshed
In the toilets
Outside
4
What were the Anglo-Saxons tales ?
They were about how animals got created
They were about brave warriors and their adventures
They were about their ancestors in the wars
5
True or false ? did the Anglo-Saxons have laws ?
True
False
6
What did Anglo-Saxon’s do with dead bodies?
Cremated or buried in a grave
They left them in their beds
They sent them to Rome to be burnt
7
Which is NOT a kingdom ?
Kent
Mercia
Wesex
8
Where did they go to hear stories ?
Grand Hall
Story-tellers house
Great Hall
9
What did Anglo-Saxons make?
Plain jewellery, homemade toys and pigskin footballs.
Metal hoops, cowskin footballs, rag dolls and spinning tops.
Intricate jewellery, musical instruments and homemade games.
10
Did Anglo-Saxon have prisons ? (true or false)
True
False
11
Women often married men from a higher class than themselves.
Historians are not sure.
True
False
12
What was the name of the goddess of love ?
Lova
Frige
Lin
13
Who were the main invaders?
Vikings
Kent
Wessex
14
Did the kingdoms of Anglo-Saxon Britain fight?
No
Sometimes
Yes
15
What is the name of viking boats?
Warships
Longboats
Rafts
16
What served as schools in Anglo-Saxon Britain?
Monasteries
Churches
Barns
17
What did Anglo-Saxon people believe would protect them from evil spirits or sickness ?
stones and jewels
Both these answers
rhythms and potions
18
What were two of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms?
East Kent and Northstrum
Mercia and Kent
England and Oxford
19
What was EARLY Anglo-Saxons' religion?
Buddhist
Pagan
Jewish
20
What was the Anglo-Saxon's LATER religion?
Christian
Jewish
Muslim
21
What was the Anglo-Saxon’s political system?
Kingdoms
Kingdom
Republic Empire
22
What did “bretwalda” mean?
Ruler of the farm
Ruler of the tribe
Ruler of Britain
23
Kids played with:
Wood
Ragged dolls
Phones
24
Where did children get toys?
They were homemade.
They bought them from ToysRUs
They bought them from other people.
25
Who had the least power in a Anglo-Saxon society?
Women
Slaves
Farmers
26
Only a few Anglo-Saxons knew how to:
Cook and hunt
Read and write
Play an instrument and dance
27
Where could people hide if they were outlaws and be in security?
Churches
Underground
Nowhere
28
Only boys went to school .
True
False
29
What did they weight-lift with?
Women
Large rocks
Weights
30
How many gods did they have ?
Seven
Many
One
31
What is ALE ?
A drink
A toy
A food
32
Who was the king of the gods?
Thunor
Tiw
Woden
33
How many important kingdoms are there in AD600?
5
3
6
34
Was there Anglo-Saxon jewellery made of bronze?
No
Yes
Some of it
35
Which sport did the Anglo-Saxon men enjoy?
Horse racing
Wrestling and weightlifting
All of these answers
36
What was the Weregild for a king?
6 000 pennies
90 000 shillings /60 000 shillings
90 000 pennies
37
What is mead made from?
Nectar
Apple
Honey
38
Which instrument did they use to accompany their stories?
Lyre
Flute
Harp
39
When did the Pope teach them Christianity?
AD597
AD599
AD605
40
Where did they keep stories?
Scrolls
Head
Books
41
What tribe lives next to Wales?
Wessex
Mercia
Kent
42
What is a DYKE ?
A big wall
An army
A long hole
43
When did King Offa start ruling ?
AD796
Offa is not real
AD757
44
When was the story of Beowulf first written?
The 10th or 11th century
The 8th or 9th century
The 6th or 7th century
45
When the Anglo-saxons did something wrong against the law they:
Were executed or had to pay
Excluded from the country
Went in jail
46
What did Charlemagne (the king of France) call offa (a king of Anglo-Saxons)?
Idiot
Father
Brother
47
What were the villagers called?
Citizens
Peasants
Ceorls
48
What did the God Odin have ?
2 pet wolves, a horse with 8 legs
a wolf with 8 legs, 2 pet horses
8 pet horses, a wolf with 2 legs
49
Where did they listen to stories and poems?
Around a fire
In their beds
While eating a feast
50
Who was the fierce man-eater that Beowulf killed?
Grendil
Grendal
Grendel
51
Who made brooches?
Jewellers
Blacksmiths
Women
52
Did Anglo-Saxons like riddles?
Sometimes
Yes
No
53
Which tribe grew to the south and central England?
Northumbria
Nortumbria
Mercia
54
Who was the main character in the Anglo-Saxon’s favourite story?
Beowulf
Shewolf
John
55
Who decided to convert Anglo-Saxons to Christianity?
Spain
Rome
Russa
56
Who was the most powerful king?
Sussex
Kent
Offa
57
Did the Anglo-Saxon’s believe in superstitions?
Yes
They did but only on the 13 of November
No
58
When did King Redwald of East Anglia die?
BC327
AD625
AD759
59
The Anglo-Saxons were only ruled by 1 person.
True
False
60
Who were the most powerful after the kings?
Dogs
Thanes
Thaines
61
What does cyning mean in the Anglo-Saxon language?
King
Girl
Food
62
How many kingdoms were in Anglo-Saxon land
10
6
5
63
Did Anglo-saxons like to sing?
True
False
64
Who liked riddles ?
Everyone
Only men
Only children
65
What happened to people if they stole?
Their hand was cut off
They payed a 500 penny fine
They went to prison
66
What did Anglo-Saxons do on cold winter nights?
Make a fire
Play outiside
Tell stories
67
Stories were accompanied by music ...
Never
Often
Always
68
Did Anglo-Saxon’s make music?
They didn’t have instruments, so no.
They thought music gave bad luck, so no.
They did
69
True or false ? Each king ruled a kingdom and a small army ?
False
True
70
What was “mead”?
The chief's house
Some sort of bread
A strong drink
71
Who could hunt down outlaws?
Everyone
Knights
Hunters
72
Were Anglo-Saxons cremated or buried?
Either one or the other
Cremated
Buried
73
What are the five important Anglo-Saxon kingdoms ?
Northumbria, mercery, wessex, kent and west anglia .
northumbria , mercery, wessex , kent and east anglia .
Northumbria, Mercia, Wessex, Kent and East Anglia.
74
Who was Bede?
A Roman monk
An English monk
An English priest
75
IF a person killed someone they had to…
Kill the dead person’s family
Pay the dead person’s family
76
When did the Pope in Rome decide the Anglo-Saxons should hear about Christianity?
AD597
BC597
AD782
77
Anglo-Saxons were a polytheistic religion
False
True
