1. The Birth of a Language

Question 1

Which of the following are NOT Celtic in origin?

Accepted Answer

Exe, Trent

Question 2

Sometimes Old English and Old Norse terms both survived. With pair of words aren't examples?

Accepted Answer

Pot/Bowl

Question 3

The Normans added lots of terms to the field of law. Which of these is NOT an example?

Accepted Answer

incarcerate

Question 4

The Germanic tribes weren't Britain's first invaders - 500 years before who invaded by sea?

Accepted Answer

The Romans

Question 5

Who was the champion of the English Language?

Accepted Answer

Alfred the Great

Question 6

What does the suffix 'ing' in place names like Dorking translate to?

Accepted Answer

The people of

Question 7

In Beowulf compound words are used poetically. Which one is NOT a real example?

Accepted Answer

Stick-hole (sword)

Question 8

Germanic tribes called Celts 'wealh' (slave/ foreigner? What does this translate to today?

Accepted Answer

Welsh

Question 9

After Edward's death, who was crowned at Westminster on the very day Edward was laid to rest?

Accepted Answer

The brother in law of Edward the Confessor

Question 10

After the Norman Victory, the site of which town was named with a Norman word?

Accepted Answer

Battle

Question 11

Who was on the throne before, and whose death resulted in, the Battle of Hastings?

Accepted Answer

Edward the Confessor

Question 12

Which invaders, arriving in 1066 were the next threat to the English language?

Accepted Answer

The Normans

Question 13

Which of the Suffixes for place names is Celtic in origin?

Accepted Answer

Tor

Question 14

Which city was the capital of Alfred's Kingdom of Wessex?

Accepted Answer

Winchester

Question 15

What is the International Language of Christianity?

Accepted Answer

Latin

Question 16

491AD - In which British castle did the Germanic tribes slaughter the Celts hiding there?

Accepted Answer

Pevensey Castle

Question 17

Latin transformed the written word. Before Latin script, what was used to record language?

Accepted Answer

Runes

Question 18

Alfred's victory was memorialised in which animal being carved into the land he'd won?

Accepted Answer

Horse

Question 19

The story of English starts in Friesland. Which modern day European country is this?

Accepted Answer

Netherlands

Question 20

By late C6th Germanic tribes covered half mainland Europe. Which Kingdom is now the Midlands?

Accepted Answer

Mercia

Question 21

In 865AD the Vikings landed in E. Anglia and controlled all but what kingdom within 5 years?

Accepted Answer

Wessex

Question 22

Which of these is a Celtic word that survives today?

Accepted Answer

Crag

Question 23

What was Alfred's greatest legacy?

Accepted Answer

Books translated from Latin to English for the masses

1. The Birth of a Language

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