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Disgusting Elizabethan England
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1
If a servant wanted a high wage, they would
Clean toilets
Work for more than one master
Agree to be locked up in a plague victims house for 6 weeks
Move to London to find a higher paying job
2
In Elizabethan England, what you could be hanged for?
All of the above
Being homeless
Stealing
Murder
3
What was the average life expectancy in Elizabethan times?
42 years
22 years
32 years
52 years
4
What is the most common way people in cities and towns got fire for their fireplace?
They always kept a candle alight
They used matches
They used a tinder box
They bought it from a door knocker
5
How many wives did Henry VIII have?
8
4
6
2
6
What would priests mostly likely do if they knew someone was a witch or sorcerer?
Burn them at the stake
Convert them to Christianity
Seek advice
Put them in the town stocks to be humiliated
7
Elizabethans said the smell of progress was:
Food Cooking
Sewerage
Chimney smoke
Steam Engines
8
One in three people died from the plague in Medieval England, how many in Elizabethan times?
1 in 8
1 in 2
1 in 4
1 in 6
9
Sir Francis Drake took millions of pounds of gold from the Spanish. For his actions he was
Beheaded
Hung
Thrown in Prison
Knighted
10
What was Elizabethan Toliet Paper?
Grass, Hay or a wet cloth
Running Water
Leaves or straw
Paper or Hay and running water
11
Who attended Shakespeare's plays
All of the above
The middle-class
The poor
The rich
12
Who played the parts of women in Shakespeare's plays
Young girls
Young boys
Women
Men
13
What was the most common way to wash your whole body?
Sweat on your bedsheets
Swim in the river
Scrub yourself with soap and water
Take a bath in herbs and flowers
14
On what day or days of the week was it illegal to eat meat?
Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays
Fridays and Sundays
Wednesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays
Fridays
15
What colour were Queen Elizabeth's teeth?
Sparkling White
Black
Tea Stained
Yellow
16
What would you do if you found a beached whale?
Think the world was ending
Raise the alarm and get help to rescue it
Run to the nearest church whipping yourself
Eat it
17
To help your friend who was convicted of stealing you would
Pull on their legs to speed up their execution
Help them pay their fine
Appeal to the local magistrate
Help them escape prison
18
What would make rich people stinky?
The smell of garlic after a meal
Their breath
None of the Above
Their body odour
19
To provide for his family, Shakespeare’s father needed
Sheep
Dog poo and human wee
Onions
Work in the fields
20
An Elizabethan toilet was
A seat over a hole in the ground
A chamber pot
All of the above
A seat over a river
21
An angler was
A good fisherman
Someone who was good at maths
Someone who stole using a hook
A performer
22
What did Elizabethans think was poisonous?
Tomatoes
Potatoes
All of the Above
Tobacco
23
Elizabeth had the following clothing laws
People in her palace could not wear cloaks
Only higher nobility could wear purple
Everybody should wear wooly hats on Sunday
All of the above
24
How much would a laborer be fined for regularly missing church on Sundays?
An amount equal to a day's wage
An amount equal to 4 years wage
An amount equal to year's wage
An amount equal to a week's wage
25
Popular forms of entertainment were
Theatre
Watching dogs attack a bull or bear
All of the Above
Executions
