British History Quiz

Malte279 · **Reply #400 on:** June 02, 2009, 04:44:50 PM

Who united several British tribes for an uprising against the Romans in the first century A.D.?

Noname · **Reply #401 on:** June 02, 2009, 09:58:07 PM

I believe that would be Boadicea.

Strictly speaking, that question ISN'T from 1000 AD to 2000 AD, but that's okay with me, I'm not complaining.

Malte279 · **Reply #402 on:** June 03, 2009, 05:35:41 AM

The time limitations in this thread (as well as in some other threads) have long been abandoned and questions from other times have been posted already (the German history thread is another example where the time limit in the title does not apply). I guess I'm just going to change some titles to prevent further confusion.

The answer was correct. Your turn.

Noname · **Reply #403 on:** June 03, 2009, 02:26:32 PM

Why was the translation of the Bible into English such a problem in Cornwall?

Malte279 · **Reply #404 on:** June 03, 2009, 02:41:34 PM

Because Cornish (a Celtic language) dominated in wide parts of Cornwall at the time the bible was translated? Prescribing the English version of the bible would have contributed to the decrease of importance of Cornish language? (this is just a guess of mine)

Noname · **Reply #405 on:** June 03, 2009, 02:48:01 PM

That is essentially correct; English was forced on the Cornish at this time, due to the fact that Anglicanism took on a more nationalistic character than Catholicism had done, as there was now (in theory) one church in one state speaking one language... although making this true was a long and difficult process, and many people in Wales, Scotland, Devon, Cornwall, and elsewhere were forced to give up their languages.

Your turn, Malte.

Malte279 · **Reply #406 on:** June 07, 2009, 04:49:13 PM

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"What miserable drones and traitors have I nourished and brought up in my household, who let their lord be treated with such shameful contempt by a low-born cleric?"

Who said this about whom and what were the consequences of this statement in British history?

Noname · **Reply #407 on:** June 07, 2009, 04:55:34 PM

Henry II said this about Thomas Becket, who was killed during a conflict with the English (Norman) state... the long-term consequences of this were continued issues between the church and state in England... which would one day lead to the split from Rome, but that was centuries down the line at this point.

Malte279 · **Reply #408 on:** June 07, 2009, 08:01:39 PM

Aye; the short term consequence was a group of knights feeling addressed and setting out to slay Becket in the cathedral of Canterbury. Your turn.

Noname · **Reply #409 on:** June 07, 2009, 08:31:49 PM

A Scottish question, this time (it says British History Question, NOT English

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Which king of Scotland led an attack on the English city of Durham, failed, and was killed not long thereafter?

Hint: His nickname was 'An t-Ilgarach', "the Diseased"

Malte279 · **Reply #410 on:** June 08, 2009, 09:31:38 AM

Duncan I.

Noname · **Reply #411 on:** June 08, 2009, 01:21:22 PM

Yes. That was quick. He was said to have been killed by the historical Macbeth.

Your turn, Malte.

Malte279 · **Reply #412 on:** June 08, 2009, 01:55:08 PM

Thanks for the reminder that Scotish history is up too. To which historical event does the following song refer and what happened there?

I've heard the lilting, at the yowe-milking,
Lassies a-lilting before dawn o' day;
But now they are moaning on ilka green loaning;
"The Flowers of the Forest are a' wede away".

Dool and wae for the order sent oor lads tae the Border!
The English for ance, by guile wan the day,
The Flooers o' the Forest, that fought aye the foremost,
The pride o' oor land lie cauld in the clay.

I've heard the lilting, at the yowe-milking,
Lassies a-lilting before dawn o' day;
But now they are moaning on ilka green loaning;
"The Flowers of the Forest are a' wede away".

Noname · **Reply #413 on:** June 08, 2009, 02:07:19 PM

It is a Scottish song which refers to the Battle of Flodden Field, in which the Scots were badly beaten, hence the mournful theme of the song. James IV, the Scottish king, died in the battle.

Nick22 · **Reply #414 on:** June 08, 2009, 02:12:30 PM

You sure know your history Noname...

Malte279 · **Reply #415 on:** June 08, 2009, 04:02:01 PM

He certainly does. It is also something that can be looked up though. It is definitely nothing that I would suppose many to know by heart, but by looking such things up we learn through these games which makes them more worthwhile than games from which little or nothing can be learned.
While the battle of Culloden Moore is often remembered as "the" trauma of Scotish history the battle of Flodden Field had probably more devastating effects at that time leaving hardly a family in Scotland (at least none in the nobility) which hadn't lost someone in that battle. It was especially bitter for the Scots because the odds had been rather favorable for them and poor leadership (among other a king who was full of fancy ideas of chivalrous fighting but with little regard for military necessities and who paid with his own life among the many lost on Flodden Field).

Your turn Noname.

Noname · **Reply #416 on:** June 08, 2009, 04:45:38 PM

What was the most effective native British weapon used in the hundred years' war?

Malte279 · **Reply #417 on:** June 08, 2009, 06:13:21 PM

You probably mean the Welsh longbow of yew wood which was used to devastating effect in several of the battles of the 100 years war. Interestingly though modern researches assume that at least in the later period of the war the longbow was not as devastating and decisive as it used to be. The development of new types of steel allowed for the construction of armor which in fact could resist the English bodkin arrows. Arrowheads have been found which were deformed and suggested that they never actually penetrated the armor. There is a very interesting documentary on Youtube (here is the first of five clipst that make up the documentary) about the battle of Agincourt. One central thesis is that in this particular battle the longbow wasn't so much the devastation of the French army as a kind of stampede among the French army was. The battlefield funneled the broad French lines into a much more condensed space on a muddy field. Another interesting factor they mention is the reluctance of the noble French knights to fight the rankless British footsoldiers and archers (whom they deemed not worthy of their attention) at all because they were obsessed with fighting someone of rank and title (and the ability to pay high ransoms when taken prisoner). Anyway, I'm getting off topic here...

Noname · **Reply #418 on:** June 08, 2009, 09:12:50 PM

It is these longbows indeed; although their effectiveness dropped over time... the war was so long that the level of technology could not help but advance, at least in bits and pieces... and it was effective early on at other battles; Agincourt was not the only such battle where it was used...

Your turn, Malte.

Malte279 · **Reply #419 on:** June 09, 2009, 05:43:49 AM

Which body guard to a queen of England guarded her body so closely that he became the progenitor of a dynasty that was to rule England?