Statistics for Medieval Vocabulary

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This quiz has been taken 446 times
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Hint	Answer	% Correct
Alcohol made from fermented honey.	Mead	87%
Any of the military expeditions by Christian knights to the Holy Lands.	Crusade	80%
Horizontal bow that is drawn by mechanical means.	Crossbow	79%
A wide ditch, sometimes filled with water, that surrounded a fortified area.	Moat	79%
Heel ornaments used to goad a horse into action.	Spurs	78%
Mounted tournament of lance-wielding knights	Joust	77%
Noble rank below a prince.	Duke	76%
Minstrel; poet	Bard	66%
Protective sheath for a dagger or sword.	Scabbard	66%
To formally remove a person from membership within a church.	Excommunicate	65%
Knight's assistant, or knight-in-training.	Squire	64%
The lowest rank of people owing fealty to a lord.	Serf	63%
Knight's code of honor, often romanticized in fiction.	Chivalry	59%
A holy object that was touched by a saint.	Relic	58%
Siege engine that uses a sling and counterweight to hurl heavy items.	Trebuchet	58%
Trade association that maintained standards and protected members from competition.	Guild	57%
Jail usually found in towers of a castle, not in the basement.	Dungeon	52%
Covering for the groin made of cloth, leather or metal.	Codpiece	42%
Land granted to a vassal in exchange for loyalty and service.	Fief	35%
Metal or wood grate that could be dropped to bar an opening in a wall, or castle gate.	Portcullis	34%
Charitable donation of goods or money.	Alms	32%
Polearm with a blade for slicing, a hook for pulling and a point for thrusting.	Halberd	28%
220 yards - the length of a plough furrow.	Furlong	22%
Person who ran the day-to-day affairs of a manor or castle.	Steward	18%
Unit of measure equal to 2 gallons, or a quarter bushel.	Peck	8%
A mercenary or knight who worked for money rather than through an oath of loyalty.	Freelance	4%

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