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50th Anniversary Event: Day 3 - Quiz
This quiz was cunningly devised by Lynn Davy, who unfortunately could not attend the event.
SECTION 1: MEASURES AND VALUES
1.1: How old a trail can Llud follow?
A: 3 days
B: 3 weeks
C: 3 months
D: 3 years
1.2: By how much did Arthur beat Kai in their challenge to see who would catch Garet or Gawain first?
A: By the time it takes Mark of Cornwall to kick three backsides
B: By the time it takes one wave to roll onto the beach
C: By the time it takes two waves to roll onto the beach
D: By the length of a new spear
1.3: How many swordsmen is Llud worth, according to Arthur?
A: At least 20
B: At least 50
C: A silver hand’s worth
D: An entire legion
1.4: What breed of cattle did Rowena purchase for her six measures of silver?
A: Highlands
B: Beefalo
C: Longhorns
D: Shorthorns
1.5: In how many episodes does the actor who is best known for playing Darth Vader appear?
A: 1
B: 2
C: 3
D: 4
BONUS POINT 1: What is the actor’s name?
SECTION 2: FOOD AND DRINK
2.1: What does Kai say is the food of life to the Celts?
A: Deer
B: Wild boar
C: Chickens
D: Nuts and berries
2.2: What did Rolf the Preacher give Llud to drink at dinner?
A: Bishop’s Finger
B: Adder’s Tongue
C: Snakebite
D: Adder’s Sting
2.3: What was the price the Greek trader asked Yorath for a barrel of wine?
A: 5 Jute women
B: 5 Saxon women
C: 6 Saxon women
D: 5 Saxon sheep
2.4: What is Arthur eating while he talks to Eithna, saying ‘it won’t be wasted’?
A: Chicken
B: Wild boar
C: Grapes
D: Fish
2.5: What goes into the Wood People’s sleeping powder?
A: Herbs, moss and fungus
B: Herbs, moss and cowdung
C: Spores, moulds and fungus
D: Herbs, wood ash and berries
BONUS POINT 2 if you get the film reference in one of the above answers
SECTION 3: MARK OF CORNWALL
3.1: In how many episodes does Mark of Cornwall appear?
A: 5
B: 6
C: 7
D: 8
3.2: What was the real treasure that Arthur and Mark were rowing up the river to recover?
A: Monastery silver
B: Llud and Kai
C: Roman coins
D: Hildred and Goda
3.3: What does Mark of Cornwall do to his warriors when they stare at him for ‘turning the other cheek’ and letting a Saxon escape?
A: Kicks them up the backside
B: Gets them in a wrestler’s arm-lock
C: Throws them in the river
D: Turns the other cheek
3.4: Which of Mark’s various ‘best battle leaders’ did Roland the Saxon kill?
A: Agdor
B: Pethik
C: Agricola
D: Herrick
3.5: Which of these is NOT a sport at Arthur’s Games?
A: Putting a piglet in a bucket
B: Singing
C: Hauling sleds full of rocks
D: Wrestling
BONUS POINT 3: Which of the above does Llud think Mark of Cornwall must win?
SECTION 4: BECAUSE YOU CAN NEVER HAVE TOO MUCH LLUD
4.1: How did Kai end up being raised by Llud?
A: Kai is Llud’s stepson from his first marriage
B: Llud took pity on Kai after his parents were killed
C: Llud found Kai as a baby wrapped in sheepskin
D: Llud captured Kai in a raid on a Saxon village
4.2: What did Arthur tell Llud was an old Caesar’s trick?
A: To divide and conquer
B: To come, see and conquer
C: To set a barbarian to catch barbarians
D: To wear his toga in the traditional manner
4.3: What was Llud’s wife’s name?
A: Lludmilla
B: Nobody knows, and Llud’s not telling
C: Llud never married
D: Guinevere
4.4: According to Arthur, what does it mean when Llud’s nose twitches?
A: There’s a change in the wind
B: There’s roast boar for dinner again
C: Someone’s about to get thrown in the river
D: There’s trouble ahead
4.5: Why couldn’t Llud write a letter to Arthur?
A: His hand was numb because it was so badly burned
B: His silver hand can’t hold a quill
C: He never learned to write at all
D: There was no ink in Gavron’s camp
BONUS POINT 4: Which of Llud’s hands is the silver one?
SECTION 5: PEOPLE AND PLACES
5.1: What is the name of the girl from Rome?
A: Ambrosia
B: Benedetta
C: Benedicta
D: Balotelli
5.2: Who told Arthur ‘Between you and I, there will be another time’?
A: Rowena
B: Eithna
C: Karn
D: Mark of Cornwall
5.3: Where is The Battle That Decides?
A: Ilchester
B: Merlin’s Grove
C: Morgan’s Meadow
D: Modred’s Field
5.4: In which episode do actors Michael Gambon (Dumbledore in the later Harry Potter films) and Sally James (presenter on the popular 70s kids’ show ‘Tiswas’) both appear?
A: The Prize
B: The Prisoner
C: The Duel
D: Go Warily
5.5: Who ‘got what she deserved’?
A: Goda
B: Yoda
C: Eithna
D: Hildred
BONUS POINT 5: In whose village did Kai find her again?
SECTION 6: SCARY STUFF
6.1: What is the name of the masked giant warrior in Llud’s recurring nightmare?
A: Ajax
B: Gavron
C: Brock
D: Brosk
6.2: How does Cerdig make sure Arthur’s gift of a shield is safe?
A: He wraps it in sheepskins
B: He makes the messenger who delivers it lick it for poison
C: He makes Hengist wash it in the river
D: He checks for the Briton Standard Kite Mark on the handle
6.3 Who frightens Rolf the Penitent?
A: Spiders
B: Himself
C: Mark of Cornwall
D: Llud
6.4: When someone appears on screen with wild dark frizzy hair, a loincloth and a lot of tattoos, he is:
A: A Scot
B: A Saxon
C: A Pict
D: Rolf the Penitent after a wild night out
6.5: What is the only thing that Bavick understands, according to Kai?
A: This
B: Welsh
C: Pictish
D: Diplomacy
BONUS POINT 6: What is Bavick’s daughter wearing when Kai captures her?
SECTION 7: TRICKS AND TRAPS
7.1: Who ended up hanging in his own cage?
A: Morcant
B: Mordant
C: Mordred
D: Mordor
7.2: How did the trader persuade Esla to marry him?
A: Gave her lots of trinkets
B: Promised to give her lots of turnips
C: Promised to take her with him on his voyage
D: Promised to settle down and grow wine
7.3: How did Arthur escape from Hoxel’s Saxon warriors?
A: He hid up a tree until it got dark
B: He disguised himself with a bad blond wig and a sheepskin cloak
C: He hid underwater and breathed through a hollow reed
D: He put on a helmet that looked like a shark’s fin
7.4: What trick did Arthur do that caused Corin to recognize him as the killer of his father?
A: He pulled his sword out of a stone
B: He split an apple with a new-forged blade
C: He picked his nose with his sword
D: He picked his sword up with his foot
7.5: How did evil twin Gavron capture first Llud and Kai and later Arthur?
A: Pitfall trap
B: Fish trap
C: Boar trap
D: Man trap
BONUS POINT 7: Which Dr Who star played both Gavron and his twin brother Brandreth?
SECTION 8: FAUNA AND FLORA
8.1: Arthur and Kai were ambushed and lost all their shopping. How did Arthur work out that it was Hecla who stole it?
A: He checked the CCTV on the market palisade
B: He followed the trail of a mountain butterfly
C: He followed the trail of hoofprints
D: He recognized a pair of caged songbirds
8.2: Who had a cure for the animal sickness?
A: Brother Herriot
B: Bishop Felix
C: Brother Cadfael
D: Brother Amlodd
8.3: Which inhabitants of Arthur’s camp are invisible (albeit sometimes audible)?
A: Chickens
B: Cats
C: Dogs
D: Children
8.4: What did Kai say that the Saxons who got through Yorath’s defences were doing?
A: Frightening the daisies
B: Worrying the sheep
C: Scaring the birds
D: Terrifying the buttercups
8.5: Who were Cedric and Theodore?
A: Snails
B: Horses
C: Ants
D: Monks
BONUS POINT 8: What happened to Cedric?
Answers can be found here.
SECTION 1: MEASURES AND VALUES
1.1: How old a trail can Llud follow?
A: 3 days
B: 3 weeks
C: 3 months
D: 3 years
1.2: By how much did Arthur beat Kai in their challenge to see who would catch Garet or Gawain first?
A: By the time it takes Mark of Cornwall to kick three backsides
B: By the time it takes one wave to roll onto the beach
C: By the time it takes two waves to roll onto the beach
D: By the length of a new spear
1.3: How many swordsmen is Llud worth, according to Arthur?
A: At least 20
B: At least 50
C: A silver hand’s worth
D: An entire legion
1.4: What breed of cattle did Rowena purchase for her six measures of silver?
A: Highlands
B: Beefalo
C: Longhorns
D: Shorthorns
1.5: In how many episodes does the actor who is best known for playing Darth Vader appear?
A: 1
B: 2
C: 3
D: 4
BONUS POINT 1: What is the actor’s name?
SECTION 2: FOOD AND DRINK
2.1: What does Kai say is the food of life to the Celts?
A: Deer
B: Wild boar
C: Chickens
D: Nuts and berries
2.2: What did Rolf the Preacher give Llud to drink at dinner?
A: Bishop’s Finger
B: Adder’s Tongue
C: Snakebite
D: Adder’s Sting
2.3: What was the price the Greek trader asked Yorath for a barrel of wine?
A: 5 Jute women
B: 5 Saxon women
C: 6 Saxon women
D: 5 Saxon sheep
2.4: What is Arthur eating while he talks to Eithna, saying ‘it won’t be wasted’?
A: Chicken
B: Wild boar
C: Grapes
D: Fish
2.5: What goes into the Wood People’s sleeping powder?
A: Herbs, moss and fungus
B: Herbs, moss and cowdung
C: Spores, moulds and fungus
D: Herbs, wood ash and berries
BONUS POINT 2 if you get the film reference in one of the above answers
SECTION 3: MARK OF CORNWALL
3.1: In how many episodes does Mark of Cornwall appear?
A: 5
B: 6
C: 7
D: 8
3.2: What was the real treasure that Arthur and Mark were rowing up the river to recover?
A: Monastery silver
B: Llud and Kai
C: Roman coins
D: Hildred and Goda
3.3: What does Mark of Cornwall do to his warriors when they stare at him for ‘turning the other cheek’ and letting a Saxon escape?
A: Kicks them up the backside
B: Gets them in a wrestler’s arm-lock
C: Throws them in the river
D: Turns the other cheek
3.4: Which of Mark’s various ‘best battle leaders’ did Roland the Saxon kill?
A: Agdor
B: Pethik
C: Agricola
D: Herrick
3.5: Which of these is NOT a sport at Arthur’s Games?
A: Putting a piglet in a bucket
B: Singing
C: Hauling sleds full of rocks
D: Wrestling
BONUS POINT 3: Which of the above does Llud think Mark of Cornwall must win?
SECTION 4: BECAUSE YOU CAN NEVER HAVE TOO MUCH LLUD
4.1: How did Kai end up being raised by Llud?
A: Kai is Llud’s stepson from his first marriage
B: Llud took pity on Kai after his parents were killed
C: Llud found Kai as a baby wrapped in sheepskin
D: Llud captured Kai in a raid on a Saxon village
4.2: What did Arthur tell Llud was an old Caesar’s trick?
A: To divide and conquer
B: To come, see and conquer
C: To set a barbarian to catch barbarians
D: To wear his toga in the traditional manner
4.3: What was Llud’s wife’s name?
A: Lludmilla
B: Nobody knows, and Llud’s not telling
C: Llud never married
D: Guinevere
4.4: According to Arthur, what does it mean when Llud’s nose twitches?
A: There’s a change in the wind
B: There’s roast boar for dinner again
C: Someone’s about to get thrown in the river
D: There’s trouble ahead
4.5: Why couldn’t Llud write a letter to Arthur?
A: His hand was numb because it was so badly burned
B: His silver hand can’t hold a quill
C: He never learned to write at all
D: There was no ink in Gavron’s camp
BONUS POINT 4: Which of Llud’s hands is the silver one?
SECTION 5: PEOPLE AND PLACES
5.1: What is the name of the girl from Rome?
A: Ambrosia
B: Benedetta
C: Benedicta
D: Balotelli
5.2: Who told Arthur ‘Between you and I, there will be another time’?
A: Rowena
B: Eithna
C: Karn
D: Mark of Cornwall
5.3: Where is The Battle That Decides?
A: Ilchester
B: Merlin’s Grove
C: Morgan’s Meadow
D: Modred’s Field
5.4: In which episode do actors Michael Gambon (Dumbledore in the later Harry Potter films) and Sally James (presenter on the popular 70s kids’ show ‘Tiswas’) both appear?
A: The Prize
B: The Prisoner
C: The Duel
D: Go Warily
5.5: Who ‘got what she deserved’?
A: Goda
B: Yoda
C: Eithna
D: Hildred
BONUS POINT 5: In whose village did Kai find her again?
SECTION 6: SCARY STUFF
6.1: What is the name of the masked giant warrior in Llud’s recurring nightmare?
A: Ajax
B: Gavron
C: Brock
D: Brosk
6.2: How does Cerdig make sure Arthur’s gift of a shield is safe?
A: He wraps it in sheepskins
B: He makes the messenger who delivers it lick it for poison
C: He makes Hengist wash it in the river
D: He checks for the Briton Standard Kite Mark on the handle
6.3 Who frightens Rolf the Penitent?
A: Spiders
B: Himself
C: Mark of Cornwall
D: Llud
6.4: When someone appears on screen with wild dark frizzy hair, a loincloth and a lot of tattoos, he is:
A: A Scot
B: A Saxon
C: A Pict
D: Rolf the Penitent after a wild night out
6.5: What is the only thing that Bavick understands, according to Kai?
A: This
B: Welsh
C: Pictish
D: Diplomacy
BONUS POINT 6: What is Bavick’s daughter wearing when Kai captures her?
SECTION 7: TRICKS AND TRAPS
7.1: Who ended up hanging in his own cage?
A: Morcant
B: Mordant
C: Mordred
D: Mordor
7.2: How did the trader persuade Esla to marry him?
A: Gave her lots of trinkets
B: Promised to give her lots of turnips
C: Promised to take her with him on his voyage
D: Promised to settle down and grow wine
7.3: How did Arthur escape from Hoxel’s Saxon warriors?
A: He hid up a tree until it got dark
B: He disguised himself with a bad blond wig and a sheepskin cloak
C: He hid underwater and breathed through a hollow reed
D: He put on a helmet that looked like a shark’s fin
7.4: What trick did Arthur do that caused Corin to recognize him as the killer of his father?
A: He pulled his sword out of a stone
B: He split an apple with a new-forged blade
C: He picked his nose with his sword
D: He picked his sword up with his foot
7.5: How did evil twin Gavron capture first Llud and Kai and later Arthur?
A: Pitfall trap
B: Fish trap
C: Boar trap
D: Man trap
BONUS POINT 7: Which Dr Who star played both Gavron and his twin brother Brandreth?
SECTION 8: FAUNA AND FLORA
8.1: Arthur and Kai were ambushed and lost all their shopping. How did Arthur work out that it was Hecla who stole it?
A: He checked the CCTV on the market palisade
B: He followed the trail of a mountain butterfly
C: He followed the trail of hoofprints
D: He recognized a pair of caged songbirds
8.2: Who had a cure for the animal sickness?
A: Brother Herriot
B: Bishop Felix
C: Brother Cadfael
D: Brother Amlodd
8.3: Which inhabitants of Arthur’s camp are invisible (albeit sometimes audible)?
A: Chickens
B: Cats
C: Dogs
D: Children
8.4: What did Kai say that the Saxons who got through Yorath’s defences were doing?
A: Frightening the daisies
B: Worrying the sheep
C: Scaring the birds
D: Terrifying the buttercups
8.5: Who were Cedric and Theodore?
A: Snails
B: Horses
C: Ants
D: Monks
BONUS POINT 8: What happened to Cedric?
Answers can be found here.