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A) Stonehenge B) The Shard C) Big Ben D) Ely Cathedral
A) Oliver Cromwell B) King Henry VIII C) Queen Elizabeth I D) William Shakespeare
A) London United FC B) Manchester Reds FC C) Ely City FC D) Liverpool Blues FC
A) Flag Fen B) Secret Valley C) Mystery Mountain D) Enigma Island
A) Fern B) Cactus C) Reed D) Palm Tree
A) City B) Village C) Metropolis D) Town
A) Camino de Santiago B) Pacific Crest Trail C) Appalachian Trail D) Icknield Way
A) Surrey B) Cambridgeshire C) Yorkshire D) Kent
A) Dorothy L. Sayers B) Patricia Highsmith C) Agatha Christie D) Arthur Conan Doyle
A) 23 km B) 80 miles C) 24 miles D) 14 miles
A) The River Nene B) The River Great Ouse C) The River Witham D) The Kimmeridge Clay island
A) Rocky soil B) Rich and fertile soil C) Clay soil D) Sandy soil
A) The River Great Ouse B) The River Witham C) The River Nene D) The River Welland
A) A Roman amphitheater B) A Victorian garden C) A former Kimmeridge Clay quarry D) A medieval castle
A) Saint Audrey's B) Saint Etheldreda's and Saint Audrey's C) The Ely Fair D) Saint Etheldreda's
A) Leather goods B) Expensive jewelry C) Silk garments D) Cheap lace sold at the fair
A) 1845 B) 1753 C) 1885 D) 1769
A) Oslo, Norway B) Helsinki, Finland C) Ribe, Denmark D) Copenhagen, Denmark
A) The Eel Festival B) The Fen Festival C) The River Festival D) The Fish Festival
A) Ermine Street B) Icknield Way C) Akeman Street D) Watling Street
A) Porcelain B) Bone china C) Wedgwood D) Babylon ware
A) 21,000 B) 18,000 C) 19,185 D) 20,574
A) The turnpike (toll road) B) The Roman road C) The Fen Line D) The A10
A) Wheat farming B) Cattle farming C) Corn farming D) Eel fishing
A) Medieval ridge and furrow agriculture B) Medieval terracing C) Medieval crop rotation D) Medieval plowing
A) Middle Thetford B) Little Thetford C) Great Thetford D) Big Thetford
A) Peterborough B) Cambridge C) London D) Chettisham
A) Eli B) Helga C) Elias D) Elge
A) Mills B) Ekwall C) Skeat D) Reaney
A) Eel Island B) Willow district C) Paradise D) District of eels
A) Gau B) Gesellschaft C) Gebirge D) Garten
A) Reaney B) Mac Dowdy C) Miller D) Skeat
A) Island B) Willow C) Paradise D) District
A) Bede's chronicler B) Ovin C) Wilfrid's chronicler D) Etheldreda
A) Elig B) Elige C) Helig D) Elias
A) Heliopolis B) Helyg or heli C) Helga D) Helios
A) It would be irrelevant B) It would be accurate C) It would be anomalous D) It would be common
A) The usual English spelling is Helig B) The usual English spelling is Elye C) The usual English spelling is Elige D) The usual English spelling remains Elig
A) Eels B) Piscis C) Fish D) Agulla or anguilles
A) Island B) Paradise C) Willows D) Eels
A) 5 B) 10 C) 24 D) 19
A) Phosphate nodule digging B) Pottery making C) Sugar beet farming D) Willow crafting
A) Nikolaus Pevsner B) Pamela Blakeman C) John Jones D) George Gilbert Scott
A) 1816 B) 1555 C) 1725 D) 1832
A) One B) Three C) Two D) Four
A) Lower Greensand B) Clunch C) Jurassic limestones D) Boulder Clay
A) Holy Trinity Charity B) Thomas Parsons' Charity C) Bishop's Charity D) Cromwell's Charity
A) 1870 B) 1924 C) 1845 D) 1954
A) 345 households B) 800 households C) 110 households D) 457 households
A) John Jones B) George Gilbert Scott C) Edward the Confessor D) Nikolaus Pevsner
A) The Bishop's Palace B) The Maltings C) Shire Hall D) The Lamb Hotel
A) King Edgar the Peaceful B) William the Conqueror C) Queen Victoria D) Edward the Confessor
A) In 1083 B) In 1322 C) In 1539 D) In 1974
A) Two B) One C) Three D) Four
A) 1816 B) 1837 C) 1555 D) 1725
A) Paradise B) Salt water C) District D) Fresh water
A) 1753 B) 1251 C) 1563 D) 1416
A) Liteltetford B) Stuntenei C) Babylon D) Litelport
A) Ely Horticultural Society's Great Autumn Show B) Ely Folk Festival C) Ely's annual fireworks display D) Aquafest
A) 1816 B) 1555 C) 1607 D) 1539
A) Local board B) East Cambridgeshire District Council C) City of Ely Urban District Council D) City of Ely Council
A) Mac Dowdy B) Reaney C) Skeat D) Miller
A) 15 July 1189 B) 23 June 1189 C) 1 January 1189 D) 10 October 1189
A) John Fordham B) Clement of Thetford C) James Bentham D) Edmund Carter
A) Kimmeridge Clay B) Jurassic limestones C) Lower Greensand D) Boulder Clay
A) Francis Russell B) Cornelius Vermuyden C) Daniel Defoe D) John Wesley
A) Abbey Hill B) Cherry Hill C) Bentham Hill D) Green Hill
A) Bishop B) Tax collector C) Prison reformer D) Gaoler
A) In 1322 B) In 1083 C) In 1539 D) On 9 April 1224
A) 1083 B) 1108 C) 1322 D) 1189
A) Simeon, the first Norman bishop B) Ethelwold, Bishop of Winchester C) Henry III of England D) William the Conqueror
A) 116 years B) 75 years C) 200 years D) 50 years
A) The Maltings B) Cromwell's House C) The Lamb Hotel D) The Bishop's Palace
A) He documented the process B) He supported the drainage financially C) He opposed the drainage D) He led the engineering work
A) Green-winged Orchid B) Swallowtail Butterfly C) Common Blue Butterfly D) Red Admiral Butterfly
A) 1555 to 1565 B) 1816 to 1826 C) 1725 to 1735 D) 1636 to 1646
A) 1769 B) 1986 C) 2018 D) 2011
A) To collect taxes B) To house unmarried mothers C) To employ the poor to spin jersey D) To reform prisoners
A) The poorest monastery in England B) The second richest monastery in England C) The richest monastery in England D) The third richest monastery in England
A) 19th century B) 18th century C) 17th century D) 20th century
A) 68 feet (21 m) B) 30 feet (9 m) C) 50 feet (15 m) D) 100 feet (30 m)
A) Cromwell's House B) The Lamb Hotel C) The Bishop's Palace D) The Maltings
A) Pamela Blakeman B) Nikolaus Pevsner C) George Gilbert Scott D) John Jones
A) John Fuller B) Oliver Cromwell C) William Camden D) John Howard
A) 2011 B) 1555 C) 1725 D) 1816
A) 24 inmates B) 300 inmates C) 80 inmates D) 35 inmates
A) A dinosaur B) A mammoth C) A pterosaur D) A pliosaur
A) St John's farmhouse B) The Bishop's Palace C) The Maltings D) The Lamb Hotel
A) They were all acquitted B) Their sentences were commuted from penal transportation for life to twelve months' imprisonment C) They were all executed D) They were all transported for life
A) 15,000 B) 11,291 C) 25,000 D) 20,574
A) A flood in 870 B) An earthquake in 970 C) A fire in 1083 D) The collapse occurred on 22 February 1322
A) Nikolaus Pevsner B) George Gilbert Scott C) Sir Edward Coke D) John Jones
A) 1985 B) 2010 C) 2004 D) 1996
A) 1850 B) 1925 C) 1981 D) 1860
A) 10 sq mi (25.9 km2) B) 5 sq mi (13 km2) C) 1.84 sq mi (4.77 km2) D) 22.86 sq mi (59.21 km2)
A) 15,000 B) 11,291 C) 20,574 D) 25,000
A) Clay B) Silt C) Sand D) Peat
A) In 673 B) In 970 C) In 1083 D) In 870
A) John Byng B) Celia Fiennes C) William Camden D) Daniel Defoe
A) King Edgar the Peaceful B) William the Conqueror C) Edward the Confessor D) Queen Elizabeth II |