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