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