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