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