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