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