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