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