Question 1
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Who rebelled against Roman rule in AD60?
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Queen Boudicca
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Hereward the Wake
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Spartacus
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Augustus
Question 2
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In which time period could you be punished by being forced to become a gladiator?
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Anglo-Saxons
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Medieval times
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Roman times
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Early Modern Period
Question 3
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In Roman times you would be punished by being tied in a sack with live snakes for committing which crime?
Question 4
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In which time period did the Blood Feud exist?
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Anglo-Saxons
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Roman times
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Middle Ages
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20th Century
Question 5
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How many men were part of a tithing?
Question 6
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Which monarch was associated with the Constitutions of Clarendon issued in 1164?
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William the Conqueror
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Henry II
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Henry VIII
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Queen Matilda
Question 7
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What was Benefit of the Clergy?
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Priests could live in any house they wanted to
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Priests could accuse anyone of a crime
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Priests could only be tried by church courts who could not use the death penalty
Question 8
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What was meant by Right of Sanctuary?
Question 9
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Which of the following was a Lollard and famous for having heretical view?
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John Howard
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John Simpson
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John Wycliff
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John Smith
Question 10
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Who brought in Trial by Combat?
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The Romans
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The Anglo-Saxons
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The Tudors
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The Normans
Question 11
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Which laws made it illegal to kill a deer in the royal forests?
Question 12
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Which was a system of compensation for crimes in Anglo-Saxon times?
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Wergeld
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Tithings
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Hue and cry
Question 13
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Which famous king brought in Codes of Law during his 9th Century rule?
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William the Conqueror
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Henry II
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King Alfred the Great
Question 14
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What was Trial by Ordeal?
Question 15
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Which event of 663AD confirmed the influence of Christianity in England?
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Synod of Thirsk
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Synod of Whitby
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Synod of Norton
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Synod of Scarborough
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Synod of Bridlington
Question 16
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What kind of crimes did the Church courts brought in by the Normans tend to deal with?
Question 17
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What was the name of the English Civil War that took place in the late 15th Century?
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Wars of the Roses
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English Civil War
Question 18
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Where were the most serious criminal cases heard during the reign of Henry II?
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Court of king's bench
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County courts
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Tower of London
Question 19
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What was set up in the reign of King Richard I to deal with all suspicious deaths?
Question 20
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What did King Edward I set up to chase and catch criminals in the year 1285?
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Tithings
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Wergeld
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Posse commitatus