Q.1
During the Middle Ages water was often unsafe to drink. What was the most common alternative?
  • Fruit juice
  • Beer
  • Milk
  • Tea
Q.2
The staple food of Fifteenth Century peasants was a kind of stew. By what name was it known?
  • Casserole
  • Meat Porridge
  • Hot Pot
  • Pottage
Q.3
Which drink in particular was usually reserved for the young, the old and the sick?
  • Cocoa
  • Wine
  • Milk
  • Mead
Q.4
Nobles in the 15th Century ate a variety of game birds. Which of the following did they eat?
  • Vulture
  • Peacock
  • Heron
  • Crane
Q.5
Which of these animals was classed as a fish when it was eaten?
  • Whale
  • Beaver
  • Swan
  • Rabbit
Q.6
Food for nobles was often served on , these were plates made from what?
  • Gold
  • Porcelain
  • Silver
  • Bread
Q.7
During Richard III's era of the late 15th Century, which type of food utensils were just beginning to be used in England?
  • Forks
  • Chopsticks
  • Knives
  • Spoons
Q.8
Which of the following dishes, still popular today, originated as food for peasants in the Middle Ages?
  • Bubble and squeak
  • Ploughman's lunch
  • Shepherd's pie
  • Cornish pasty
Q.9
The feasts of noblemen contained several types of food. How many are listed as the 'first course' in a feast made for King Henry IV in 1468?
  • Five
  • Nine
  • Thirteen
  • Seventeen
Q.10
One type of soup, made from the heads, livers, feet and gizzards of chickens, was given what name?
  • Garbage
  • Giblets
  • Gobbles
  • Gools
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