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Dotton Mill, Devon, first screened 11 March 2007

Time Trial

Watched the programme, browsed the web pages? Now try our quick quiz to see how much you know about mills.

(The quiz uses JavaScript so you need to be using Netscape 3, Internet Explorer 3.01 or above, and have JavaScript enabled)

What word would you use to describe a person who studies mills, after the Latin 'molina', mill?

 

Who gave us the first surviving account of a geared waterwheel?

 

What is 'grist'?

 

When did the first cloth mills appear in England?

 

The miller is one of only eight pilgrims who are given a name in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. What is it?

 

What is the name given to waterwheels where the water hits the wheel at roughly the level of the axle?

 

out of 6 correct on first try

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