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Hooke Court Dorset, first screened 28 January 2007

Time Trial

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

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

In a medieval manor, what was the purpose of the 'solar', a room that gets its name from its large windows?

 

What was usually at the opposite end of the great hall to the solar?

 

What was a medieval buttry, or buttery?

 

A garderobe was a medieval privy. What was it also used for – from which it gets its name?

 

In medieval times, what were banalities?

 

Where would the 14th-century coxcomb tile unearthed by Time Team at Hooke Court have been found in the manor house?

 

out of 6 correct on first try

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