Disasters

Question 1

Who was Monarch at the time of the Great plague and Great Fire of London?

Answer 1

King Charles II

Question 2

Who is Samuel Pepys?

Answer 2

Eye witness to both events

Question 3

Who was Thomas Farriner?

Answer 3

King’s baker who didn’t properly extinguish his oven causing the Great Fire of London

Question 4

What was the legacy of the Great Fire?

Answer 4

Better building materials and street design

Question 5

What is a disease?

Answer 5

Something that attacks your body and makes you ill

Question 6

What was the Plague?

Answer 6

A disease which causes a lot of deaths

Question 7

What is an outbreak?

Answer 7

Something that breaks out or starts something

Question 8

What is a population?

Answer 8

The number of people who live somewhere

Question 9

What does destruction mean?

Answer 9

Something that has ruined something

Question 10

What does construction mean?

Answer 10

Building something

Question 11

What is a Mayor?

Answer 11

The head or leader of a city

Question 12

What does extinguish mean?

Answer 12

To put something out, fire or flames

Question 13

What does destroyed mean?

Answer 13

Spoiled, ruined or demolished

Question 14

Where did the Great Fire of London start?

Answer 14

Bakery in Pudding Lane

Question 15

What is the Silk Road?

Answer 15

Trade routes from Asia

Question 16

When was the Great Plague in London?

Answer 16

1665

Question 17

When was the Great Fire of London?

Answer 17

1666

Question 18

What did the Plague Doctor put in his mask and why?

Answer 18

Herbs and Spices to hide the smell of the Plague