History of English/Anglo-Saxon Age

Question 1

449

Answer 1

Germanic tribes invade British Isles (the Angles, Saxons, Jutes, Frisians)

Question 2

787

Answer 2

Vikings invade British Isles

Question 3

1066

Answer 3

Normans invade British Isles

Question 4

500s

Answer 4

Church spreads its influence throughout British Isles

Question 5

55 B.C.

Answer 5

Romans under Julius Caesar invade British Isles

Question 6

Which language?

Skull, skill skin, skate…

Answer 6

Old Norse

Question 7

Which language?

What, the, man, meat, craft, house

Answer 7

Old English/Anglo-Saxon

Question 8

What language?

Mutton, mansion, pork, castle

Answer 8

French

Question 9

King of the Danes

Answer 9

Hrothgar

Question 10

Herot

Answer 10

The mead hall built by Hrothgar

Question 11

Monster who terrorizes Herot for 12 years

Answer 11

Grendel

Question 12

Higlac

Answer 12

Beowulf’s uncle and king

Question 13

The Geats

Answer 13

Beowulf’s people

Question 14

The one man who helps Beowulf in his time of need

Answer 14

Wiglaf

Question 15

Wyrd

Answer 15

Anglo-Saxon term for “fate”

Question 16

Lof

Answer 16

Anglo-Saxon term for “fame” or “glory”

Question 17

Wergild

Answer 17

Anglo-Saxon term for “blood money”; literally, “man gold”

Question 18

Characters/symbols used by the Anglo-Saxons

Answer 18

Runes

Question 19

The alphabet we use today

Answer 19

Roman alphabet

Question 20

Scoffer who taunts Beowulf in Herot

Answer 20

Unferth

Question 21

Wealas

Answer 21

Anglo-Saxon word for “foreigner”; word from which we get Wales or the Welsh

Question 22

Crag

Answer 22

One of the few words English has borrowed from the Celtic peoples; means high rock

Question 23

The Celts

Answer 23

First inhabitants of the British Isles; ancestors of the Scots, the Welsh, the Irish and the Bretons

Question 24

Indo-European

Answer 24

The ancient race/language that the peoples and the languages of northern India, Europe, Iran, and the British Isles are descended from

Question 25

Sanskrit

Answer 25

The Indo-European language that Hindi, Gujurati and Panjabi are descended from

Question 26

Four characteristics of Anglo-Saxon poetry

Answer 26

Four stressed beats, two on each side of the caesura; Caesura (pause in the middle of the line); Alliteration on three of the four beats; Kennings

Question 27

Geatland

Answer 27

Beowulf's kingdom; located in southern Sweden

Question 28

Kenning

Answer 28

``` Metaphorical phrase used in place of a noun; for example: "hoary heath stepper" is a wolf "the whale road" is the sea "God's bright beacon" is the sun "vile sky winger" is the dragon ```

Question 29

Cause of Beowulf's death

Answer 29

Dragon poison

Question 30

Cause of Grendel's death

Answer 30

Trauma and blood loss caused by separation of arm from body (and Beowulf, of course)

Question 31

First recorded poem in the English language

Answer 31

"Caedmon's Hymn"

Question 32

Author of A History of the English Church and People

Answer 32

Bede

Question 33

Language A History of the English Church and People is written in

Answer 33

Latin

Question 34

Language The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle is written in

Answer 34

Old English/Anglo-Saxon

Question 35

King of the Celts who fought against the Anglo-Saxon invaders

Answer 35

Arthur

Question 36

Leader of the Romans who came to the British Isles

Answer 36

Julius Caesar

Question 37

Anglo-Saxon king who fought off the Danes and saved the English language

Answer 37

Alfred

Question 38

The Duke of Normandy who conquered England

Answer 38

William

Question 39

King called "The Great"

Answer 39

Alfred

Question 40

King called "The Conqueror"

Answer 40

William

Question 41

What stands tall, erect in a bed?

Answer 41

An onion, silly!

Question 42

The year the English comes to England

Answer 42

449

Question 43

The year the Danes begin their invasion of the British Isles

Answer 43

787

Question 44

The year of the Norman conquest of England

Answer 44

1066

Question 45

Which language? | Altar, angel, disciple

Answer 45

Latin

Question 46

Which language? | Jury, government, county, president, evidence

Answer 46

French

Question 47

Name of the collection of Old English poetry where the riddles and "Fates of Men" are found

Answer 47

The Exeter Book

Question 48

Adjective attached to Bede's name

Answer 48

Venerable

Question 49

Scop

Answer 49

Old English/Anglo-Saxon term for poet

Question 50

Mead

Answer 50

Drink favored by the Anglo-Saxon people made from fermented honey. No, you can't have any.

Question 51

Hrunting

Answer 51

The sword Unferth offers Beowulf

Question 52

God whose day is Wednesday

Answer 52

Odin/Wodin/Wotan, the all-father

Question 53

God whose day is Tuesday

Answer 53

Tiu, god of war

Question 54

God whose day is Thursday

Answer 54

Thor, god of thunder

Question 55

Goddess whose day is Friday

Answer 55

Frigga, queen of Asgard, wife of Odin

Question 56

Alliteration

Answer 56

Repetition of consonant sounds; one of the characteristics of Anglo-Saxon poetry

Question 57

Caesura

Answer 57

A pause; in Anglo-Saxon poetry, the pause is in middle of each line between the two beats.

Question 58

Elegy

Answer 58

A somber type of speech that mourns the loss of someone or something

Question 59

Mead hall

Answer 59

Central gathering spot of the Anglo-Saxon peoples

Question 60

Where Normans are from

Answer 60

Normandy (northwest France)

Question 61

Language of the Vikings

Answer 61

Old Norse/Old Danish

Question 62

Which language? | Epidermis, gravity, eliminate

Answer 62

Latin

Question 63

The Britons

Answer 63

Celtic inhabitants of the British Isles from whose name we get "Britain"

Question 64

Augustine

Answer 64

The first archbishop of Canterbury

Question 65

The king who initiates the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle

Answer 65

Alfred

Question 66

The priest of the Celtic people

Answer 66

Druid

Question 67

Sutton Hoo

Answer 67

Anglo-Saxon burial ground discovered in England where many artifacts were found

Question 68

What causes Grendel to attack Herot

Answer 68

The music of the scop

Question 69

What Beowulf uses to kill Grendel's mother

Answer 69

A magic sword

Question 70

Why the dragon attacks Geatland

Answer 70

A thief has stolen a cup from his treasure hoard

Question 71

Herot's future fate

Answer 71

To be burned down in a blood feud

Question 72

Stonehenge

Answer 72

A reminder of Britain's Celtic past

Question 73

The number of sea monsters killed by Beowulf

Answer 73

Nine

Question 74

The number of men Beowulf takes with him to Daneland

Answer 74

Fourteen

Question 75

The number of years Grendel terrorizes Herot

Answer 75

Twelve

Question 76

The number of giants Beowulf subdues

Answer 76

Five

Question 77

Grendel's biblical ancestor

Answer 77

Cain