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Knight School At Medieval Times Flashcards

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How often do these tournaments take place?

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Every night

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What was the tournament called?

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Medieval times dinner and tournament near Orlando

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Where is this tournament held?

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Kissimmee

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fills with ______ sword fights, ________ horses, and ________battles.

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Clanging, thundering, glorious

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What is a squire?

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A young apprentice knight who acted as an attendant to a knight

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What was the writer put in charge of?

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Gathering up splinted bits of jousting lances left on the arena after practice

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What was the problem the writer faced?

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Where to put the garbage

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What is chivalry?

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Knightly system

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What is slew?

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A large amount or numbers

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What was lined across the arena wall?

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An assortment of weapons

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What was the name of the knight trainer?

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Jim Collins

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What did Jim Collins hold up?

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A two-handed broadsword

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What was it about this broadsword?

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It was identical to the real sword of the time except that it had no razor sharp edges and it was made out of titanium

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Why was the broadsword titanium?

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So it could last longer

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When did the medieval times brand new show debut?

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Last month

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What was the name of the king and production manager?

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King Phillipe

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How long does true knight training last at medieval times?

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A month

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What did the writer have to do to keep a constant distance with the other knight?

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Pivot his body 90 degrees (left or right) every time he steps back

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What did the writer learn to do when he started swinging his sword?

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He learned to punch his sword outward at an attacker’s blade

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What two important things did the punch to the attacker’s blade do?

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It was more likely to cleanly block a swing and it made a CLANG noise

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How was the writer’s posture?

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Very poor

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What don’t people want to pay to go see?

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Tired weak knights!

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What was collin’s first command?

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Step, forward, block

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What was collin’s second command?

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Prep, and block

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As Collins was training with the writer, what did he compare his battle too?

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Dancing with the squires

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Although each show is carefully choreographed, what may happen?

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The final outcome of the battle can change from one performance to the next

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Even at a slow paced training, what did the author feel?

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He felt like it was intense, and if he made a wrong move, he could have ended with bruising or a broken bone

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What addition besides the knights, are in the show?

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Animals like falcons and horses

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What kind of horses are in the arena?

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Andalusian stallions

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How many seats are in the arena?

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1,000

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Which horse was the writer’s companion as he was learning jousting?

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Enrado

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What was the writer’s final path to knighthood?

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The joust

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What was surprising about the lance?

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It was light

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What did the writer wear on his horse back?

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His white and red robe draped over his front and back, along with his joust and shield

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What knight lost in the lancing competition?

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The blue knight

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What happened to the knight who lost?

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He tumbled off his horse

36
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Who was the real jousting preformed by?

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Experts who have trained for years

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What does the writer receive at the end? And who hands it to him?

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He receives a sword and Collins gives it to him

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What was it about king Phillipe

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He acts as a king character and he’s also the production manager

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What was the biggest change in 5 years ? (Quoted by king Phillipe)

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The tournament

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What was the first thing the writer learned?

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A basic shoulder block

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King Phillipe says a statement, “by the holy order of ____________ I, king Phillipe, dub thee one, twice, thrice, now rise brave knight and see your very own knightly sword!”

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Don San Martin

42
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What was the last word the writer said at the end of the article?

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Cool

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