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wellinghall ([personal profile] wellinghall) wrote2012-03-11 12:25 pm
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Quiz answers

Remember this quiz? Well, here are the answers:

1. 55 BC: Julius Ceaser's first expedition to Britain
2. 54 BC: Julius Ceaser's second expedition to Britain
3. 43 AD: Claudius' invasion of Britain
4. 410: Roman legions leave Britain
5. 449: Saxons come to Britain
6. 597: Gregory the Great's mission to the English
7. 991: Battle of Maldon
8. 1066 (September): Battle of Stamford Bridge
9. 1066 (October): Battle of Hastings
10. 1346: Battle of Crecy
11. 1348: Black Death arrives
12. 1356: Battle of Poitiers
13. 1415: Battle of Agincourt
14. 1485: Battle of Bosworth Field
15. 1497: John Cabot goes off to discover Newfoundland

[livejournal.com profile] ladyofastolat wins, and gets chocolate; with an honourable mention to John David Colfield on Facebook.
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[identity profile] pellegrina.livejournal.com 2012-03-11 01:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Do I get an honourable mention for pointing out the typos in 'Caesar'? ;-)

[identity profile] wellinghall.livejournal.com 2012-03-11 01:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, maybe ...

[identity profile] ladyofastolat.livejournal.com 2012-03-11 02:23 pm (UTC)(link)
Surely no. 15 should read "John Cabot goes off to discover Justabouttobefoundland?"

[identity profile] wellinghall.livejournal.com 2012-03-11 02:27 pm (UTC)(link)
Extra point for pedantry there

[identity profile] wellinghall.livejournal.com 2012-03-11 04:06 pm (UTC)(link)
And by the Vikings, and the Dorset people, and ...

[identity profile] wellinghall.livejournal.com 2012-03-11 04:16 pm (UTC)(link)
Hmm ... as a Bristolian, I find myself conflicted here ...