The Knights Templar

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1. In which year was the Order founded? 1110 1120 1109 1118

2. What was the original purpose of the Knights Templar? Protection of the Pope Mercenaries Private army of the King of France Protection of trade routes and pilgrims

3. The Templars started life as part of which Religious Order? Cistercian Benedictine Franciscan Jesuit

4. After the fall of Jerusalem in the late thirteenth century to which two islands did the Knights withdraw? Cyprus and Rhodes Malta and Cyprus Rhodes and Malta Cyprus and Crete

5. Which King of France decided that the Order had become too powerful and moved to destroy it? King Philip the Fair King Henry I King Charles the Bald King Louis II

6. What happened to the last Grand Master of the Order, Jacques de Molay? Life Imprisonment Beheaded Burnt at the stake Exiled

7. The Knights Templar are not generally associated with England, although they held large grants of land there. Where, in Essex, is there a fine example of their buildings? Stanstead Mount Fitchett Layer Marney Tower Cressing Temple Barns Audley End House

8. By the early 1500s the Templars had joined the Knights Hospitallers. When they were forced out of Rhodes where did they go? Sicily Cyprus Malta Crete

9. In 1792 who seized the assets of the Knights Hospitaller Order in France? The Revolutionary Government Napoleon Bonaparte King Louis XIV The Duke of Wellington

10. In 1834 where did the Knights establish a new Headquarters? Paris Rome Vienna Berlin