What If ...

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1. Where would you find the SOLAR? On a manor farm In a castle In a town In a monastery

2. In the castle you must find the TRUNDLE / TRUCKLE? But where? In the kitchen In the great hall In the library In the master bedroom

3. Your task is to find a SKIMMER? Where is the best place to look? In the pantry In the kitchen In the great hall In the library

4. In the kitchen a servant tells you the castle blueprints are on the table standing on the DAIS in the Great Hall. Find them and you can escape from the castle. But what is a dais? A bookcase A string box A safe A wooden platform

5. An obstacle at the castle is the PORTCULLIS. Is it a ...? Wooden Door Drawbridge Metal gate Sentry

6. Phew! You have escaped the castle. A mysterious passer by tells you "go to the CORDWAINERS". What was a cordwainer? Rope maker Potter Trousers maker Shoemaker

7. "Go to the east gate, avoid the SHAMBLES", whispers the Cordwainer. A shambles was a ...? A dump Slaughter house A building site A tavern

8. You cross the town square where you hear laughter. A skinny man is throwing fruit at a plump woman secured by her feet in the ...? Answer: (6 letters)

9. "Gardey Loo", some one shouts from an upper window. What do you do? Ask them to repeat Ignore them Stand and stare Run like mad

10. You just escape. Then you again hear shouting and see several people running in your direction. "It's a HUE AND CRY". What was this? A wedding party A public hanging Arrival of a troop of actors Chasing a thief

11. You escape through the east gate. You meet a monk whom you recognise by his dress, called a ...? Answer: (5 letters)

12. "Go through the cloister to the SCRIPTOREUM", he advises. Sick Bay Library Writing area Abbot's Office

13. The novice master tells you go to the REFECTORY for something important. What would you expect to get there? Medicine Books Money Food

14. The head of the monastery has some important information for you. What title does he have? Monk Friar Abbot Bishop

15. You reach the manor farm, here you see a peasant cutting crops with a curious looking implement. It's a ...? sickle plough flail shears

16. The peasant offers you his COSTREL. What do you do? take a bite run like mad slap his face drink from it

17. You pass a woman spinning coarse cloth which she calls BLATCHET. What was blatchet used for ...? Making tapestries Making curtains making bed covers Weaving carpets

18. In the distance you hear a piercing sound. A woman smiles and says "it's travelling players en route to town.They always use a SCHAWM ". What modern instrument is descended from the schawm? Trumpet Flute Clarinet Oboe

19. You reach the woods, and a woodman tells you there will be a good crop for PANNAGE, meaning plenty of ...? acorns hazel nuts mushrooms berries

20. You see a man pointing a white stick and shouting orders at workmen. He was called the ...? Gamekeeper Warrener Reeve Bailiff