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Medieval Cold Weapons

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Fun Trivia : Quizzes : Medieval History : Medieval Cold Weapons

Introduction:
"You see them in movies, you see them in museums, you read about them in books, but what do you really know about medieval cold weapons?"


1. One of the most interesting weapons is (my favourite) so-called bastard sword or hand-and-a-half-sword. Do you know why was this sword called 'bastard'?
    Because it was not chivalric weapon.
    Because many of the smiths who made them were bastards
    Because the inventor was a bastard
    Because of the knight who made this type of sword famous was actually a bastard.


2. A lot of people have wrong ideas about weight of sword. What was the maximum weight of two-handed swords used in 15th century, such as a Claymores or Flamberks?
    5 kg
    10 kg
    7 kg
    13 kg


3. In which country was the Claymore sword used?
    Scotland
    Norway
    France
    Monastic state of the Teutonic Knights


4. There was a weapon with a religious name: the misericord. Odd? Maybe, but what type of weapon was it?
    Mace
    Sabre
    Dagger
    Rapier


5. Daggers are usually double edged weapons used both for cutting and stabbing. Even if they weren?t so popular in medieval times as they were in Renaissance, still many types were developed. Which of these weapons is NOT dagger?
    Estoc
    Stiletto
    Dirk
    Rondel


6. Weapons with cutting blades were not very effective against heavy armor, so a lot of soldiers and knights used crushing weapons instead. Flails and maces are both crushing weapons, but are they the same type of crushing weapon?
    Yes
    No


7. Many polearms were just "head of something on long pole". What head can we see on the bec de corbin?
    Hammer
    Scythe
    Axe
    Morningstar


8. Many weapons have two or more names; that is quite normal. Which of these weapons is also known as a Swiss voulge?
    Halberd
    Flamberk
    Lance
    Pike


9. Axes were more powerful, but less controllable than swords. As you can already guess, there are many types of axes. Do you know which of these axes was used in Scotland?
    Doloire
    Crynoch axe
    Ono
    Lochaber axe


10. There?s a weapon called Francisca because it was manly used by Franks. What kind of weapon was that?
    Vala?ka
    Poll-axe
    Throwing axe
    Danish axe


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