The Knights Templar

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

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

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 Crete Rhodes and Malta Cyprus and Rhodes Malta and Cyprus

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

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

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? Layer Marney Tower Stanstead Mount Fitchett Audley End House Cressing Temple Barns

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

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

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