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1. Where would you find the SOLAR?
2. Where in a castle would you find a piece of furniture called a TRUNDLE / TRUCKLE?
3. Where is the best place to look for a SKIMMER?
4. There's a table standing on the DAIS in the Great Hall. What is a dais?
5. An obstacle at a castle is the PORTCULLIS. What is it?
6. You have escaped the castle and a mysterious passer by tells you "go to the CORDWAINERS". What was a cordwainer?
7. What is a SHAMBLES?
8. In the town square you hear laughter. A skinny man is throwing fruit at a plump woman secured by her feet in the _____ .
9. "Gardyloo", some one shouts from an upper window. What do you do?
10. You hear shouting and see several people running in your direction. "It's a HUE AND CRY". What was this?
11. You meet a monk whom you recognise by his dress, called a ______ .
12. "Go through the cloister to the SCRIPTORIUM", you're told. Where is that?
13. The novice master tells you go to the REFECTORY for something important. What would you expect to get there?
14. The head of the monastery has some important information for you. What title does he have?
15. At the manor farm you see a peasant cutting crops with a curious looking implement. It's a _____ .
16. At a manor farm a peasant offers you his COSTREL. What do you do?
17. The lord of the manor receives an order to attend the county town for an ASSIZE OF ARMS. What must he do?
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?
19. You reach the woods, and a woodman tells you there will be a good crop for PANNAGE, meaning plenty of ______ .
20. You see a man pointing a white stick and shouting orders at workmen. He was called the _____ .
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