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A) The Shard B) Ely Cathedral C) Stonehenge D) Big Ben
A) King Henry VIII B) Oliver Cromwell C) Queen Elizabeth I D) William Shakespeare
A) Manchester Reds FC B) London United FC C) Ely City FC D) Liverpool Blues FC
A) Flag Fen B) Enigma Island C) Secret Valley D) Mystery Mountain
A) Fern B) Cactus C) Palm Tree D) Reed
A) Village B) Metropolis C) City D) Town
A) Icknield Way B) Pacific Crest Trail C) Camino de Santiago D) Appalachian Trail
A) Cambridgeshire B) Surrey C) Kent D) Yorkshire
A) Dorothy L. Sayers B) Arthur Conan Doyle C) Patricia Highsmith D) Agatha Christie
A) 23 km B) 14 miles C) 80 miles D) 24 miles
A) The River Nene B) The River Great Ouse C) The Kimmeridge Clay island D) The River Witham
A) Rich and fertile soil B) Clay soil C) Sandy soil D) Rocky soil
A) The River Witham B) The River Welland C) The River Nene D) The River Great Ouse
A) A Roman amphitheater B) A former Kimmeridge Clay quarry C) A medieval castle D) A Victorian garden
A) The Ely Fair B) Saint Etheldreda's C) Saint Etheldreda's and Saint Audrey's D) Saint Audrey's
A) Leather goods B) Cheap lace sold at the fair C) Expensive jewelry D) Silk garments
A) 1885 B) 1769 C) 1845 D) 1753
A) Helsinki, Finland B) Oslo, Norway C) Copenhagen, Denmark D) Ribe, Denmark
A) The Fen Festival B) The River Festival C) The Eel Festival D) The Fish Festival
A) Akeman Street B) Watling Street C) Icknield Way D) Ermine Street
A) Wedgwood B) Porcelain C) Babylon ware D) Bone china
A) 19,185 B) 18,000 C) 21,000 D) 20,574
A) The Fen Line B) The turnpike (toll road) C) The Roman road D) The A10
A) Eel fishing B) Cattle farming C) Wheat farming D) Corn farming
A) Medieval crop rotation B) Medieval ridge and furrow agriculture C) Medieval plowing D) Medieval terracing
A) Big Thetford B) Little Thetford C) Great Thetford D) Middle Thetford
A) London B) Peterborough C) Chettisham D) Cambridge
A) Helga B) Elias C) Elge D) Eli
A) Mills B) Skeat C) Reaney D) Ekwall
A) District of eels B) Paradise C) Eel Island D) Willow district
A) Gesellschaft B) Gebirge C) Gau D) Garten
A) Skeat B) Miller C) Mac Dowdy D) Reaney
A) Willow B) Island C) District D) Paradise
A) Wilfrid's chronicler B) Etheldreda C) Bede's chronicler D) Ovin
A) Elige B) Elig C) Helig D) Elias
A) Helios B) Helyg or heli C) Helga D) Heliopolis
A) It would be irrelevant B) It would be common C) It would be anomalous D) It would be accurate
A) The usual English spelling is Helig B) The usual English spelling is Elige C) The usual English spelling is Elye D) The usual English spelling remains Elig
A) Eels B) Piscis C) Fish D) Agulla or anguilles
A) Eels B) Island C) Paradise D) Willows
A) 10 B) 24 C) 5 D) 19
A) Phosphate nodule digging B) Willow crafting C) Pottery making D) Sugar beet farming
A) George Gilbert Scott B) Nikolaus Pevsner C) John Jones D) Pamela Blakeman
A) 1816 B) 1832 C) 1555 D) 1725
A) Four B) One C) Two D) Three
A) Jurassic limestones B) Clunch C) Lower Greensand D) Boulder Clay
A) Thomas Parsons' Charity B) Cromwell's Charity C) Bishop's Charity D) Holy Trinity Charity
A) 1954 B) 1845 C) 1924 D) 1870
A) 800 households B) 345 households C) 110 households D) 457 households
A) Nikolaus Pevsner B) John Jones C) Edward the Confessor D) George Gilbert Scott
A) The Maltings B) The Lamb Hotel C) The Bishop's Palace D) Shire Hall
A) King Edgar the Peaceful B) Queen Victoria C) William the Conqueror D) Edward the Confessor
A) In 1083 B) In 1974 C) In 1539 D) In 1322
A) One B) Four C) Three D) Two
A) 1816 B) 1837 C) 1555 D) 1725
A) Salt water B) District C) Fresh water D) Paradise
A) 1753 B) 1563 C) 1251 D) 1416
A) Stuntenei B) Babylon C) Litelport D) Liteltetford
A) Ely's annual fireworks display B) Ely Horticultural Society's Great Autumn Show C) Aquafest D) Ely Folk Festival
A) 1607 B) 1555 C) 1539 D) 1816
A) City of Ely Urban District Council B) Local board C) City of Ely Council D) East Cambridgeshire District Council
A) Reaney B) Mac Dowdy C) Miller D) Skeat
A) 10 October 1189 B) 23 June 1189 C) 15 July 1189 D) 1 January 1189
A) Edmund Carter B) John Fordham C) Clement of Thetford D) James Bentham
A) Jurassic limestones B) Kimmeridge Clay C) Boulder Clay D) Lower Greensand
A) Cornelius Vermuyden B) Francis Russell C) Daniel Defoe D) John Wesley
A) Abbey Hill B) Green Hill C) Bentham Hill D) Cherry Hill
A) Bishop B) Tax collector C) Gaoler D) Prison reformer
A) In 1322 B) In 1083 C) On 9 April 1224 D) In 1539
A) 1108 B) 1083 C) 1189 D) 1322
A) Henry III of England B) William the Conqueror C) Simeon, the first Norman bishop D) Ethelwold, Bishop of Winchester
A) 200 years B) 50 years C) 75 years D) 116 years
A) The Lamb Hotel B) The Bishop's Palace C) The Maltings D) Cromwell's House
A) He documented the process B) He supported the drainage financially C) He led the engineering work D) He opposed the drainage
A) Green-winged Orchid B) Common Blue Butterfly C) Red Admiral Butterfly D) Swallowtail Butterfly
A) 1816 to 1826 B) 1636 to 1646 C) 1555 to 1565 D) 1725 to 1735
A) 2018 B) 1986 C) 1769 D) 2011
A) To reform prisoners B) To employ the poor to spin jersey C) To collect taxes D) To house unmarried mothers
A) The richest monastery in England B) The third richest monastery in England C) The poorest monastery in England D) The second richest monastery in England
A) 18th century B) 19th century C) 20th century D) 17th century
A) 50 feet (15 m) B) 100 feet (30 m) C) 30 feet (9 m) D) 68 feet (21 m)
A) The Bishop's Palace B) The Maltings C) The Lamb Hotel D) Cromwell's House
A) Nikolaus Pevsner B) George Gilbert Scott C) John Jones D) Pamela Blakeman
A) John Howard B) William Camden C) John Fuller D) Oliver Cromwell
A) 1555 B) 2011 C) 1725 D) 1816
A) 35 inmates B) 24 inmates C) 80 inmates D) 300 inmates
A) A pliosaur B) A mammoth C) A dinosaur D) A pterosaur
A) The Bishop's Palace B) The Maltings C) The Lamb Hotel D) St John's farmhouse
A) They were all executed B) They were all transported for life C) Their sentences were commuted from penal transportation for life to twelve months' imprisonment D) They were all acquitted
A) 25,000 B) 15,000 C) 20,574 D) 11,291
A) The collapse occurred on 22 February 1322 B) A fire in 1083 C) A flood in 870 D) An earthquake in 970
A) Nikolaus Pevsner B) John Jones C) George Gilbert Scott D) Sir Edward Coke
A) 1996 B) 2004 C) 1985 D) 2010
A) 1850 B) 1981 C) 1860 D) 1925
A) 22.86 sq mi (59.21 km2) B) 5 sq mi (13 km2) C) 1.84 sq mi (4.77 km2) D) 10 sq mi (25.9 km2)
A) 15,000 B) 25,000 C) 20,574 D) 11,291
A) Clay B) Silt C) Sand D) Peat
A) In 1083 B) In 870 C) In 673 D) In 970
A) Daniel Defoe B) Celia Fiennes C) William Camden D) John Byng
A) King Edgar the Peaceful B) William the Conqueror C) Edward the Confessor D) Queen Elizabeth II |