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Medieval and Tudor Games Quiz

Claire Ridgway

If you've watched my Claire Chats video on Tudor Indoor Games then you should find this quiz easy-peasy!

How much do you know about Medieval and Tudor card games, dice games, board games and indoor pursuits? Test your knowledge with this fun quiz.

Medieval and Tudor games

Q1) What sort of game is Primero?

A board game

A dice game

A table game

A card game

Correct! It originated in 16th century Italy where it was known as Primiera and was a forerunner of modern poker
Wrong! It was a card game. It originated in 16th century Italy where it was known as Primiera and was a forerunner of modern poker.

Q2) What would "mummers" bring to people's houses or to court events?

Knuckle bones

Dice

Cards

Board games

Correct!
Wrong! They brought dice.

Q3) A set of which game was found in the wreck of The Mary Rose?

Chess

Backgammon

Draughts/checkers

Tafl

Correct! It was found in the Carpenter's Cabin and was identical to a modern backgammon set.
Wrong! It was a backgammon set. It was found in the Carpenter's Cabin and was identical to a modern backgammon set.

Q4) What was the aim of the dice game "Cent"?

To be the first to score 100

To roll doubles

Guessing the other player's roll

Landing on squares with coins on

Correct!
Wrong! It was to be the first to score 100.

Q5) Noddy was the precursor to which card game?

Cribbage

Poker

Gin Rummy

Canasta

Correct!
Wrong! It was cribbage.

Q6) Which board game was also known as Merrils?

Fox and Geese

Nine Men's Morris

Draughts

Chess

Correct!
Wrong! It was Nine Men's Morris

Q7) In shove-board/shovel-board/shuffle board, what did players 'shove' down long, narrow tables?

Coins

Wooden hoops

Bowling balls

Metal weights

Correct!
Wrong! They shoved metal weights.

Q8) In 1588, the Duke of Norfolk was recorded as owning a green cloth covered billiard board, three billiard sticks and eleven balls made of ......

Wood

Clay

Ivory

Ox bone

Correct!
Wrong! They were made of ivory.

Q9) How many fox tokens are placed on the board at the beginning of Fox and Geese?

1

13

3

5

Correct!
Wrong! There's only one fox token.

Q10) Fox and Geese is a descendant of which ancient board game?

Ur

Tafl

Mancala

Petteia

Correct!
Wrong! It's tafl or Hala-tafl.

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