Medieval Knights

A knight was someone who:

• Volunteered to be in the military

• A person of noble birth specifically trained for combat

• The fittest athletes in the village

• Was once a peasant

A knight's armour was...

• Cheap, after all people could not afford much

• Handed down from generation to generation

• Very expensive as it had to be tailor made to fit the man

• Didn't exist during Medieval times as it wasn't invented

As a thanks for their service, knights received:

• Nothing

• A horse

• A holiday

• Land

Knights were required to fight for minimum of how many days?

• 100 days

• There was no minimum

• 40 days

• A year's service

It was possible for wealthy knights to join the nobility.

• True

• False

In order to teach young knights good balance they would...

• Stand on their tippy toes for 30 minutes at a time

• Practice fighting on piggyback

• Have to use a balance beam

• Balance wasn't important

How many years did it take to train as a page and a squire?

• 10 years

• Only a few months

• 20 years

• 7 years

The word 'knight' is an old English word meaning:

• Warrior

• Great and powerful man

• Servant

• Savage

At the end of a knighthood ceremony a knight could claim the title of:

• Mr

• All Mighty

• General

• Sir

A full suit of armour weighed close to:

• 100 kgs

• 25 kgs

• 2 kgs

• Half a kg