Knight Quiz: questions and answers

1. What is a knight?

The bishop of the church

A person who served to the monarch or a Christian church, especially in a military capacity

A person who runs a country

2. In Europe, who was conferred with the title of knighthood?

Bishops

Mounted warriors

Monarchs

3. In which period any well-equipped horseman could be described as a knight?

Late Medieval

Early Medieval

High Medieval

4. In whose reign has the first knights appeared?

Charlemagne

Louis the Pious

Lothair I

5. What was the title the seven-year-old boys were given in the Middle Ages?

A page

A knight

A squire

6. At what age did a child become a squire?

7 years old

15 years old

18 years old

7. What kind of sports were hastiludes in medieval tournament?

Ball sports

Martial sports

Hand sports

8. In which of these literary stories is there an appearance of knights?

"The Knight"

"The Song of Roland"

Both are true

9. Who founded the Order of Saint Michael?

Edward III of England

Louis XI of France

Charles I of Hungary

10. In the United Kingdom, in how many ways can the title of honorific knighthood be conferred?

Four ways

Two ways

One way

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