Take the Medieval Sleuth Quiz!

Identify which medieval sleuth or spy is referenced in the clue.

Answers can be found at http://www.medieval-novels.com/locations/mysteries.htm

1. Which medieval sleuth lost an eye to the knife of a jongleur's leman?
A. Matthew Shardrake
B. Matthew Bartholomew
C. Owen Archer

2. Which medieval sleuth learns at adulthood that her father was born to a Jewish family?
A. Ursula Blanchard
B. Katherine Le Vendeur
C. Eleanor of Wynthrope

3. Which English sovereign does the sleuthing for herself?
A. Isabella the Fair
B. Eleanor of Aquitaine
C. Queen Elizabeth I

4. Which medieval sleuth is King Edward I's senior clerk and master spy?
A. Philip Gooden
B. Sir Robert Carey
C. Sir Hugh Corbett

5. Which medieval sleuth is a medical practitioner whose first case is based on The Canterbury Tales?
A. Kathryn Swinbrooke
B. Dame Frewise
C. Katherine Swynford

6. Which medieval sleuth has a son named Olivier de Bretagne?
A. Brother Athelstan
B. Justin de Quincy
C. Brother Cadfael

7. Which sleuth has a day job that takes him to a tavern called The Queen's Head?
A. Nicholas Bracewell
B. Edward Hood
C. Christopher Marlowe

8. Which medieval sleuth's brother is the King of Cashel?
A. Grace O'Malley
B. Sister Fidelma
C. Rory McGuinness

9. Which dependable lady-in-waiting is really a spy who reports to Sir William Cecil?
A. Ursula Blanchard
B. Rosamund Cllifford
C. Lady Amy Robsart

10. Which medieval sleuth is a doctor skilled in reading corpses and solved the murder of the "Fair Rosumend", Henry II's famous mistress?
A. Abbess Halewise
B. Mistress Lucy Wilton
C. Adelia de Aguilar

11. Which medieval sleuth accompanied Queen Isabella to England when she married Edward II?
A. Mistress Jane Shore
B. Mathilde of Westminster
C. Piers Gaveston

12. Which medieval sleuth helped rescue Richard of Gloucester's wife Anne Neville?
A. Roger the Chapman
B. Brother Athelstan
C. Sir Roger Shallot

Answers are at http://www.medieval-novels.com/locations/mysteries.htm

A Historical Mad Lib Game - Results

STOP! If you have not already read A Historical Mad Lib Game then you have already ruined it for everyone!

Well, not everyone... just yourself.

You were asked in that post to come up with a list of words based on parts of speech. It is sort of too late now, but if you want, go ahead and go back to that and do as you are bid.

For those of you who followed instructions like good little doobies, go ahead and copy and paste the following story. Then put the words you came up with in it in the correct places.. it's obvious, so don't fuss.

Then once you have done that.. and stop busting your gut laughing.. copy and paste the resulting story into the comments form below. Then we will bust our guts laughing.

And if you are Susan Higginbotham, thanks for being a good sport about this in advance!

The Story

A Mad LIb about Richard III

Richard was a _adverb_ misunderstood figure in English history. He was a good king but those that followed him made sure history remembered him as a _adjective 1_ one. They claimed that he had a deformed _body part_, that he forced _famous woman_ to marry him against her will, and that he murdered the little princes in the _building_.

When his _adjecttive 2_ brother Edward was King, Richard was the Duke of _place name_. His symbol was a white _animal 1_. They had another brother, _man's first name_ who was the Duke of Clarence. He was a troublemaker. When he was finally imprisoned, Richard is said to have drowned him in a butt of _liquid_. This is probably a lie that _author_ put in his play _famous play_.

Richard III is shown holding a _plant_ in the famous portrait that hangs in the national Portrait gallery. When Henry Tudor crossed from _place_ to seize the throne, Richard led his own army against him He is said to have cried "A _animal 2_, a _animal 2_, my kingdom for a _animal 2_!"

Susan Higginbotham, whose real job is as a _occupation_ , is writing a novel about all this. Her other novels are "The _type of person_'s Wife" and "Hugh and Bess: A _emotion_ Story". Susan is such a _adjective 3_ writer.

I am sure you noticed my mistake in the story...

Susan Higginbotham supplied some words so I could offer one result for you before you start supplyiung yours for the rest of us.

The Story

A Mad LIb about Richard III

Richard was a quickly misunderstood figure in English history. He was a good king but those that followed him made sure history remembered him as a lovely one. They claimed that he had a deformed elbow, that he forced Sarah Palin_ to marry him against her will, and that he murdered the little princes in the Empire State Building.

When his bold brother Edward was King, Richard was the Duke of Apex, North Carolina. His symbol was a white cairn terrier. They had another brother, Richard, who was the Duke of Clarence. He was a troublemaker. When he was finally imprisoned, Richard is said to have drowned him in a butt of Coca Cola.This is probably a lie that Jane Austen put in his play "Hamlet".

Richard III is shown holding a lavender in the famous portrait that hangs in the National Portrait gallery. When Henry Tudor crossed from the library to seize the throne, Richard led his own army against him He is said to have cried "A Siamese cat, , a Siamese cat, my kingdom for a Siamese cat!"

Susan Higginbotham, whose real job is as a ratcatcher , is writing a novel about all this. Her other novels are "The Grouch's Wife" and "Hugh and Bess: An Outrage Story". Susan is such a garish writer.


Want more??? Then make up your own story.. I'll print it!

Have a great weekend.

Nan