Kempsey Quiz

This is a quiz about the history of Kempsey. Please choose a level:

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Easy questions

1. The name 'Kempsey' comes from:
a) 'Camp's Eye'	b) 'Kemys' Sea'	c) 'Ken's Seat'	d) 'Kenelm's Sea'	Find out

2. Dick Turpin, the highwayman, robbed in Kempsey. How did he die?
a) Burned	b) Hanged	c) Shot	d) Hung, drawn and quartered.	Find out

3. Who is the Roman milestone found in Kempsey dedicated to?
a) Nero	b) Julius Caesar	c) Claudius	d) Constantine the Great	Find out

4. Which winner of the Victoria Cross is buried in Kempsey Churchyard?
a) Flashman	b) Blackadder	c) Captain Ball	d) Captain Bell	Find out

Intermediate questions

1. A piece of metal dated 1500-800 BC found in Kempsey is possibly:
a) an iron	b) a dagger	c) a sword	d) a cloak clasp	Find out

2. Who's head is on the gold Roman coins found in Kempsey?
a) Nero	b) Julius Caesar	c) Claudius	d) Constantine the Great	Find out

3. The population of Kempsey fell from 600 in 1299 A.D. to only 86 in 1327 A.D. Why?
a) Earthquakes	b) The Plague	c) Flooding	d) The Black Death	Find out

4. Kempsey was raided in the English Civil War. Who was the target?
a) Cromwell	b) Charles I	c) Charles II	d) Colonel Betsworth	Find out

Advanced questions

1. How did Sabrina, who gave her name to the River Severn, die?
a) Old Age	b) In battle	c) In childbirth	d) Drowned	Find out

2. How much was Kempsey worth in 1086?
a) £1	b) £7	c) £16	d) £100	Find out

3. What was the lowest level of peasant in the Domesday Book?
a) reeve	b) villein	c) bordar	d) cottar	Find out

4. Counties are often divided into 'hundreds'. What hundred is Kempsey in?
a) Cuthburgelow	b) Oswaldslow	c) Winburgetreow	d) Wulfereslaw	Find out

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Last updated 12^th January 1999.

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Sorry, you are not correct. Rev. Purton says, "The derivation "Camp's Eye" found in Lewis's Topographical Dictionary is too absurd to meet the examination." Click here to go back to the easy questions.

Sorry, you are not correct. Although Gold Roman coins with Nero's head on have been found in Kempsey, the milestone is not dedicated to him. It was set up after his time. Click here to go back to the easy questions.

Sorry, you are not correct. Julius Caesar's armies raided the south coast of Britain in 55 B.C.(click here to go to an external site with details of this raid, translated from the writings of Caesar himself), but the milestone was not set up until after 307 A.D., when Constantine became Emperor.

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Last updated 15^th August 1999.

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