Packet 1: Bonus 13
This queen ordered the building of a latrine at Queenhithe which is sometimes called London’s first public toilet. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this wife of Henry I. This queen shared her regnal name with her daughter, who escaped across the frozen Thames during her cousin’s 1142 siege of Oxford.
ANSWER: Matilda of Scotland [accept Edith or Maud]
[10e] Matilda of Scotland also commissioned the first stone-arched example of these structures in England, which was built near Bow. Matilda may be the “fair lady” in a nursery rhyme about one of these structures “falling down.”
ANSWER: bridges [accept Bow Bridge or “London Bridge is Falling Down”]
[10m] Matilda founded a hospital named for St Giles that cared for these stigmatised people, who were often made to cover their faces and wear bells on their person.
ANSWER: lepers [or people with leprosy; or people with Hansen’s disease; accept leper hospitals or leper colonies]
<Briticisers, European History> | Packet A
| Editions | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 13 | 25.38 | 100% | 100% | 54% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birmingham | Imperial D | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Bristol | Imperial C | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Cambridge B | Warwick | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Cambridge C | Cambridge A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | HEM |
| Cambridge D | LSE | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Cambridge E | Southampton | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Imperial A | Cardiff | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | HEM |
| Oxford | Imperial B | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK (North) | UK | Y | 5 | 30.00 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| UK (South) | UK | Y | 8 | 22.50 | 100% | 100% | 25% |