40 Medieval Trivia Questions for Kids

1. What is the wide ditch around a medieval castle called?

2. Which castle bridge could be lifted to close the entrance?

3. What is the heavy castle gate that slides up and down in grooves?

4. What is the main strong tower of a medieval castle called?

5. In a motte-and-bailey castle, what was the motte?

6. Which castle entertainer told jokes and performed comic tricks?

7. Where would a medieval castle household gather for a large meal?

8. What could castle residents lower a bucket into to collect water from underground?

9. A medieval blacksmith heated and shaped which metal to make things such as horseshoes?

10. Which medieval craft worker repaired shoes?

11. Which village worker ground grain into flour?

12. Which machine did a medieval weaver use to make cloth?

13. What soft earth did a medieval potter shape into bowls and pots?

14. A thatcher worked on which part of a medieval cottage?

15. What was a young person learning a medieval craft from a master called?

16. What was a group of medieval craft workers in the same trade called?

17. What were medieval parchment pages made from?

18. What was a medieval quill pen made from?

19. Which worker carefully copied the words in a medieval book by hand?

20. Which yellow metal was used in very thin sheets to make some medieval book pages shine?

21. What did medieval bookbinders call the groups of folded sheets they sewed together?

22. Which material often formed the stiff front and back boards of a medieval book?

23. What was a scriptorium in a medieval monastery?

24. What is an initial in a decorated medieval manuscript?

25. What kind of food was the medieval dish pottage?

26. Some medieval diners used a thick slice of what as a trencher beneath their food?

27. What did a medieval spinner use a spindle to make?

28. Before wool was spun, it could be carded. What did this help remove?

29. Which plant supplied fibers for medieval linen?

30. If a medieval field was left fallow, what did that mean?

31. What turned the large wheel of a medieval watermill?

32. What supplied the power that turned a medieval windmill's sails?

33. What shape at the top of an arch is a famous feature of medieval Gothic buildings?

34. What is the colorful glass used in many medieval cathedral windows called?

35. A medieval gargoyle with a spout helped carry what away from a building?

36. What did the outside stone arches called flying buttresses help do?

37. A medieval pilgrim traveled to visit what kind of place?

38. What job did a packhorse do for medieval travelers?

39. What did a medieval merchant mainly do for a living?

40. What could medieval travelers find at an inn?