Quiz time: Super Saxons!
Put your knowledge of the Anglo-Saxons to the test with our quick quiz.
1. Which of these was not one of the groups of people who moved to England from Europe and became known as Anglo-Saxons?
A) Angles
B) Jutes
C) Celts
D) Saxons
2. What did St Augustine do for the Anglo-Saxons?
A) Sang pop songs
B) Converted them to Christianity
C) Gave them magic beans
D) Fought for them
3. Where did the Vikings come from?
A) Spain
B) Somerset
C) Sicily
D) Scandinavia
4. Which famous Anglo-Saxon king successfully defended his kingdom of Wessex against the Vikings?
A) Alfred the Great
B) Albert the Gate
C) Alun the Plate
D) Alvin the Weight
5. Which of these wasn’t an Anglo-Saxon kingdom?
A) Mercia
B) Ireland
C) Wessex
D) Northumbria
6. Which language did the Anglo-Saxons speak?
A) Modern Latin
B) Medieval Dutch
C) Ancient Greek
D) Old English
7. Which of these is not an Anglo-Saxon saint?
A) St Cuthbert
B) St Bernard
C) St Wilfred
D) St Hild
8. Where did Anglo-Saxon monks live?
A) Castles
B) Inns
C) Monasteries
D) Nunneries
Celts
Celts
A Viking
A Viking
Alfred the Great
Alfred the Great
St Hild
St Hild
Check your answers - how many did you get right?
How many answers did you get right?
1. C – The Celts (they already lived in Britain before the Romans invaded in AD 43).
2. B – St Augustine converted the Saxons to Christianity. He arrived in Kent and set up a new Abbey in AD 598. Within 100 years, the whole of England had been converted.
3. D – The Vikings came from Scandinavia.
4. A – Alfred the Great was king of Wessex from AD 871 - AD 886, and of the Anglo-Saxons from AD 886 until his death in AD 899.
5. B – Ireland was not an Anglo-Saxon kingdom.
6. D – The Anglo-Saxons spoke Old English.
7. B – St Bernard was a medieval French saint. St Cuthbert was bishop of Lindisfarne, St Wilfred was bishop of York, and St Hild was the Abbess at Whitby.
8. C – Monks lived in monasteries.
1. C – The Celts (they already lived in Britain before the Romans invaded in AD 43).
2. B – St Augustine converted the Saxons to Christianity. He arrived in Kent and set up a new Abbey in AD 598. Within 100 years, the whole of England had been converted.
3. D – The Vikings came from Scandinavia.
4. A – Alfred the Great was king of Wessex from AD 871 - AD 886, and of the Anglo-Saxons from AD 886 until his death in AD 899.
5. B – Ireland was not an Anglo-Saxon kingdom.
6. D – The Anglo-Saxons spoke Old English.
7. B – St Bernard was a medieval French saint. St Cuthbert was bishop of Lindisfarne, St Wilfred was bishop of York, and St Hild was the Abbess at Whitby.
8. C – Monks lived in monasteries.
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