Elizabeth KQ3

Question 1

Bear-baiting

Answer 1

Attached to a stake in the middle by a rope and trained bulldogs would slowly be released to attack the bear
Another variant where 5 or 6 men with whips would attack a blindfolded bear

Question 2

Bull-baiting

Answer 2

A bull would have a rope attached to its horns attaching it to a stake and it would have trained bulldogs released one by one to attack it

Question 3

Cockfighting

Answer 3

2-20 birds, most commonly 2, would be placed in a ring and people would place bets on who was most likely to survive.

Question 4

Hunting

Answer 4

Hunted in their own deer parks
Provided them with food
Great Hunt Picnics would see them hunt stags, deer and hares on foot or horseback

Question 5

Hawking

Answer 5

Falcons or hawks were trained to fly off a trainers arm and attack selected prey. They had bells attached to their legs to track them

Question 6

Archery

Answer 6

Men over 24 were expected to practice
They were expected to do so after church
They had long bows and crossbows

Question 7

Dancing

Answer 7

The upper class enjoyed the slow Paven, galhard and garotte
The Volta was considered too wild and disgusting
The queen liked it and was accomplished

Question 8

Music and singing

Answer 8

They were practiced at home
They would play the recorder, lute and virginds
Tallis, Byrd and molley were famous English composers

Question 9

Ball games

Answer 9

They played tennis with their hands or a racket
They also played skittles and Kayles (bowls)
Football was violent with few rules, could last several miles and often involved deaths

Question 10

How many theatres were there at the start of her reign?

Answer 10

None

Question 11

Strolling players

Answer 11

Travelled to perform in towns to townsfolk, farmers, tradesmen, women and children in inn courtyards and town squares
Wealthy landowners had private performances in their homes
Authorities decided that it would encourage people to rebel and spreaded the plague so they were banned

Question 12

What replaces strolling players?

Answer 12

Theatre companies- sometimes performed to the queen

Question 13

What did they have to do to be allowed to play?

Answer 13

Be authorised by the lord chamberlain

Question 14

When and what was the first purpose built theatre?

Answer 14

It was called the theatre and was opened in 1576

Question 15

When was the globe opened?

Answer 15

It was opened in 1594 and it was built by cuthbert and Richard burbage. The lord chamberlain’s men performed there

Question 16

Stage

Answer 16

Held up by thick pillars to look like marble, raised for the whole audience to see

Question 17

Outside

Answer 17

They had plain, limewashed walls and a thatched roof. They would fire a flag or shoot a cannon when a performance would happen

Question 18

The canopy

Answer 18

It was used to symbolise heaven and was painted with stars, the sun and the moon. Had a large door for a god or goddess

Question 19

The roof

Answer 19

Only over the galleries, the actors and viewers in the middle were exposed

Question 20

Galleries

Answer 20

Unlike the central pit, they had seats and a roof for a few extra pennies

Question 21

Trapdoor

Answer 21

The actors would enter through a backstage door or a trap door over the stage to symbolise heaven and under for hell

Question 22

Famous playwrights

Answer 22

William Shakespeare
Christopher Marlowe
Thomas kyd