Q 01/05

In Malory, the sword in the stone appears in a churchyard at which feast?

A) Christmas

B) Easter

C) Pentecost

D) Midsummer

Answer · why

A) Christmas

Christmas. Merlin has the Archbishop summon every lord to pray for a sign on the night of Christ's birth, to show who should rightly be king.

Q 02/05

Arthur's sword is called Caledfwlch, not Excalibur, in early tales in which language?

A) Welsh

B) Latin

C) Old Norse

D) Irish

Answer · why

A) Welsh

Welsh. In the early tale Culhwch and Olwen, Arthur offers his young cousin any gift he asks except a few treasures he will not part with: his sword an...

Q 03/05

In his Latin chronicle, Geoffrey of Monmouth called Arthur's sword what?

A) Caliburnus

B) Escalibor

C) Gladius Rex

D) Ferrum Britanniae

Answer · why

A) Caliburnus

Caliburnus. As Geoffrey's history spread across the Continent, French poets reworked the name into Escalibor, and later writers finally settled on Exc...

Q 04/05

According to Geoffrey of Monmouth, where was Arthur's sword forged?

A) Avalon

B) Camelot

C) Tintagel

D) Caerleon

Answer · why

A) Avalon

Avalon. Geoffrey brings the story full circle: after his last battle the mortally wounded Arthur is carried to the same island to be healed.

Q 05/05

In Malory, the sword in the stone appears in a churchyard in which city?

A) Winchester

B) London

C) York

D) Canterbury

Answer · why

B) London

London. Malory admits he cannot say whether the church was St Paul's, because 'the French book maketh no mention': he was reworking older French roman...