Domesday - how well did you understand the podcats?

What happened in 1066?
1. Duke William of Normandy conquered England.
2. King Harold beat William in a battle.
3. The Domesday Book was written.
In 1085, what was William thinking?
1. I need more soldiers.
2. I hate this English weather. Let's go back to Normandy.
3. I wish I knew how much land each of my nobles has.
How did William collect information for the Domesday Book?
1. He visited all parts of his kingdom himself.
2. He asked people to send in photos and short articles.
3. He sent officials whom he could trust to find the facts about land ownership.
Whic of these questions did William's officials NOT ask?
1. How many pigs are there?
2. How many bedrooms are there in your house?
3. How many slaves do you have?
Who actually wrote the Domesday Book?
1. a scribe
2. King William
3. a computer
It was called the Domesday book because:
1. what it said was final. You could not argue with it.
2. on the Judgement Day, people would need the Domesday Book to help them.
3. it was one of the most unusual documents in Europe.
At the National Archive in Kew, you can:
1. see the Domesday Book
2. see the first BBC computer
3. see copies of the Domesday Book.
What did the BBC decide to do in 1985?
1. They decided to put the Domesday Book online.
2. They decided to make a new Domesday Book recording ordinary life in the mid-1980s.
3. They decided to build and sell a computer
Who gathered the information for the BBC's Domesday project?
1. Schools and community groups all over the country.
2. government officials.
3. laser discs
What do the BBC want now?
1. They want to find a computer that can read laser discs.
2. They want to put information from their Domesday project online.
3. They want people to send them new articles and photographs.

Domesday - how well did you understand the podcats?

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