Middle Ages Entertainment and Games

What was the favorite sporting pastime of the nobility?

• Football

• Hunting

• Golf

• Wrestling

What was a troubadour?

• A type of gambling game

• A type of musical instrument

• A traveling entertainer who played music and told stories

• A person who loved to hunt

What game that came from Persia was popular with the nobility during the Middle Ages?

• Chess

• Monopoly

• Backgammon

• Scrabble

What was a hurdy-gurdy?

• A fun game enjoyed by children

• A singer who traveled from town to town

• A complicated board game enjoyed by the nobility

• A type of musical instrument

What was plainsong?

• A song about the flat plains of Europe

• A simple song sung by troubadours

• A way that monks sung by chanting in a single key

The average peasant during the Middle Ages never celebrated, played games, or had fun.

• TRUE

• FALSE

What was the entertainer called who added in acrobatics and juggling to the show of a troubadour?

• Jongleur

• Mummer

• Bowler

• Hurdy-gurdy

What days did people in the Middle Ages celebrate with games and parties?

• Vacation days

• Weekends

• Festival days

What type of stories did troubadours usually tell?

• Scary stories about ghosts

• Religious stories about the pope

• Boring stories about farming

• Romantic stories about heroic knights

What were people who dressed up in disguises for festivals called?

• Troubadours

• Acrobats

• Mummers

• Jongleurs