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Quiz 36 Answers

1. During the High Middle Ages, what sport was popular with the European nobility:
a. Olympic fencing
b. American football
c. basketball
d. jousting


2. The joust was usually part of a larger athletic competition know as a:
a. tourney or tournament
b. festival
c. battle sport
d. bout


3. Tournament sports, such as jousting, were developed to train what type of soldiers:

a. gladiators
b. pikemen
c. knights and cavalry
d. sailors


4. Knights and noblemen who participated in the tourneys were expected to behave according to what moral principles:

a. chivalry
b. poverty
c. zen
d. charity

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