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Submitted by Thorgrim on Saturday, 04 September 2004  Page Views: 7188

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1...The bluestones came from Wales, but from where were the sarsens brought?

2...Who directed the excavation of Flag Fen?

3...Name the two remaining stones of the Beckhampton Avenue

4...Stalled chambers or cairns are only found in one part of Britain. Where?

5...Sometimes called Sunkenkirk, what is it and where?

6...Who wrote the book "Rock around the Peak"?

7...What is dendrochronology?

8...A large fossil ammonite is to be seen on the portal of which barrow?

9...What and where is Grimspound?

10..What is a palstave?

11..What are Aubrey holes?

12..Where and what is Mother Grundy's Parlour?

13..Bronze Age gold lost and found again at Buckingham Palace. What is it?

14..Other than a painful lump, what is a cist?
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15..What is a pot boiler?

16..Where is the Bordastubble Standing Stone?

17..Not the fairy kind, what are raths and where are they found?

18..What kind of stone required a saddle and rider?

19..Legend tells that a witch was buried upright in this round barrow.

20..What is a carnyx?

21.....Who connects Avebury with Dundee?
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Tea Time Teasers Answers by Andy B on Tuesday, 08 July 2008
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Answers to the Tea Time Teasers

1...The bluestones came from Wales, but from where were the sarsens brought?
.......Marlborough Downs, Fyfield Downs

2...Who directed the excavation of Flag Fen?
.......Francis Pryor

3...Name the two remaining stones of the Beckhampton Avenue
.......Adam and Eve

4...Stalled chambers or cairns are only found in one part of Britain. Where?
.......Orkney

5...Sometimes called Sunkenkirk, what is it and where?
.......Swinside Stone Circle, Cumbria

6...Who wrote "Rock around the Peak"?
....... Vicky and Paul Morgan

7...What is dendrochronology?
.......Tree ring dating

8...A large fossil ammonite is to be seen on the portal of which barrow?
.......Stoney Littleton, Somerset

9...What and where is Grimspound?
.......Prehistoric settlement on Dartmoor.

10..What is a palstave?
.......Bronze Age axe with flanges and a stop ridge.

11..What are Aubrey holes?
.......A circle of pits or post holes at Stonehenge

12..Where and what is Mother Grundy's Parlour?
.......Mesolithic cave site at Cresswell Crags, Derbyshire

13..Bronze Age gold lost and found again at Buckingham Palace. What is it?
.......The Rillaton Cup was excavated in 1837 and given to William IV. Used by George IV to hold his collar studs, it was given to the British Museum in 1937

14..Other than a painful lump, what is a cist?
........A grave formed by stone slabs set on edge forming a box.

15..What is a pot boiler?
........Fire heated stone dropped into a container to heat water

16..Where is the Bordastubble Standing Stone?
........On Unst, Shetland. See photo for Burragarth on the Portal

17..Not the fairy kind, what are raths and where are they found?
........Bank and ditch enclosed settlements of south-west Wales (similar to the rounds of Devon and Cornwall)

18..What kind of stone required a saddle and rider?
........Saddle quern - earliest type of quern. The saddle is the lower stone that holds the corn and the rider is the grinding stone that is pushed to and fro.

19..Legend tells that a witch was buried upright in this round barrow.
........Nan Tow's Tump. Glos.

20..What is a carnyx?
........Animal headed bronze war trumpet of the late Iron Age

21.....Who connects Avebury with Dundee?
........Alexander Keiller, heir to the Dundee marmalade business, was largely responsible for the preservation of Avebury. He bought, excavated and restored Avebury and gave it to the National Trust in 1943

Answers verified from the Handbook of British Archaeology by L & R Adkins
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Re: Tea Time Teasers by AngieLake on Sunday, 05 September 2004
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Bighead here again! - After checking the answers, I got 15, and two 'half' points in the end! (No.1, got the right area, but didn't know the name, so had a half for that) and (No.4, put Scotland - Orkney is technically Scotland, so had a half for that!) I put Ireland for raths, as I've been to Rathgall (the Ring of the Rath) on the Carlow/Wicklow border two or three times. Can I have a point for that? (2, 15 and 19 were the ones I didn't know).
Only got 46 in the Test the Nation music quiz tonight on BBC TV, but because of my age, it put me in the top 20%!
Can we have some more of these please?
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    Re: Tea Time Teasers by Thorgrim on Sunday, 05 September 2004
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    Seriously impressed! Only knew 13 myself without looking! New competition launching today. Looks like you will walk away with a prize!
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Re: Tea Time Teasers by Rich32 on Saturday, 04 September 2004
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5 I'm afraid, its nice to know that 17yrs after leaving school, I can still be bottom of the class :-)
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Re: Tea Time Teasers by AngieLake on Saturday, 04 September 2004
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I answered 18 off the top of my head, and am fairly happy about 15 of them. Curiosity got the better of me with one question, and I looked it up in the dictionary, but it wasn't there! So I really haven't cheated! (Pride goes before a fall, they say!!!)
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Re: Tea Time Teasers by ocifant on Friday, 03 September 2004
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I answered about 14 before having to resort to research. Gawd knows if I got those ones right though...
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    Re: Tea Time Teasers by Thorgrim on Friday, 03 September 2004
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    Pretty good - our Editor scored 14 and 2 halves

    Anyone go one better?
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    Re: Tea Time Teasers by ocifant on Saturday, 04 September 2004
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    Well I've just checked, and the 14 I answered were all correct! I didn't have a clue about the others though :(

    oh, and Raths are also featured quite strongly in Ireland - I saw a few on my trip over there in 2003.
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Re: Tea Time Teasers by Daveyravey on Friday, 03 September 2004
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Beat ya, 7 for me

Dave
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Re: Tea Time Teasers by kooljeff on Monday, 30 August 2004
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Oh the shame of it :(

I could only answer five questions off the top of my head. Oh well back to school for me then.
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