- London had problem with rats, dogs and pigs in middle ages (AD13)
- Blood pudding was popular in the Middle Ages because the animal can be bled without killing it
- Trenchers where the Medieval form of sandwich
- Horses were often stolen in Middle Ages and then blinded to stop them walking back to their owners
- In Middle Ages, Carrots were not orange .. this happened later in 1700s
- Eating of meat on Wednesday's Friday's and Saturdays was forbidden
- Lepers were anybody with a skin disease.
Friday, 23 March 2012
7 medieval facts
Thanks to Jules for today's submission.
Thursday, 22 March 2012
7 national mapping agencies
- Ordnance Survey (GB)
- Geoscience Australia
- Institut Géographique National (France)
- Instituto Geográfico Nacional (Spain)
- National Bureau of Surveying and Mapping (China)
- Istituto Geografico Militare (Italy)
- Swisstopo (Switzerland)
Wednesday, 21 March 2012
7 cheeses make from sheeps milk
- Pecorino Siciliano
- Lanark Blue
- Brânză de burduf
- Roquefort
- Fine Fettle Yorkshire
- Feta
- Zamorano
Tuesday, 20 March 2012
7 ingredients for Italian macarons
- 150g aged egg whites
- 150g fresh egg whites
- 400g caster sugar
- 100ml water
- 250g ground almonds
- 250g icing sugar
- food colouring to suit
Monday, 19 March 2012
7 QUESTIONS WE GOT RIGHT IN THIS WEEK'S UNIVERSITY CHALLANGE
- Star Trek
- Fibonacci Primes
- Max Planck
- Steampunk
- Saturn / Titan
- Vladamir Putin
- 70s
Sunday, 18 March 2012
7 of the DNFs in the 2012 Australian Grand Prix
- Bruno Senna - Accident Damage
- Felipe Massa - Accident Damage
- Heikki Kovalainen - Suspension
- Vitaly Petrov - Steering
- Michael Schumacher - Gearbox
- Romain Grosjean - Accident
- Niko Hulkenberg - Accident Damage