ANSWERS TO LONGBOW QUIZ
1.We don't know the exact date but it was at least 30 ,000 years ago!
2. It comes from the French word for bow 'arc'.
3. It was made of yew.
4. Arrow shafts found on the MaryRose were made of poplar, ash, hazel and beech.
5. Usually it was made of linen.
6. Usually goose feathers were used.
7. Usually it was made of cow's horn.
8. Only if they were on horseback. Normally archers on foot carried containers of arrows tied to their belts. It was much easier to get them out in a hurry.
9. He was called a bowyer.
10. He was called a fletcher.
11. He was called an arrowsmith.
12. He was called a stringer of stringfellow.
13. An archer could shoot 10-12 arrows a minute.
14. An archer could shoot an arrow at least 250 yards (about 220 metres).
15. 90 metres
16. Yes there were many different types for different purposes.
17. Longbows varied in length but those found on the MaryRose were between 1.87 metres and 1.98 metres.
18. Sluys
19. Crecy
20. Seven years old.
21. Richard I (Richard the Lionheart).
22. It was in 1940. A British officer took his longbow with him to France and he shot a couple of arrows at the Germans.
23. Yes they did! Archery was considered a ladylike sport.
24. Yes she did!
25. A toxophilite