Middle Age Challenge
Our friends seem that have gone somewhere in the kingdom of the great conqueror Jaime the first, king of Valencia and heir to Aragon’s Crown.
The Middle Age was a dark time, full of wars, place for the falling of great empires and powerful kings.
Some knights of Jaime the first’s court have offered themselves to host our friends and give them a roof in exchange of helping them, so they can get ready for the battle and entertain the king’s court.
In order to do that, they have had to get prepared for war by training with the nobility in different sports that were practiced in the kingdom at that time. Some of them were:
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Horse tournaments
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Jousting
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Hunting (major and minor)
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Falconry
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Polo
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Equestrianism
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Ball games
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Archery / Crossbow
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Fighting
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Stone throwing
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Pull a rope
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Table games (such as Chess)
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Entertainment: buffoons and jugglers
The price set for their freedom is to win a court’s knight into a tournament.
For achieving that, they must practice each sport, until being able to pass every test.
CHALLENGE: Each group must look for information about at least 7 of the above mentioned sports and explain them. Only doing that, we will be able to help our friends to escape out of the kingdom and recovering their freedom back.
