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History Quiz

1. Saltpetre, sulphur and charcoal are the three main ingredients for making gunpowder.	True False True
2. Gunpowder is only used for warfare in guns and cannons	True False False. It is also used for sport, recreation and entertainment (fireworks).
3. Wooden punts were used to move gunpowder around sites	True False True
4. Due to the risk of explosions most gunpowder works were situated in remote areas	True False True
5. Buildings were close together so transportation of gunpowder was kept minimal	True False False. They were spaced out, often in a line surrounded by blast banks
6. Gunpowder has been made at Oare for nine centuries	True False False. It was nearly four centuries, from 1690-1934.
7. Oare was one of three gunpowder works in the Faversham area	True False True, there was also 'Marshworks', just north east of Oare and 'Homeworks' which was where Faversham town centre and Ospringe are situated now
8. The ivy and ferns that you see around the buildings at Oare were originally planted there to hide/cover up the walls	True False False. The plants grew up after the works had gone out of use
9. Saltpetre was originally obtained from pigeon droppings or other manure	True False True, until later on when it was obtained from mineral deposits
10. Cassell's magazine reported in 1899 that over the past ten years there had been 121 deaths and 267 injured during the making of gunpowder in the UK	True False True
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