Anatomy of a Castle - Statistics

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
Inner stronghold that often housed the lord & his family	Keep	100%
Room where barrels of alcohol, not sticks of margarine, were stored	Buttery	50%
Wooden bridge leading to a gate, able to be raised or lowered	Drawbridge	50%
The ditch, either wet or dry, that may surround it	Moat	50%
An earthen mound with a flat top on which castles were often built	Motte	50%
Vertical wooden grilles that protected a gate	Portcullis	50%
Rows of arches supported by columns, either freestanding or attached to a wall	Arcading	0%
Courtyard within the castle	Bailey	0%
A forward defensive structure often jutting out from one	Barbican	0%
A specific type of the above, notched for defense.	Battlement	0%
The outermost wall of the castle, often connecting towers	Curtain wall	0%
Gaps in that wall for launching arrows or other projectiles	Embrasures	0%
Complex of towers, bridges, and barriers that protected an entrance	Gatehouse	0%
The solid parts of said wall between those gaps	Merlons	0%
Openings in the ceiling of the gateway passage used to pour boiling oil and other objects on attackers. Or, less excitingly, to pour water on fires.	Murder holes	0%
A low, defensive wall, between chest and head height	Parapet	0%
A secondary gate, commonly located at the rear of the castle	Postern gate	0%
Term commonly applied to a lord's private chambers; not a precursor to sun rooms	Solar	0%

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