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Activities and games

Quizzes and games from resources across our site.
  • Tudor Joust

    Tudor JoustChoose your horse, select your armour and try your skills against four jousting champions

  • Tudor Hackney

    Tudor HackneyEnter the 3D virtual reality model of Tudor Hackney.

  • Great War trench game

    Great War trench gameCan you deliver an important message before the time runs out?

  • Build a bomb shelter

    Build a bomb shelterIt is 1940 and the government has issued you with all the materials needed to build an Anderson Shelter. See how much of the shelter you can build.

  • Spies

    SpiesSee if you have the makings of a secret agent. Your job is to identify suspicious activity then answer a question.

  • Lights Out

    Lights OutYou've forgotten to put your blackout curtains up and German bombers are fast approaching! You have 5 seconds to turn out 5 lights. Can you do it?

  • Empire Home Front

    Empire Home FrontThe British government has ordered the evacuation of women and children from Hong Kong. Can you cross the sea without being torpedoed?

  • Guilty or innocent?

    Guilty or innocent?You are the magistrate at court. It is your job to sentence all the convicts that pass in front of you. How will you decide their fate?

  • The Watchman

    The WatchmanYou must prepare the watchman for action by equipping him with three appropriate tools.

  • Tug of war

    Tug of warWho runs the country? See who wins with this tug of war.

  • Catch the robber

    Catch the robberA medieval crime has been committed!

  • The train

    The trainNew inventions gave wonderful opportunities to ordinary people. Use your brainpower to get that steam train to the seaside.

  • Victorian crime

    Victorian crimePatrol the streets as a 'peeler', catch the criminals and decide their punishment. If you don't get it right, they'll escape.