TO celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, PM Boris Johnson plans to allow UK shops to once again trade in pounds and ounces – imperial measurements.
It would be the first time since an EU directive in 2000 ordered us to march to their metric mantra.
But are we inching back to the Middle Ages? Will we be rolling out the firkin of ale?
Nipping down to Tesco for a bushel of apples? Does Boris want to make Britain groat again? To put us on the rood to recovery?
To help you prepare, Amy Jones has ten fun questions about our odd imperial measures of old. Answers below.
1) How many groats are there in one old pound?
- A. 30
- B. 60
- C. 90
2) How many ells does a king-size duvet measure lengthways?
- A. 2
- B. 50
- C. 100
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3) The area of a standard football pitch should be how many roods?
- A. 5
- B. 6
- C. 7
4) How many barleycorns would a six-inch Subway sandwich measure?
- A. 18
- B. 12
- C. 9
5) One bushel of apples weighs how many pounds?
- A. 38lb
- B. 48lb
- C. 58lb
6) How many traditional servings of mead would fit into a pint glass?
- A. Half
- B. 2
- C. 4
7) How many leagues is it from Land’s End to John o’Groats?
- A. 291
- B. 591
- C. 791
8) How long is the Grand National in chains?
- A. 2
- B. 345
- C. 568
9) How many pounds in a hundredweight?
- A. 100lb
- B. 112lb
- C. 150lb
10) How many firkins in a barrel of beer?
- A. 4
- B. 8
- C. 16
