Can you name the pilgrims in the Canterbury Tales?

Can you name the pilgrims in the Canterbury Tales? Enter a pilgrim in the box below Correctly named pilgrims will show up below Answers do not have to be guessed in order This game contributed by me777 on 11/13/2009 You have 6 minutes to guess after you click the button below.	Popular trivia games today Fewest Letters 2 7213 Films by Characters in Other Films II 4819 Harry Potter Top 200 3169 Song Title Fill-in-the-Blank 2500 Adam Sandler Movies by Recurring Themes 2413 2010 NCAA Tournament Teams 1979 TV Show Opening Credits 1557 And more...
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	sheep:	Nov 18th, 2009 at 01:43 GMT	8 points
	Great quiz, I come from Canterbury and there are loads of streets and pubs named after these.

	Yersinia:	Nov 18th, 2009 at 01:56 GMT	6 points
	Slightly harsh not to accept 'doctor' for 'doctor of medicine', or 'wyf' for 'wife'

	Patisteas:	Nov 18th, 2009 at 05:28 GMT	4 points
	And Nun's priest for priests?

	Speenatch:	Nov 18th, 2009 at 07:38 GMT	3 points
	I'm pretty sure it's known that although the narrator is not necessarily the author himself, his name actually is Chaucer. I think you should allow "Chaucer" as an acceptable answer for "Narrator."

	IanW:	Nov 18th, 2009 at 17:47 GMT	3 points
	Should accept ploughman for plowman - whatever Chaucer used, modern British English spelling has to be acceptable, right? And I also tried the nuns priest which is what I have heard the tale called. Don't know where the apostrophe should go but sporcle never seems to require them.

	me777:	Nov 19th, 2009 at 01:02 GMT	1 point
	i'm sorry. i tried to include as many alternates as i could think of, but obviously i didn't add enough. does anyone know if it's possible to edit the answers after a game is published?

	C:	Nov 19th, 2009 at 18:46 GMT	-1 points
	Anyone else notice the freaky placing of Shipman / Doctor of Medicine - creepy!

	RebeccaAMax:	Nov 19th, 2009 at 22:52 GMT	1 point
	Needs "Chaucer" for "narrator," "Harry Bailly" for "host," "second nun" for "nun," "nun's priest." (I don't think it's possible for you to add now - we can hope Sporcle gets on it.)

	raine:	Nov 20th, 2009 at 23:09 GMT	1 point
	I second "nun's priests" as a viable option, and perhaps sailor for Shipman.

	erant:	Nov 23rd, 2009 at 09:31 GMT	0 points
	I always thought it was the "arras-maker", not a tapestry maker. I guess I read the non-abridged and footnoted version back in high school.

	tinajoehnk:	Nov 24th, 2009 at 03:55 GMT	2 points
	After reading the comments, some people are asking to have 'Chaucer' be accepted for 'narrator', but please ignore this because they are two completely different things. Chaucer, when writing this tale, created a third-party person, the narrator, that is writing about these people on the pilgrimage.

	boredteacher84:	Nov 25th, 2009 at 19:14 GMT	1 point
	You should accept sailor or seaman for the shipman, the clerk is also called the student or oxford cleric.