Context: The city's municipal government was dominated by about 12–15 merchant families, whose wealth came from overseas trade with continental Europe — in particular the export of wool and hides and the import of salt, iron and wine. The medieval population of Cork was about 2,100 people. It suffered a severe blow in 1349 when almost half the townspeople died of plague when the Black Death arrived in the town. In 1491, Cork played a part in the English Wars of the Roses when Perkin Warbeck a pretender to the English throne, landed in the city and tried to recruit support for a plot to overthrow Henry VII of England. The then mayor of Cork and several important citizens went with Warbeck to England but when the rebellion collapsed they were all captured and executed. The title of Mayor of Cork was established by royal charter in 1318, and the title was changed to Lord Mayor in 1900 following the knighthood of the incumbent Mayor by Queen Victoria on her Royal visit to the city.

Question: Who controlled Cork's municipal government?
Answer: 12–15 merchant families, whose wealth came from overseas trade with continental Europe

Question: How many citizens were origionally in Cork?
Answer: about 2,100

Question: What caused the deaths of half of Cork's citizens?
Answer: Black Death

Question: When did the plague hit Cork?
Answer: 1349

Question: Who tried to recruit citizens of Cork to overthrow Henry VII?
Answer: Perkin Warbeck

Question: How many aristocratic families dominated the government?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: Who exported salt, iron and wine to continental Europe?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: Who did Cork import wool and hides from?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: What killed half the people in the 13th century?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: What war did Cork take part in in the 1400's?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: What was the medieval population of England?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: How many people died in England from the Black Death in 1349?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: Who did Henry VII want to overthrow in 1491?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: What did Henry VII try to do for a plot to overthrow Perkin Warbeck?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: Why did Henry VII change the title of Mayor of Cork to Lord Mayor in 1491?
Answer: Unanswerable