Several people were able name specific movies in which they had seen catapults, such as Robin Hood and Monty Python's Holy Grail. In hindsight, I feel this group would be larger if respondents had been queried in a more thorough manner. Because most people filled the surveys out at the end of the classes in which I distributed them, it is quite possible that answers were hastily constructed and written without adequate consideration. Nonetheless, my assumptions of people's perceptions of catapults were justified through this survey. Most people are well aware of the word catapult itself, however have very limited understanding of what it actually had meant in the past and what it means today.
Few people understand the depth of the history of the catapult.
This is what interested me in creating a visual history of catapults. Television and movies have taught most people. School, Books, Games. Feel free to let us know what's on your mind.