Pride & Prejudice
The original title of Pride and Prejudice.
What is "First Impressions"?
This insect is the leading cause of Anthony's trauma.
What is a bee?
Pride and Prejudice and Frankenstein were released the same year. Bridgerton (season 1) also takes place this year.
What is 1813?
One of my celebrity crushes.
Who is Regé-Jean Page? (The Duke)
This famous fictional detective is as *spicy* as I am.
Who is Sherlock Holmes?
Conflicts between the British and China was over a specific drug.
What are the Opium Wars (1839–1860)?
"What a superbly featured room and what excellent boiled potatoes! Many years since I've had such an exemplary vegetable. To which of my fair cousins should I compliment the excellence of the cooking?".
Who is Mr. Collins?
My favorite season of Bridgerton and my favorite pairing.
What is Season 1 and who are Daphne and Simon.
The order of a three tier stand for a traditional afternoon tea.
What is savory at the bottom, scones in the middle, sweet at the top?
Pride and Prejudice character that I relate to the most.
Who is Mr. Darcy?
Comfort movie/show when I am STRESSED. *Bonus 50 if you can specify how many times I watched it within one month
What is Pride and Prejudice?
The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte by the Duke of Wellington.
What is the Battle of Waterloo, 1815?
“Follies and nonsense, whims and inconsistencies, do divert me, I own, and I laugh at them whenever I can.”
Blind Tea Pouring:
1. Select one team member and blindfold them. Rest of the team turns around.
2. Heryann arranges cups for water pouring.
3. Team turns around. Heryann hands tea kettle to blindfolded team member.
4. Team members will guide blindfolded team member to fill cups. Cups will be marked. Amount = # of points.
5. Team with most points wins.
This district is the main location for the Bridgerton series.
What is Mayfair, London?
Name 2 key elements of Regency fashion.
What are:
Oh, I leave quite an impression
Five feet to be exact....
Height accuracy:
1. Pick a team member.
2. Blindfold team member.
3. Spin around 7 times.
4. How close can they get to my height?
I can't read, and I gaslit myself with a specific theater for a specific play. Name both.
What is Royal Albert Hall? What is Phantom of the Opera?
On the Origin of Species (1859) was published by this naturalist and solidified this theory.
Who is Charles Darwin and what is the theory of evolution?
Name all Bennett sisters in birth order (eldest to youngest)
Who are Jane, Elizabeth, Mary, Kitty, Lydia?
"Dearest Gentle Readers..."
Lady Whistledown's Gossip Race (Bracket system: team vs. team telephone)
1. Pick 1 Team member, everyone else form a line side by side.
2. Selected team member writes a piece of gossip about opposing team, without disclosing to anyone. Hands it to Heryann.
3. Once Heryann has both gossip papers, select team member goes to the back of the team line.
4. After countdown (3, 2, 1.. Go) select team member passes gossip to the front of the line.
5. Last team member to receive gossip must rush to tell Heryann the gossip. Whichever team is the most accurate wins round until the end of the game.
Name at least 3 terms for unmarried women in the regency.
18: Debutant
After 23: Spinster
After 26: Thornback
After 36: Doomwitch
After 46 Hengequeen
After 56: Liberated Painmother
After 66: The Unburdened Empress
After 76: Obliterator of Men, Destroyer of the Labyrinth
I associate this album and artist to my trip to the UK.
What is A Matter of Time by Laufey?
My dream Architecture firm.
What is Foster and Partners?
Name two modes of transportation invented in the 1800's.
What are:
This quote is the theme of this party.
What is "I'm 27 years old, I've no money and no prospects. I'm already a burden to my parents. And I'm frightened"?
Name all Bridgerton siblings in birth order (eldest to youngest).
Who are Anthony, Benedict, Colin, Daphne, Eloise, Francesca, Gregory & Hyacinth?
"I was able to squeeze my waist into the size of an orange and a half" - Lady Featherington
Tightlacing Race:
1. Team must tie a corset on a member.
2. Corset wearer must complete challenges in corset:
a. Walk with book on your head from one side of the room to the other.
b. Pick up a fan and go through obstacle course to deliver item at start.
c. Walk with book on your head from one side of the room to the other.
d. Pick up a water cup and go through obstacle course to deliver item at start.
First one to finish wins.
A high level summary of my trip to the UK (Hint: quantities, not narrative).
What is 11 museums, 2 Broadway shows and 1 concert?
My middle name was first used as a given name in 1611 by William Shakespeare for the heroine in one of his plays.
What is Miranda in the Tempest?
The U.S was involved in 3 wars in the 1800's. Name them.
What are the War of 1812 (1812-1815), The Civil War (1861-1865), and the Spanish American War (1898)?