The Beatles
Flower Language
Victorian Customs
100

The first album released by The Beatles, released in 1963.

What is "Please Please Me"?

100

This is the most popular flower that is widely known for its specific meaning derived from the language of flowers, still used to express romantic love, desire, and occasionally, the blood of christ. 

What is a Rose?

100

The traditional colour worn by widowed women. Queen victoria wore this colour until her death after her husband King Albert died.

What is black?

200

This song was awarded an Academy Award for best original song score.

What is "Let It Be"?

200

Often known in china as the "king of flowers" for wealth and royalty. In different lore, it is used to express bashfullness. 

What is the peony?

200

This is queen Victoria's true first name.

What is Alexandrina?

300

The Beatles were introduced into the rock and roll hall of Fame in this year. The same year as the Soviet withdraw from Afganistan. 

What is 1988?

300

This is the word for a small boquet, often used to either mask odors or send coded messages. These were often worn in specific areas to mean different things. (If a suitor gave this bouquet to a woman who pinned it to her 'cleavage of bosom', it would be considered a rejection, as the placement meant friendship; unlike if the arrangement was placed over the heart, which meant a declaration of love).

What is Tussie-Mussie (aka Nosegay)?

300

This colour was only meant for married women, as it was very vibrant and usually meant that someone was "loose" if they wore it out of wedlock. 

What is scarlet/red?

400

This is where the band performed their final concert together on January 30, 1969. 

What is Apple Corps building?

400

This flower was mentioned in Shakespear's Hamlet, where the character Ophelia, who was presenting a boquet, mentioned that they had all withered when her father passed. this flower often symbolizes modesty, faithfulness, early death, and occasionally, sapphic love (appearing in that context in the greek fokelore of the nymph Lo and Aphrodite). 

What is a Violet?

400

The dance that was introduced to England in the late 1800s/early 1900s. it was considered incredibly scandalous and extremely sexual. 

What is the Tango?

500

The phenominon that explained intense fan enthusiasm for the band.

What is Betalemania? 

500

The language of flowers was introduced in england in 1718 by this englishwoman/poet. The same woman who introduced an inoculation to smallpox, which she observed in Turkey, saving countless lives. 

Who is Lady Mary Wortley Montagu?

500

These were Queen Victorias favorite foods. 

What is potatoes, roasts, pastries and pies?

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