Queen Victoria
Queen Victoria
Inventions that boosted the industrial revolution
Health problems
London
100
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100
Sing a song by Queen and you get the points
We Are the Champions
100
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100
Minus 300 points for you
100
Who is this?
Charles Dickens
200
What was Queen Victoria´s first request as queen?
An hour alone
200
What was the name of Queen Victoria´s husband?
Prince Albert
200
What is the name of this invention:
The Spinning Jenny
200
Translate "smallpox" into Faroese
"pokur" ella "koppar"
200
What is the name of the river that runs through London?
The Thames
300
How many children did Queen Victoria have?
Nine
300
When Victoria celebrated her golden jubilee how many years had she been Queen?
50 years
300
Which other word is used for "train" in the link about the inventions?
The Locomotive
300
A remedy against typhoid was that: "you could spend your day boiling a black ??? in vinegar"
cat
300
The population of London swelled from 1 million in 1800 to ??? million by 1900
6.5 million
400
What year marked the end of the Victorian age?
1901
400
In which month did Queen Victoria die?
Double up on points if you remember the date.
She died on January 22nd
400
What did James Watt develop?
The steam engine
400
Umset "garnabruni" til enskt
"Cholera"
400
What did people use to keep their houses warm? It polluted the city
Coal
500
What was the name of the medal that Victoria introduced and which was awarded on merit instead of rank?
The Victoria Cross
500
What was the name of her servant at Balmoral Castle with whom she became very close?
His name was John Brown
500
About trains: the famous ‘Rocket’ ran on the ???? to ??? line which opened in 1830
Manchester - Liverpool
500
According to the link, how many Europeans a year were killed by smallpox?
"this is a disease that used to kill 400,000 Europeans a year"
500
Where were the poor were sent to work? Scrooge refuses to donate money to support people who have to go there
They were sent to workhouses