"Science"
Of the five senses, this was the one thought to be how diseases spread.
What is smell?
This is one of the five items that the Poor Law Commission found to be standard in working class diets.
What are bread, potatoes, butter, tea, and beer?
This is what it means to "lollygag".
What is to dawdle or waste time?
This was the monarch for who the era was names?
Who was Queen Victoria?
Thanks to the advent of electricity, this was a common cure-all during Victorian times.
what is electrocution?
This was a dish commonly served in work houses which consisted of oats boiled in milk and water... Please, sir, can I have some more?
What is gruel?
This is what something is if it is "balderdash".
What is fake news?
Queen Victoria was named Empress of this country in 1857.
What is India?
This was how a murder victim could leave behind vital clues to indicate who killed them.
What is an optogram or the last thing they see imprinted on their retinas?
If you were poor and desperate, you might purchase broxy or slink, and this is why that was risky.
What are meats from dead animals or unborn animals?
This is what you were eating if you were having a "bag o' mystery".
what is a sausage?
This is the body part of Prince Albert that Queen Victoria had cast in plaster and kept in her bedroom.
What was his right ear?
Prior to penicillin, this was commonly used to treat sexually transmitted diseases.
What is mercury injections?
In 1877, the Local Government Board found that this was being added to milk to stretch the supply and sell more.
What is chalk?
This is how you would describe someone who had been called a "wooden spoon".
What is dumb or stupid?
This is how long Queen Victoria was the monarch of Great Britain.
What is 60 years?
This is what phrenologists "studied" to determine someone's personality or intelligence potential.
what is the shape of the skull?
This dish, now considered a national dish of Britain, was introduced from India and ordered by Queen Victoria to always be prepared in her kitchens.
What is curry?
This is how you feel if you are "tickety-boo".
What is fine or good?
This was how Queen Victoria was related to her husband, Prince Albert?
What is first cousins?