Social
Economics
Technology
Science
Culture
100
Who was the Victorian Period named after?
Queen Victoria
100
What was a major factor in increasing trade in the Victorian Period?
Railroads
100
What was one of the things the steam engine was used to power?
Ships or railways
100
What did Victorian Era science challenge?
Religious ideas
100
What type of architecture was revived during the Victorian Period?
Gothic architecture
200
Name one of the three types of speech during the Victorian Period
Standard Speech, non-standard speech, or occupational speech
200
Who was Britain's main economic rival during the Victorian Period?
The U.S.
200
What was one of the benefits of the invention of the light bulb in the workplace?
Made longer working hours possible
200
Louis Pasteur discovered that ______ forms of diseases could be used as immunization against ______ forms.
Weak, stronger
200
What was one of the instruments that Victorian brass bands did not include?
Trumpets or French Horns
300
Name one of the two jobs that used Occupational Speech
Legal Positions OR doctors
300
Why was the name "the Great Depression" to describe the economic depression in the Victorian era misleading?
Because it was not a very severe depression
300
What year was the telephone invented?
1876
300
Charles Darwin's book published in 1859 was called "The Origin of _______"
The Origin of Species
300
Why did opera tickets cost twice as much as theater tickets?
The opera had top name performers.
400
Give the name of an example of lower class slang
cockney
400
How many pence in a shilling?
12 pence made up a shilling
400
Name one of the inventors of the Victorian Era
Thomas Edison, Alexander Graham Bell, James Watt
400
Who was the Germ Theory of Disease proven by?
Louis Pasteur
400
Where was the World Fair Hosted?
The Crystal Palace
500
What was the name of the document that emphasized proper pronunciation
Education Act (of 1870)
500
Name one of the novels/authors that was/wrote about bankruptcy in the Victorian Era
Thackeray's "Vanity Fair", Dickens's "Little Dorrit", Gaskell's "North and South", Reade's "Hard Cash"
500
How many miles of railway were there across Britain?
Over 7000 miles
500
Who wrote "Natural Theology"?
William Paley
500
What year was the first Wimbledon Championship held?
1877
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