The Basics
List one type of currency in 19th-century England.
What are pounds, shillings, or pence?
What did the rich spend most of their money on during this period?
What is land?
How were job offers typically accepted?
What is sealed with handshakes and payment of good faith from the boss?
What type of alcohol was favored by the rich?
Were families seperated in the workhouse?
What is yes?
What was the key to real social distinction?
What is land acquisition?
What was the goal of dinner parties during this time period?
What is to improve acquaintances?
What did the observer of the fox say when he saw it run by?
What is "tally-ho"?
When (during the 19th century) did beards become popular?
What is after the Crimean War?
Did the profession of cooking required an apprentice in the 19th century?
What is yes, the profession of cooking did require apprenticeship?
What river caused the cholera episode?
During a country house visit how many outfits is a guest expected to bring per day?
What is four?
How many countries were in England after the Norman's conquered in the 1800s?
What are 52 countries?
What was the top maid in the taxonomy of maids?
What is the Lady's Maid?
How long was the traditional contract for an apprentice during the 19th century?
What is seven years?
What was the first title within the peerage rank?
What is the Duke?
How much time in advance did invites get sent out for balls?
What is 3 to 6 weeks?
What was another means of communication of the time period other than letters?
What is the telegraph?
Describe the dresses worn during the beginning of the century.
What is girlish, white, with sleeveless tops called pelisses?
Why were the conditions in workhouses so poor?
What is, inorder to disuade impoverished people from falling back on the workhouse unless they absolutely had to?
What part of London housed the upper class and was the fanciest?
What is the West End?
When was imprisonment for debt abolished?
What is 1869?
What is 1827?
Until what year did a man or woman under 21 need parental consent for marriage?
What is 1823?
Rank the following doctors in terms of social status: apocetharies, physicians, surgeons.
What is physicians, surgeons, apocetharies?