The Great Exhibition
The Sepoy Mutiny
Westernized Japan
The Crimean War
Fun Category
100

What was the name of the building that the Queen built for the Exhibition?

What is "The Crystal Palace"?

100

What country did the Sepoys rebel in?

What is "India"?
100

Was Japan still ruled by an emperor at the time of Matthew Perry's arrival?

What is "no"?
100

Which three major countries were involved in the Crimean War?

What is "Great-Britain, France and Russia"?

100

What is Mr. McMillan's age?

What is "23"?

200

Who was Queen Victoria's husband?

What is "Prince Albert"?

200

What is a sepoy?

What is "an enlisted, Indian soldier of the East India Trade Co."?

200

What country was Matthew Perry from?

What is "America / the US"?

200

Who was the Russian czar at the time?

What is "Nicolas I"?

200

What is Mr. McMillan's favorite color?

What is "blue"?
300

What was Joseph Paxton's background and how did he influence the Great Exhibition?

What is "He was a gardener / arborist and he designed the Crystal Palace"?

300

What did the cartridges have to do with the sepoy mutiny?

What is "the Muslims and Hindu sepoys were convinced that the cartridges contained animal fat which defies their religions"?

300

What was the name of the ruling class of samurai that held sway over Japan, despite their apathy and decline?

What is "the Shogunate"?

300

Why was it called the Crimean War when the important conflicts didn't happen on the Crimean Peninsula?

What is "the bloodiest fighting happened in the slog of the Crimean Peninsula"?

300

What is Mr. McMillan's height?

What is "6'4""?

400

What event does the world celebrate today that was started by the Great Exhibition?

What is "The World Fair"?
400
Why didn't the East India Trade Co. want British missionaries in India?

What is "they didn't want to upset the balance of Indian culture more than they already were, and they were a profit-first company"?

400

Why did America want to open up Japan's trade in the first place?

What is "coal"?

400

Why was the key important in the Orthodox and Catholic churches in Jerusalem?

What is "the key denoted ownership of the Church of the Nativity, which both churches wanted. A brawl broke out and these brawls were untimely the seed of the Crimean Conflict"?

400

Who is Mr. McMillan's favorite student?

What is "no one"?
500

What year was the Great Exhibition?

What is "1851"?

500

What was the name of the Indian emperor forced to hide in tombs as the rebellion raged around him?

What is "Bahadur Shah"?

500

What was the name given for Perry's metallic steamboats? 

What is "Black Ships"?

500

What was the greatest naval victory for the British?

What was almost the greatest victory for the Russian forces? 

What is "The Baltic Sea (Bomarsund) and The Siege of Sevastopol respectively"?

500

What is Mr. McMillan's middle name?

What is "Avery"?