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Empire
200
This British monarch reigned from 1837 until 1901, giving her name to this era.
Who is Queen Victoria?
200
Mary Shelley, an OG goth, like a boss, knocked it out of the park with her first novel Frankenstein... this is the name of the creature created in the story by Victor Frankenstein.
What is ___?
200
While Sir Arthur Conan Doyle certainly elevated the detective fiction to world-wide popularity, he was inspired to create Sherlock Holmes after reading about this American author's C. Auguste Dupin.
Who is Edgar Allan Poe?
200
In 1804, Welsh inventor and engineer was the the first to operate one of these, moving over 9 miles near Merthyr Tydfil.
What is a locomotive?
200
The Act of Union of 1801 linked this nation to Great Britain.
What is Ireland?
400
After the failed Sepoy Rebellion in 1857, Queen Victoria became the Empress of this modern nation.
What is India?
400
Irish author, Abraham "Bram" Stoker based his Dracula character off of this real-life figure said to have consumed the blood of his enemies
Who is Vlad Tepes, Voivode of Wallachia?
400
Considered to be one of the founders of British detective fiction, Wilkie Collins wrote The Moonstone about a murder and a theft of a yellow diamond that belonged to this modern nation, a British colony at the time.
Bonus: It is credited with introducing this trope in a murder mystery.
What is India?
400
Despite losing her father and her pet dog to the dangers of the cliffs of Lyme Regis, amateur (because the Royal Society was a bunch of sexists) Mary Anning became famous around the world for digging up discoveries in this field of research... at 12 years old!
Palaeontology... she found an ichthyosauria and this plesiosaurus macrocephalus
400
This modern African nation was established in 1808 as a British colony aiming to repatriate people held in slavery to the African continent
What is Sierra Leone
600
While he never aged, the character Dorian Gray kept this in his attic which took on his age and corruption.
What is a portrait?
600
In his first outing, A Study in Scarlet, Sherlock Holmes and John Watson discover the letters "Rache" carved into the wall, leading them to translate it as the German word for "revenge" and thinking that they are looking for a German suspect only later to discover it was an American seeking revenge... this misdirect trope is known as this
What is a red herring?
600
This is England's oldest daily newspaper and the first to print using a steam-powered press
What is The Times?
600
Pirate Jean Lafitte joined forces with this future president to defeat British forces in the Battle of New Orleans... two weeks after the Treaty of Ghent had ended the War of 1812.
Who is Andrew Jackson?
800
Although famous for his Treasure Island, Robert Louis Stevenson also is known for this shorter story about a man with two personalities.
What is the Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde?
800
This author is considered to be one of the world's first celebrities given his popularity and the extent to which his personal life was followed by pop-culture... while he did not write Dracula, he was connected to the popularization of vampire fiction... oh and his daughter Ada Lovelace helped to pioneer computer programming
Who is Lord George Gordon Byron?
800
Despite modern military technology, the British suffered their greatest and most crushing defeat in colonial history fighting against this leader in what is today South Africa.
Who is Shaka kaSenzangakhona of the Zulu