Victorian Times Trivia
True or False: The Penny Post was the first postal system and was introduced in 1840.
True The Penny Post was established in Great Britain and Ireland on January 10, 1840.
How much was the first Postage Stamp?
a) $0.01 b) $0.02 c) $0.05
The first postage stamp went on sale in NYC on July, 1, 1847 for $0.05.
Make five new smaller words using the letters in this word words must be at least 3 letters long:
AFTERWARDS
EXAPLMES: after, awards, ward, far, wart, art, fad, sad, ...
American style hash browns are made of what vegetable?
Carrots, potatoes or bananas
Potatoes
What’s the average number of water molecules in a typical snowflake?
a) approx. 1 million
b) approx 180 billion
c) approx 72 thousand
What is - Approximately 180 billion water molecules.
True or False: Charles Darwin was a well-known Victorian who created the “Glutton Club.”
True: this club ate unusual animals like iguanas, armadillos, and giant tortoises
How much did the first gallon of milk sell for?
a) $0.35 b) $0.20 c) $0.12
in the early 1900s: A gallon of milk was typically priced at around 35 cents.
Make five new smaller words using the letters in this word words must be at least 3 letters long:
Hershey's Kisses
Examples: Kiss, hiss, her, shy, see, hike, hey, his, key, sky...
A Chicago style hot dog is made of what meat?
beef, pork or turkey
Beef
True or False?
Arctic foxes are always white.
False. Arctic foxes change color based on the season. In the winter, they don their quintessential white coat, but in the summer, they shed it and take on a darker color with thinner fur.
Poor Families during the Victorian times mostly ate things like: Chicken and eggs as their main diet.
False. Poor Families ate more carbohydrates like bread, potatoes, and porridge oats. They also ate seasonal vegetables like onions, turnips, cabbages, apples, and parsnips.
How much did the Ford Model T, (Tin Lizzie) sell for when it first came out?
a) $500 b) $850 c) $1000
The Tin Lizzie, was sold for $850 when it was first released in 1908. This is equivalent to about $23,480 today.
Make five new smaller words using the letters in this word words must be at least 3 letters long:
Presidential Inauguration
present, guard, ration, peg, nest, nail, sent, dent, sap, dial, rat, grind, rind, pan,
A classic Banana Split dessert is topped with how many types of ice cream?
three, five or seven
three - vanilla, chocolate, and strawberry
True or False
Arctic reindeers eyes change color in winter to help them see better in low light?
True
True or False: More than a million people died between 1845 and 1849 in the Irish Potato Famine.
What is True.
How much did the first box of Crayola crayons cost in 1903?
a) $0.02 b)$0.05 c) $0.08
The first box of eight Crayola crayons included black, brown, blue, red, purple, orange, yellow, and green and cost $0.05 a box.
Make five new smaller words using the letters in this word words must be at least 3 letters long:
wheelchairs
wheel, chair, air, heel, eel, hair, care, scare, care, liar, law,...
Hominy is a traditional Native American food made from dried what?
Barley, wheat or corn
Hominy is made from dried corn kernels that have been treated with an alkali in a process called nixtamalization. This traditional Native American food is used in various dishes, such as pozole and grits, and is valued for its enhanced nutritional profile and improved flavor.
True or False?
Unlike other birds, penguins have solid bones.
True. Having solid bones reduces buoyancy, making penguins more efficient swimmers.
True or False: Boys and girls both wore dresses until they were about 5 years old.
True.
The first ballpoint pen in the US debuted at Gimbels Department store and sold for how much?
a) $22.00 b) $4.95 c) $12.50
The first ballpoint pen was the the Reynolds Rocket and it sold for $12.50 when it came out on October 29, 1945. In 2023 dollars, that's about $212.
Make five new smaller words using the letters in this word words must be at least 3 letters long:
Fire Department
Part, fir, pad, fad, mint, tint, men, amen, pair, fair, mare, mart, art, pat, rat, fat, fired,...
An American Snickerdoodle is a type of what?
Pie, cake or cookie
Snickerdoodles are a type of cookie that originated in the United States, known for their characteristic cracked surface and cinnamon-sugar coating.
True or False?
Black bears do not hibernate in the winter they "Den"
True Black bears don't hibernate, but they do den in the winter, often due to food shortages. While denning, a black bear's heart rate can drop to as low as eight beats per minute.
What is "Greenwich Mean Time?"
a) the time between 2 events
b) the average time within a set of data points, calculated by adding up all the time values and dividing by the total number of data points
c) is the yearly average (or 'mean') of the time each day when the Sun crosses the Prime Meridian at the Royal Observatory Greenwich.
What is C. Clocks around Britain used to be set to slightly different times. This couldn’t happen with the use of trains or no one would catch their train on time. So in 1884 everyone began to set his or her clocks by the time in Greenwich, London. This was known as Greenwich Mean Time, which we still use today.
In 1848, the first edition of Noah Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language cost ______ per set of two volumes.
a) $20 b) 50 c) 100
It cost $20 for the set, that's about $647.73 in 2023
Make five new smaller words using the letters in this word words must be at least 3 letters long:
Pennsylvania
Pen, sly, vain, vane, pain, pan, pay, lane, sane, nine, pine, yen, penny, live, ply,...
True or False: The word taco means light lunch.
True, Taco literally translates to “plug”, “wadding” and “light lunch” from Spanish.
True or False
"Diamond Dust" or Ice crystals can occur during a natural phenomenon in very cold air.
True