Victorians

A Time of Change

100

Which country was known as the Workshop of the World? 

England

200

Who was queen during this time? 

Victoria

300

Who was important during Victoria's reign because Victoria spent much time grieving and didn't make important decisions? 

Prime ministers

400

Parliament abolished what in 1845, which had been accomplished through triangular trade? 

slavery

500

a policy extending a country's power and influence through military force 

Imperialism 

Who am I?

100

I wrote A Christmas Carol.

Charles Dickens

200

I wrote The Importance of Being Earnest. 

Oscar Wilde

300

I wrote Far From the Madding Crowd.

Thomas Hardy

400

I am a child worker in the factories. I was given this nickname.

Scavenger

500

I am Queen Victoria's grandfather. I lost my 13 colonies during The American Revolution.

George III

Who am I again?

100

I wrote The War of the Worlds. 

HG Wells

200

I wrote Alice in Wonderland. 

Lewis Carroll

300

I wrote Treasure Island. 

Robert Stevenson 

400

I wrote Jane Eyre. 

Charlotte Brontë

500

I wrote Wuthering Heights. 

Emily Brontë

Who am I last time?

100

I wrote The Jungle Book. 

Rudyard Kipling

200

I introduced the theory of evolution through natural selection. 

Charles Darwin 

300

I am a famous poet who wrote "When I Was One-and Twenty" and "To an Athlete Dying Young." 

AE Housman

400

I am a famous poet who wrote Sonnet 43 about the different ways I love my husband. 

Elizabeth Browning

500

I am a famous poet who said "Tis better to have love and lost than never to have loved at all." 

Alfred Tennyson 

Fun Facts

100

ladies would wear skirts that didn't show their what? 

ankles

200

What clinched women's waist tightly? 

corsets

300

Which sport was invented during this time during a game of football? 

Rugby

400

What did women consume that they believed made their skin younger, but it was deadly?

Arsenic 

500

What was the primary cause of London's dirty streets? 

Horse dung