Queen Victoria - Primary Resources



Queen Victoria

1. When did Victoria become queen?

1. 1868

2. 1874

3. 1837

4. 1901

2. How long did she reign?

3. Who did she marry?

4. How many children did she have?

5. What was the name of her eldest son?

6. What did her husband die of?

Famous people

1. Florence Nightingale was given the Order of Merit for services to nursing. What did she do soon after receiving it?

2. What is Robert Peel famous for?

3. What colour was the first postage stamp?

4. What was Darwin famous for?

5. What did Jack the Ripper do?

6. What does the legend of Sweeney Todd say he did?

Events

1. What was held at the Crystal Palace

2. According to the poem, how many soldiers charged in The Charge of the Light Brigade?

3. When was the first passenger railway opened?

1. 1835

2. 1830

3. 1820

4. 1825

4. What did Victoria do after Albert’s death?

5. In what year was The Great Exhibition held?

1. 1837

2. 1891

3. 1872

4. 1851

6. What did people call Britain at this time?

Inventions

1. Who built the first Iron Bridge?

2. Where?

3. What did Alexander Graham Bell invent?

4. Who started the postal service?

5. What did Edison invent?

6. Who designed the Great Britain – the first steam ship to cross the Atlantic Ocean in 1843?

7. What was The Rocket?

8. Who invented it?

Life and times

1. Victorians thought it was rude to use the word leg. What did they rite instead?

1. Unmentionable

2. That-which-you-walk-on

3. Limb

4. Southern necessities

2. In 1842, half of the children died before they reached what birthday?

3. In what war did Florence nightingale nurse the wounded soldiers?

4. In 1874, what was the minimum age to work in a factory?

5. In 1847, what was the legal maximum number of working hours per day for women and children?

Picture rounds

1. Transport - Name these

2. What are they?

3. Where are they?

4. Dates and transport?

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