Hint | Answer | % Correct |
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Age at which Victoria ascended the throne. | 18 | 95%
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The names of the five male monarchs that preceded her. | George I | 94%
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George II | 94%
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George III | 94%
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George IV | 94%
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This unidentified serial killer becomes internationally notorious after extensive newspaper coverage in 1888. | Jack the Ripper | 92%
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This scientist's book 'On the Origin of Species' is published on 24 November 1859. | Charles Darwin | 91%
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Victoria becomes the first monarch to live in this royal residence. | Buckingham Palace | 87%
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'British North America' is renamed to become this modern day country in 1867. | Canada | 84%
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The first league in the world of this sport is established in 1888. | Football | 84%
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William IV | 83%
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This event causes 1 million people to die and a further 1 million to emigrate, particularly to the USA. | Great Famine | 78%
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The origins of this political party emerge after the extension of the franchise to working class men. | Labour Party | 78%
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The first name of Victoria and Albert's second son, and also of the Poet Laureate Tennyson. | Alfred | 71%
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This Prime Minister, (1874-1880) (1868) is most associated with one-nation conservatism and to date is the only British Prime Minister of Jewish birth. | Benjamin Disraeli | 71%
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Four time PM William Gladstone introduces two Home Rule Bills (1886, 1893) for this now independent nation which are both defeated. | Ireland | 66%
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Prime Minister (1834-35) (1841-46) that created the modern police force. | Robert Peel | 58%
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In 1861, Prince Albert dies of this disease caused by contaminated water or food. | Typhoid fever | 48%
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Organised by Prince Albert and Henry Cole in Hyde Park, the first 'World's Fair' is more commonly known as this. | The Great Exhibition | 42%
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