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• Easy Easy difficulty.
• The Victorian Era

Which British author wrote the novel 'Jane Eyre'?

Answer

Charlotte Brontë

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• Easy Easy difficulty.
• The Victorian Era

In what year was the Great Exhibition held in London?

Answer

1851

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• Easy Easy difficulty.
• The Victorian Era

Who was the first Prime Minister of Queen Victoria's reign?

Answer

Lord Melbourne

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• Easy Easy difficulty.
• The Victorian Era

Who succeeded Queen Victoria as monarch of the United Kingdom?

Answer

Edward VII

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• Easy Easy difficulty.
• The Victorian Era

What year did the Crimean War end?

Answer

1856

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• Hard Hard difficulty.
• The Victorian Era

In what year did the first electric street lighting in London illuminate the Thames Embankment?

Answer

1878

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• Hard Hard difficulty.
• The Victorian Era

What was the name of the first moving picture film shot in England, in 1888?

Answer

Roundhay Garden Scene

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• Hard Hard difficulty.
• The Victorian Era

Which British physicist discovered the electron in 1897?

Answer

J.J. Thomson

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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• The Victorian Era

Which British explorer named Victoria Falls after Queen Victoria?

Answer

David Livingstone

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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• The Victorian Era

What was the name of the British ship that sank in 1893 after a collision with HMS Camperdown?

Answer

HMS Victoria

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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• The Victorian Era

Which British poet was appointed Poet Laureate in 1850?

Answer

Alfred, Lord Tennyson

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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• The Victorian Era

What year did the first successful transatlantic telegraph cable begin operation?

Answer

1866

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