Trivia Quiz on 19th Century Britain

1. Artist - The Monarch of the Glen in 1850 - Lions Trafalgar square

A) George Stubbs

B) Sir Edwin Henry Landseer

C) Alfred Munnings

D) John Constable

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2. Who was appointed Headmaster of Rugby School in 1828

A) Henry Parkes

B) George Williams

C) Thomas arnold

D) Samuel Carter

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3. What Was The Name Given To Textile Workers Who Opposed Modernisation During The Nineteenth Century?

A) Chartists

B) Factory Reformers

C) Machine-breakers

D) Luddites

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4. In which English town was the Co-Operative Society formed in 1844?

A) Manchester

B) Bradford

C) Oldham

D) Rochdale

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5. What Was The Name Given To Those Who Campaigned For Social Reform In England Between 1836 & 1858?

A) The Luddites

B) The Anti-Corn Law League

C) The Chartists

D) The Whigs

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6. As at November 2005, who is the only British Prime Minister to have been appointed and dismissed four times, serving four separate terms in office?

A) Benjamin Disraeli

B) Winston Churchill

C) William Gladstone

D) David Lloyd George

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7. Who designed Regent's Park in London in 1811?

A) Lancelot Brown

B) Christopher Wren

C) John Nash

D) Richard Payne Knight

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8. In what year was the first Christmas card produced?

A) 1843

B) 1845

C) 1870

D) 1846

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9. Who Pioneered Nursing Whilst Serving In The Crimean War?

A) Clara Barton

B) Florence Nightingale

C) Mary Seacole

D) Elizabeth Blackwell

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10. Which Daughter Of A Lighthouse Keeper Rescued Survivors From A Shipwreck

A) Beatrice Mallory

B) Grace Darling

C) Catherine Bennett

D) Isabella Reed

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