The Ultimate Florence Nightingale Quiz

How much do you know about Florence Nightingale? Answer these 21 questions to find out!

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Question	Answer
When was he born?	12 May 1820
Where was she born?	Florence, Italy
Who was her father and educator?	William Edward Nightingale
Who became friends with Nightingale, in 1838, who taught her that women could be equal to men?	Mary Clarke
Who was Nightingale in a nine year courtship with, before she rejected him, convinced that their marriage would interfere her ability to follow her calling to nursing?	Richard Monckton Milnes
In Rome 1487, who did she meet, who was a politician and Secretary at war?	Sidney Herbert
What animal did she name 'Athena' after rescuing it from a group of children, while in Athens?	little owl
When did Nightingale take the post of superintendent at the Institute for the Care of Sick Gentlewomen in Upper Harley Street?	22 August 1853
What war is she famous for contributing in, 1853-1856?	Crimean war
According to Stephen Paget, what was the deathrate of the soldiers by infections after she arrived in the war from 42% before she did?	2%
After Nightingale sent a plea to The Times for a government solution to the poor condition of the facilities, who did the government commission to make a prefabricated hospital to ship to to Dardanelles?	Isambard Kingdom Brunel
Who nursed Nightingale back to health after her critical illness in 1855?	Eliza Roberts
What nickname did Nightingale receive by the troops after using a hammer to break into locked storage to access medicine to treat the wounded?	"The Lady with the Hammer"
What nickname did this change to after William Russel believed this was unladylike in a report in The Times newspaper?	"The Lady with the Lamp"
What significant a achievements was the introduction of trained nurses in Britain from the 1860s onwards in what institution?	workhouse system
What was the name the woman Nightingale mentored, who is nicknamed "America's first trained nurse"?	Linda Richards
In 1883, Nightingale became the first recipient of what military decoration?	Royal Red Cross
When did Nightingale die?	13 August 1910
Where did Nightingale die?	Mayfair, London
Where was her family offered for her to be buried, but they declined?	Westminster Abbey
Where was she buried?	St Margaret's Church, East Wellow, Hampshire