The Ultimate Victoria I Quiz - Statistics

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When was she born? 24 May 1819
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What house was she born into? Hanover
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Where was she born? Kensington Palace, London
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When did her predecessor, William IV, die? 20 June 1837
67%
When did her coronation take place? 28 June 1838
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How many languages did she learn how to speak, including ones she learnt later in life? 6 (English, German, French, Italian, Latin and Urdu)
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How many assassination attempts did Victoria experience in total? 8
67%
How many children did Victoria have in total? 9
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Who was her first son, born on 9 November 1841? Albert Edward (Edward VII)
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What palace did Victoria become the first sovereign to take up residence of? Buckingham Palace
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What war was fought against the Russians in 1853-1856, with the alliance of Ottoman Empire, the Second French Empire, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and the Kingdom of Sardinia-Piedmont? Crimean War
67%
Who was her paternal grandfather? George III
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What was the crop of the Great famine in 1845 that killed millions of Irish people, this resulted in 1847 Victoria to donat more than any other donor to help? potato
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Who was her husband? Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
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How many people became prime ministers during Victoria's reign, serving a total of 21 terms? 10
33%
When did Victoria's husband die? 14 December 1861
33%
When did the queen propose to her future husband? 15 October 1839
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When did Victoria's mother die? 16 March 1861
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When did Victoria die? 22 January 1901
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When did her father die? 23 January 1820
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What was her first name, which she dropped when becoming queen? Alexandrina
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What Prime Minister pushed the Royal Titles Act 1876 through Parliament, which gave Victoria the title "Empress of India" in 1877, some consider Victoria's favourite PM? Benjamin Disraeli
33%
Following the death of her husband, what colour did she wear for the rest of her life? black
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In 1853, what new anaesthetic was given to Victoria for her second to last pregnancy and also used it again for her last in 1857? chloroform
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What British company was dissolved after the Indian Rebellion of 1857, the territory then formally became apart of the British Empire? East India Company (EIC)
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Who was her father? Edward, Duke of Kent
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Who was the king of above, who became Victoria's heir until she had children? Ernest Augustus, Duke of Cumberland
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Who did Victoria's eldest daughter marry, who reigned Germany for 99 days until his death? Frederick William of Prussia (Frederick III)
33%
In 1843 and 1845, Victoria was the first English monarch to visit a French monarch since who, on the Field of the Cloth of Gold in 1520? Henry VIII
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Who was Victoria's first prime-minister, who she probably saw as a father figure? Henry William Lamb, Viscount Melbourne
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Who succeeded her? her eldest son, Edward
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Who wanted to become Victoria's private secretary, during her teenage year, but once she became queen banned him for her presence? John Conroy
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What kingdom did Victoria not inherit because women were excluded from its succession, Britain and this kingdom shared a monarch since 1714 before this? Kingdom of Hanover
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Who was one of her mothers lady-in-waiting, who Victoria accused of being pregnant out-of-wedlock by the man who tried to be Victoria's private secretary, but after her death turned out to be a tumour on her liver? Lady Flora Hastings
33%
What king did Victoria consider her "best and kindest adviser", who was also her uncle? Leopold I of Belgium
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What French monarch did Victoria visit in the meetings above, who was deposed in 1848 and exiled to England? Louis Philippe I
33%
Who was her first daughter, born on 21 November 1840? Victoria
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Who was her mother? Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
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Who was her grand-child who became king of Germany after her son died in 1888? Wilhelm II
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When Napoleon III invited Victoria and her husband to Paris in April 1855, what year did the last English Monarch, Henry VI, be in Paris? 1431
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Who taught Victoria Urdu after being promoted to "Munshi"? Abdul Karim
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What was the name of the crisis, in 1939, where the new prime minister wanted to replace the Royal chambers with Tory wives instead of the Whigs? "bedchamber crisis"
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In August 1871, while seriously ill with an abscess on her arm, what antiseptic did Joseph Lister create and treat Victoria with> carbolic acid
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Where was the Royal couple married in? Chapel Royal of St James' Palace, London
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Who was the first man to attempt to assassinate Victoria, in 1840? Edward Oxford
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Who was Victoria's first great-grandchild born on 12 May 1879? Feodora of Saxe-Meiningen
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What Act of Parliament allowed Victoria's mother to regent in case her Uncle died before she was of age, in 1830? Regency Act
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How old was she when she wrote 'The Adventures of Alice Laselles', which was eventually published in 2015? ten years old
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What Prime-minister succeeded above and Victoria considered his government "the worst I have ever had"? William Gladstone
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