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The Victorian Era

Steam, social change and a few very convincing wrong answers. Twelve questions, with a few convincing wrong turns along the way.

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Question sheet

1. Where did the Great Exhibition open in 1851?
- A. Sydenham
- B. Regent's Park
- C. South Kensington
- D. Hyde Park
2. What powered London's first underground trains in 1863?
- A. Electric motors
- B. Steam locomotives
- C. Cable haulage
- D. Compressed air
3. Which demand was in the 1838 People's Charter?
- A. Annual parliamentary elections
- B. Elected monarch
- C. Votes at sixteen
- D. Abolition of the Commons
4. What did the 1872 Ballot Act introduce?
- A. Compulsory voting
- B. Votes for all women
- C. Secret voting
- D. Proportional representation
5. What did the 1870 Education Act establish where extra schools were needed in England and Wales?
- A. County universities
- B. Elected school boards
- C. National examination tribunals
- D. Military education councils
6. Which Act made attendance compulsory for ages five to ten in England and Wales?
- A. 1833 Factory Act
- B. 1844 Factory Act
- C. 1870 Education Act
- D. 1880 Education Act
7. What changed under section 1 of the Married Women's Property Act 1882?
- A. Separate property ownership as if unmarried
- B. All property became jointly owned
- C. Parliamentary votes for married women
- D. Marriage settlements became illegal
8. What was Mary Seacole's establishment near Balaklava called?
- A. Nightingale Institute
- B. Royal Infirmary
- C. British Hotel
- D. Victoria Mission
9. Whose natural-selection work was presented with Darwin's in 1858?
- A. Thomas Huxley
- B. Alfred Russel Wallace
- C. Gregor Mendel
- D. Richard Owen
10. Which railway opened London's first underground section in January 1863?
- A. District Railway
- B. Central London Railway
- C. City and South London Railway
- D. Metropolitan Railway
11. Who introduced the bill that became the 1870 Education Act?
- A. W. E. Forster
- B. Joseph Chamberlain
- C. John Bright
- D. Robert Lowe
12. For which organisation was the People's Charter prepared?
- A. Fabian Society
- B. Trades Union Congress
- C. London Working Men's Association
- D. Independent Labour Party

Answer sheet (for the quizmaster)

1. D - Hyde Park
The Crystal Palace stood in Hyde Park for the exhibition, before rebuilding at Sydenham.
2. B - Steam locomotives
The first underground railway used steam. Electric Underground trains came later.
3. A - Annual parliamentary elections
Annual elections were one of six Chartist demands, alongside male suffrage and payment of MPs.
4. C - Secret voting
The Act introduced the secret ballot, not universal suffrage or compulsory voting.
5. B - Elected school boards
School boards could build and manage schools funded by local rates.
6. D - 1880 Education Act
The 1870 Act expanded provision; the 1880 Act made attendance compulsory for this age group.
7. A - Separate property ownership as if unmarried
The Act recognised separate property and contractual capacity, not voting rights.
8. C - British Hotel
Seacole's British Hotel supplied food and goods and supported soldiers, distinct from Nightingale's hospital work.
9. B - Alfred Russel Wallace
Darwin and Wallace's work was jointly communicated before Darwin's 1859 book.
10. D - Metropolitan Railway
The Metropolitan opened between Paddington and Farringdon on 10 January 1863.
11. A - W. E. Forster
Forster introduced the bill establishing school boards and expanding elementary-school provision.
12. C - London Working Men's Association
Lovett and Place prepared it for the London Working Men's Association in consultation with its members.