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1. How old was Victoria upon becoming Queen in 1837?
 
18
19
20
21

Victoria was born in 1819
 
 
2. Largely organised by Prince Albert, when did The Great Exhibition take place?
 
1841
1851
1861
1871
 
 
3. Which movement for parliamentary reform was based on the 1838 People's Charter?
 
Charterism
Chartism
Parliamentarianism
Populism
 
 
4. How many times did Gladstone serve as Prime Minister?
 
2
3
4
5

1868-74, 1880-85, 1886 and 1892-94
 
 
5. Who wrote "The Origin Of Species" in 1859?
 
Charles Darwin
Charles Dickens
Henry Mayhew
John Stuart Mill
 
 
6. Which British Prime Minister was noted for "gunboat diplomacy" in the 1850s?
 
Disraeli
Gladstone
Palmerston
Peel

Palmerston was PM between 1855-58 and between 1859-65
 
 
7. How many of her great grandchildren were alive when Queen Victoria died?
 
7
17
27
37
 
 
8. What territory did Britain gain at the Treaty of Berlin in 1878?
 
Ascension Island
Cyprus
Falkland Islands
Malta
 
 
9. In which overseas construction did Disraeli purchase shares for Britain in 1875?
 
Eiffel Tower
Panama Canal
Suez Canal
Taj Mahal
 
 
10. At which royal home did Queen Victoria die?
 
Balmoral
Holyrood
Osborne
Sandringham

Victoria & Prince Albert had been instrumental in creating Osborne as a royal home
 
 
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