London Quiz - Victorian London (Questions)

The Victorian era was a boom time for London with great growth in population accompanied by significant development with regard to the City’s infrastructure. The arts flourished too with such great Victorians as Conan Doyle, Dickens, Rosetti and Ruskin. Can you get 10 out of 10 in this quiz on Victorian London?

Queen Victoria reigned for 61 of her 83 years. Where did her coronation take place?

[ ]	Westminster Abbey
[ ]	St Paul’s Cathedral
[ ]	The Banqueting House
[ ]	The Royal Albert Hall

Which form of transport was most common in Victorian London?

[ ]	The railway
[ ]	The underground
[ ]	Horses
[ ]	Unicycle

Queen Victoria was the first monarch to live in which palace?

[ ]	Kensington
[ ]	Buckingham
[ ]	St James’
[ ]	Kew

In 1840 Queen Victoria married her cousin Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg Gotha. Where did their wedding take place?

[ ]	Westminster Abbey
[ ]	St Paul’s Cathedral
[ ]	Buckingham Palace
[ ]	St James’ Palace

Which of these famous landmarks was NOT built during Victoria’s reign?

[ ]	Tower Bridge
[ ]	The Tower of London
[ ]	The Houses of Parliament
[ ]	Victoria station

What was the name of the event that took place in Hyde Park in 1851?

[ ]	The Great Exhibition
[ ]	The World Cup
[ ]	The Royal Academy Summer Exhibition
[ ]	The Olympics

What was the summer of 1858 commonly also called?

[ ]	The season of temperance
[ ]	The drought
[ ]	The deluge
[ ]	The great stink

Which eminent Victorian engineer designed London’s sewerage system?

[ ]	Joseph Bazalgette
[ ]	Isambard Kingdom Brunel
[ ]	Robert Stevenson
[ ]	J M W Turner

The police force had not been long established when Victoria took the throne. It had started in 1829. By whom was it founded?

[ ]	William Gladstone
[ ]	Robert Peel
[ ]	John Peel
[ ]	Lord Palmerston

10.

What was the reason most children in Victorian London did not attend school?

[ ]	Their families needed them to work to earn money
[ ]	School uniforms were too expensive
[ ]	Most children were home schooled
[ ]	The children preferred to play in the streets

London Quiz - Victorian London (Answers)

Queen Victoria reigned for 61 of her 83 years. Where did her coronation take place?

[x]	Westminster Abbey
[ ]	St Paul’s Cathedral
[ ]	The Banqueting House
[ ]	The Royal Albert Hall

Her coronation took place on the 28th of June 1838.

Which form of transport was most common in Victorian London?

[ ]	The railway
[ ]	The underground
[x]	Horses
[ ]	Unicycle

Although both the railways and the underground also operated in the Victorian era, horses were still the most popular way for people to travel

Queen Victoria was the first monarch to live in which palace?

[ ]	Kensington
[x]	Buckingham
[ ]	St James’
[ ]	Kew

Although George III, George IV and William IV had all owned Buckingham Palace, Victoria was the first reigning monarch to live there

In 1840 Queen Victoria married her cousin Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg Gotha. Where did their wedding take place?

[ ]	Westminster Abbey
[ ]	St Paul’s Cathedral
[ ]	Buckingham Palace
[x]	St James’ Palace

They were married at the Chapel Royal in St James’ Palace on the 10th of February 1840

Which of these famous landmarks was NOT built during Victoria’s reign?

[ ]	Tower Bridge
[x]	The Tower of London
[ ]	The Houses of Parliament
[ ]	Victoria station

The Tower of London was started as early as 1066 by William the Conqueror

What was the name of the event that took place in Hyde Park in 1851?

[x]	The Great Exhibition
[ ]	The World Cup
[ ]	The Royal Academy Summer Exhibition
[ ]	The Olympics

The exhibition was intended as a showcase of British science and technology

What was the summer of 1858 commonly also called?

[ ]	The season of temperance
[ ]	The drought
[ ]	The deluge
[x]	The great stink

The raw sewage that used to be pumped directly into the Thames had dried during the hot, dry summer and created such a vile smell that parliament had to temporarily relocate

Which eminent Victorian engineer designed London’s sewerage system?

[x]	Joseph Bazalgette
[ ]	Isambard Kingdom Brunel
[ ]	Robert Stevenson
[ ]	J M W Turner

By 1866 most of London’s sewer network was complete

The police force had not been long established when Victoria took the throne. It had started in 1829. By whom was it founded?

[ ]	William Gladstone
[x]	Robert Peel
[ ]	John Peel
[ ]	Lord Palmerston

Hence policemen became known as ‘bobbies’ after Robert, their founder

10.

What was the reason most children in Victorian London did not attend school?

[x]	Their families needed them to work to earn money
[ ]	School uniforms were too expensive
[ ]	Most children were home schooled
[ ]	The children preferred to play in the streets

Many Victorian children worked in factories in appalling conditions, however when the 1833 Factory Act was passed the length of their working day was shortened