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1. Victoria's
father was a son of which British monarch?
2. Victoria's husband
was a prince of which German territory?
3. What was the name
of Victoria's first-born child?
4. Which relative
did Victoria most look up to for advice in her teen years and first
years as Queen?
5. Who was Sir John
Conroy?
6. Who was Victoria's
first prime minister and political mentor?
7. Victoria was succeeded
in 1901 by which British monarch?
8. Britain engaged
in which war between 1853 and 1856?
9. The Second and
Third Reform Bills were concerned primarily with what issue?
10. Where was the
Great Exhibition of 1851 housed?
11. What was the
reason for Victoria's self-imposed seclusion during the first half
of the 1860s?
12. The chief architect
of mid-Victorian foreign policy was
13. Victoria acquired
what title in 1876?
14. Of all her prime
ministers, Victoria disliked which man the most?
15. The Boer War
was fought in the lands of which modern nation?
16. Where was is
royal residence of Balmoral located?
17. The Chartists
represented the interests of which social group?
18. What years cover
the span of Victoria's reign?
19. Why was Victoria
disappointed with her eldest son?
20. What was the
"Midlothian Campaign"?
21. Victoria objected
to which aspect of the Church of England as she knew it?
22. Victoria's Golden
Jubilee occurred during which year?
23. Which title was
Victoria's husband granted in 1857?
24. Which political
party did Victoria identify most with in her early days as Queen?
25. Victoria's reign
began in which year?
26. Who was Flora
Hastings?
27. Benjamin Disraeli
represented which political party?
28. Which of these
was a royal "first" of Queen Victoria's?
29. What was a primary
area of expertise where Prince Albert outshone Queen Victoria?
30. What would have
been a chief cause for concern to Victoria's security as Queen
in 1848?
31. Victoria married
Albert of Saxe-Coburg Gotha for which major reason?
32. Which royal residence
did Victoria write to Albert was "a place of our own"?
33. Why did Victoria
endear herself to the middle classes as few monarchs before her
had done?
34. The Crimean War
primarily concerned which European powers?
35. Which international
event affected British politics in 1860?
36. What is one way
Victoria did NOT mourn Prince Albert after his death?
37. In 1882, Victoria
was saved from an assassination by the quick action of
38. The Public Worship
Bill of 1874 discouraged which practice?
39. Whose 1883 death
devastated Queen Victoria?
40. One innovation
in the education of Victoria's children was
41. What event virtually
ended the republican movement in Britain in 1871?
42. What was at stake
in the "Home Rule" debate?
43. Victoria disliked
William Gladstone primarily for
44. A position Victoria
shared with her Conservative ministers was that
45. Victoria's death
occurred before the end of which conflict?
46. Who was Victoria's
chief adviser by the 1850s?
47. Victoria's Britain
was exceptional among European nations for
48. What kind of
accident did the Queen experience in 1883?
49. What was one
of Victoria's famous nicknames in the last years of her life?
50. Victoria's reign
was notable for
