1890s quiz
The answers to the clues given below all relate to events or people from the 1890s. How many can you answer correctly? One guess per clue. You have to get the answer I was looking for in the event that there may be other valid answers. No use of reference material or the internet of course to ensure fair play. Good luck.
REMEMBER - NO POSTS instead you PM me with your guesses any time up to 5am tomorrow. If possible, please wait until you've completed all the guesses you want to make to avoid too many PMs and to make my job easier. So no hurry and it doesn't matter when you submit the answers because I'll be judging them solely on who has the most correct - and in the event of two or more being level it will be a tie. I hope this is clear and good luck. Tomorrow I’ll post the names of the top entries.
1. What character was created by Bram Stoker?
2. What sporting event was held for the first time in over 1,600 years?
3. Which Thames bridge was opened in July 1890?
4. What style of dance was invented in Argentina and Uruguay?
5. Which famous charitable institution acquired its first property in 1895?
6. Which famous ballet was written by Pyotr Tchaikovsky?
7. Which writer was convicted of gross indecency?
8. What war involving the British began in October 1899?
9. What Massachusetts woman was accused of killing her parents with an axe?
10. Which organisation was founded in 1897 as the Automobile Club of Great Britain?
REMEMBER - NO POSTS instead you PM me with your guesses any time up to 5am tomorrow. If possible, please wait until you've completed all the guesses you want to make to avoid too many PMs and to make my job easier. So no hurry and it doesn't matter when you submit the answers because I'll be judging them solely on who has the most correct - and in the event of two or more being level it will be a tie. I hope this is clear and good luck. Tomorrow I’ll post the names of the top entries.
1. What character was created by Bram Stoker?
2. What sporting event was held for the first time in over 1,600 years?
3. Which Thames bridge was opened in July 1890?
4. What style of dance was invented in Argentina and Uruguay?
5. Which famous charitable institution acquired its first property in 1895?
6. Which famous ballet was written by Pyotr Tchaikovsky?
7. Which writer was convicted of gross indecency?
8. What war involving the British began in October 1899?
9. What Massachusetts woman was accused of killing her parents with an axe?
10. Which organisation was founded in 1897 as the Automobile Club of Great Britain?
