Greetings, friends! To help us all pass the time in quarantine, I& #39;ve put together a quiz devoted to odd bits of Victorian history!
You can play along on Twitter, or download printable sheets to play offline with friends and family. #VictorianQuiz
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Round 1: Victorian Slang!
Can you tell the difference between real bits of Victorian slang and the ones that I& #39;ve made up? Bonus points for correct definitions!
Pub Quiz rules — no googling the answers!
Can you tell the difference between real bits of Victorian slang and the ones that I& #39;ve made up? Bonus points for correct definitions!
Pub Quiz rules — no googling the answers!
Here& #39;s the downloadable question sheet for round one. Good luck!
I& #39;ll post the answers tomorrow night. New rounds featuring other Victorian oddities every few days. Good luck!
Without wishing to ruin the fun, I should add that this quiz is safe to play with your kids and families. Only one of the answers is (very mildly) rude.
Here& #39;s how the collective wisdom of Twitter fared.
On balance, players were fooled by SIX of the seven pieces of fake slang; they correctly identified only four out of the eight pieces of real slang.
You& #39;ll have another chance to get the better of me tomorrow in Round 2 of my #VictorianQuiz, which is all about peculiarly-named cowboys. See you then!
Oh, one more thing! Most of the genuine slang terms from the quiz come from a book titled Passing English of the Victorian Era. It& #39;s free to read online here if you want more: https://archive.org/details/passingenglishof00wareuoft/page/n5/mode/2up">https://archive.org/details/p...