The Victorians
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Can you solve these tricky Victorian
brain teasers?
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Can you unscramble these names to reveal some famous Victorian people?
LECSHAR WARDNI NCEFOLRE NGTIHNAIGLE
EQEUN IVTOCRAI CLEHASR CKDNIES
EMLINMENE PNKHUARST DOLR FTASHBUEYRS
SOJPHE ISLRET AXBETRI TOTERP
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That was tricky! How many did you get right?
LECSHAR WARDNI CHARLES DARWIN
NCEFOLRE NGTIHNAIGLE FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE
EQEUN IVTOCRAI QUEEN VICTORIA
CLEHASR CKDNIES CHARLES DARWIN
EMLIMENE PNKHUARST EMMELINE PANKHURST
DOLR FTASHBUEYRS LORD SHAFTESBURY
SOJPHE ISLRET JOSEPH LISTER
AXBETRI TOTERP BEATRIX POTTER
Do you know why each of these Victorians is famous?
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V I C T O R I A N E R A
How many different words can you make using the letters from the words ‘Victorian era’?
You can only use each letter once per word!
For example, I can make the word ‘crane’.
VICTORIAN ERA
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V I C T O R I A N E R Acot
rot
not
tot
tin
rain
train
vain
vane
vein
van
ran
vat
cat
rat
nor
tine
rant
can’t
trice
vice
rice
nice
nicer
ear
near
rear
via
corn
corner
cornier
rote
crane
torn
rare
invite
How many of these words did you find? Did you find any others?
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31 28 31 30 31 30 ? ? ? ?
Can you work out the next four numbers in this number
sequence?
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31 28 31 30 31 30 31 31 30 31
Did you get that right? What would the final two numbers in the
sequence be?
The number sequence shows the number of days in each month of the year!
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct
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Can you fill in the gaps in these words
to reveal different Victorian
inventions?
P _ O T _ G R _ _ H P O _ T _ G E _ TA _ P
C _ R I S _ _ _ S C _ R D S M _ R S _ C _ _ E
_ E W I _ G M _ _ H I _ E C O _ C R _ T _
P _ S _ B _ X F L _ S H _ N G _ O I L _ T
T H _ U N _ _ R G R _ _ _ D P _ N N _ F _ _ T H I _ G
_ E L _ P H _ _ E L _ G H _ B _ _ B
M O _ O R C _ R G R _ M O P H _ _ E
_ Y P _ W R _ T _ R TA _ M A _
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How many of those did you
get right?!
P H O T O G R A P H P O S TA G E S TA M P
C H R I S T M A S C A R D S M O R S E C O D E
SEWING MACHINE C O N C R E T E
P O S T B O X F L U S H I N G T O I L E T
THE UNDERGROUND P E N N Y FA RT H I N G
T E L E P H O N E L I G H T B U L B
M O T O R C A R G R A M O P H O N E
T Y P E W R I T E R TA R M A C
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Here are the full names of Queen Victoria, Prince Albert and their nine
children.
Albert Edward
Victoria Adelaide Mary Louise
Alice Maud Mary
Alfred Ernest Albert
Helena Augusta Victoria
Louise Caroline Alberta
Arthur William Patrick Albert
Leopold George Duncan Albert
Beatrice Mary Victoria Feodore
Alexandrina Victoria, Queen
Francis Albert Augustus Charles, Prince
Can you rearrange the 13 members of the family so that their names
are in alphabetical order?
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Albert Edward
Victoria Adelaide Mary Louise
Alice Maud Mary
Alfred Ernest Albert
Helena Augusta Victoria
Louise Caroline Alberta
Arthur William Patrick Albert
Leopold George Duncan Albert
Beatrice Mary Victoria Feodore
Alexandrina Victoria, Queen
Francis Albert Augustus Charles, Prince
Well done if you got the right
order!
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Can you fill in the blanks on this wall? Each pair of bricks adds up to the brick directly above it.
214 362 662
399 1169
1416
3454
5816
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Did you get all those right? Well done!
214 185 362 507 662
399 547 869 1169
946 1416 2038
2362 3454
5816
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A B C D E F G H I J K L M1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26
Each letter of the alphabet has a different value:
CADBURY BOOTS CLARKS HARRODS
TETLEY THE CO-OP NEXT HOVIS
For example, ‘queen’ has a value of 62: Q=17, U=21, E=5, E=5, N=14
17 + 21 + 5 + 5 + 14 = 62
These companies were all founded in the Victorian era. Which of these company names has the highest value?
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A B C D E F G H I J K L M1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26
Each letter of the alphabet has a different value:
CADBURY = 74
BOOTS = 71
CLARKS = 64
HARRODS = 83
TETLEY = 87
THE CO-OP = 82
NEXT = 63
HOVIS = 73
Tetley has the highest value! Well done if you got that right!