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!