Queen Victoria's Coronation in 1838
On this day in 1838, Victoria was crowned queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Her reign, known as the Victorian era, lasted until 1901 and marked a period of industrial, cultural, political, scientific, and military change in the UK.
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- General Knowledge: Druids regarded the oak tree as sacred. Pop-o-Matic is the bubble dome in the board game Trouble. In Edward Lear’s poem, the Owl and the Pussycat sailed for a year and a day. The only royal palace in America is Iolani Palace in Honolulu, Hawaii. Beryl the Peril debuted in The Topper comic in 1953. The words 'Let not the deep swallow me up' appear on the back of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution's gallantry medals. The 70 mph speed limit was introduced on UK motorways in 1965. The term palpebral relates to the eyelids. The ITV game show Take Your Pick! was originally broadcast on Radio Luxembourg in 1952. An Ishihara test is used to test for color blindness.
- TV, Movies, and Music: The Blonde Bombshell was Jean Harlow. Hip-hop music originates from New York City. There are six Infinity Stones in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Viva Forever! was written by Jennifer Saunders. The prince in Sleeping Beauty was Prince Phillip. Roald Dahl wrote the screenplay for the Bond movie You Only Live Twice. The opening line of the 2004 Band Aid 20 version of Do They Know It's Christmas? was sung by Paul McCartney. Jonathan Pryce played the High Sparrow in Game of Thrones. Trip-hop is a music genre that uses a blend of acoustic and electronic instruments with soulful vocals. The Disney animated movie Robin Hood was released in 1973.
- True or False: 1. True. Bananas are technically berries. 2. True. A blue whale's heart is the size of a car. 3. True. 90% of humans live in the Northern Hemisphere. 4. False. The first TV commercial was for watches in 1941. 5. False. ZZ Top performed in Back to the Future Part III. 6. True. There are more trees on Earth than stars in the Milky Way. 7. False. Reindeer eyes turn blue in winter to see better. 8. True. The horned lizard can shoot blood from its eyes. 9. False. Removing all vessels would lower sea level by the width of a human hair. 10. True. When a worker bee mates with a queen bee, its penis explodes.
- Cryptic - Get a Job: 1. Sam Cooke (cook). 2. Ava Gardner (gardener). 3. Henry Cooper (cooper). 4. Tina Turner (turner). 5. Dennis Taylor (tailor). 6. Beatrix Potter (potter). 7. Tom Baker (baker). 8. Olivia Colman (coalman). 9. Glenn Miller (miller). 10. Margaret Thatcher (thatcher).
