crimea 40q pt2

Question 1

which battle was reported in the Times, 26 days after it occured?

Answer 1

Battle of Salamanca

Question 2

which Act of Parliament allowed all members of the public to access more reading material?

Answer 2

Public Libraries Act of 1850

Question 3

what allowed for the press to circulate information more quickly and easily by the Crimean War?

Answer 3

the railways

Question 4

which photographer was sent to Crimea on Prince Albert’s reccomendation?

Answer 4

Roger Fenton

Question 5

what were men of the 68th regiment phtographed wearing by Roger Fenton?

Answer 5

winter clothing

Question 6

what was Fenton’s photograph of a valley called?

Answer 6

Valley of the Shadow of Death

Question 7

who was sent by the Times to Crimea to report the war?

Answer 7

William Howard Russell

Question 8

which poet wrote a poem on the Charge of the Light Brigade?

Answer 8

Lord Tennyson

Question 9

which PM was forced to resign over the Crimean war?

Answer 9

Lord Aberdeen

Question 10

what report led to changes in the civil service?

Answer 10

Northcote-Trevelyan report

Question 11

which act transformed the civil service into a business?

Answer 11

Administrative Reform Act

Question 12

who did Cornewall Lewis replace as Chancellor?

Answer 12

William Gladstone

Question 13

what did Cornewall Lewis rely on to fund the Crimean war?

Answer 13

borrowing

Question 14

whose comittee report criticised the lack of planning in the Crimean war?

Answer 14

John Arthur Roebuck

Question 15

who sent Florence Nightingale to Crimea?

Answer 15

Sidney Herbert

Question 16

how many nurses did Nightingale go with to Crimea?

Answer 16

38

Question 17

which hospital was Nightingale based in?

Answer 17

Scutari

Question 18

which commission led to the clean-up at Scutari?

Answer 18

Sanitary Commission 1855

Question 19

what did Nightingale insist on changing in hospitals?

Answer 19

sheets

Question 20

who was the chef Nightingale brought from London to improve patient food?

Answer 20

Alexis Soyer

Question 21

what was Nightingale known as?

Answer 21

the Lady with the lamp

Question 22

when was the Royal Commussion on the Health of the Amry set up?

Answer 22

1857

Question 23

what was the training manual Nightingale published in 1859?

Answer 23

Hospital Design

Question 24

at which London hospital was a training school set up for nurses?

Answer 24

St Thomas’ Hospital

Question 25

how many patients died in the winter of 1854-55?

Answer 25

4000

Question 26

what did Hugh Small say Nightingale was in charge of?

Answer 26

a death camp

Question 27

what did Seacole open in 1855?

Answer 27

the British Hotel

Question 28

where did Seacole originate from?

Answer 28

Jamaica

Question 29

who complimented Seacole in the news?

Answer 29

The Times

Question 30

what book did Seacole publish in 1857?

Answer 30

Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands

Question 31

who did Bridgeman and Stanley lead to Crimea?

Answer 31

they led Irish nuns