Victoria, Princess Royal - Quiz
Victoria Princess Royal
  • 1. What hobby did Empress Frederick devote part of her final years to?
A) Sculpting
B) Piano
C) Painting
D) Embroidery
  • 2. Which artists' colony did the Empress regularly visit?
A) Kronberg
B) Berlin
C) Potsdam
D) Friedrichshof
  • 3. Who was the painter the Empress regularly met in Kronberg?
A) Sigismund
B) Edward VII
C) Norbert Schrödl
D) Frederick Ponsonby
  • 4. What medical condition was diagnosed in the empress dowager in late 1898?
A) Spinal meningitis
B) Heart failure
C) Inoperable breast cancer
D) Lung disease
  • 5. To which part of her body had the cancer spread by the autumn of 1900?
A) Spine
B) Lungs
C) Brain
D) Liver
  • 6. Who did the Empress worry might seize her personal letters?
A) Frederick Ponsonby
B) Edward VII
C) The emperor
D) Norbert Schrödl
  • 7. Who performed the operation to smuggle the letters back to Great Britain?
A) Waldemar
B) Sigismund
C) Frederick Ponsonby
D) Edward VII
  • 8. What was Frederick Ponsonby's professional relationship to Edward VII?
A) Painter
B) Private secretary
C) Doctor
D) Brother
  • 9. On what date did Edward VII visit his sister in Kronberg?
A) 23 February 1898
B) 23 February 1901
C) 13 August 1901
D) 5 August 1901
  • 10. In what year were the letters, smuggled by Ponsonby, finally published?
A) 1901
B) 1898
C) 1900
D) 1928
  • 11. On what date did the Empress die?
A) 5 August 1900
B) 5 August 1901
C) 13 August 1901
D) 23 February 1901
  • 12. Where did Empress Frederick die?
A) London
B) Friedrichshof
C) Potsdam
D) Kronberg
  • 13. Where was Empress Frederick buried?
A) Friedenskirche at Potsdam
B) Kronberg
C) Westminster Abbey
D) Friedrichshof
  • 14. What is on top of the Empress's tomb?
A) A stone cross
B) A recumbent marble effigy
C) A bronze statue
D) A golden crown
  • 15. Which of the Empress's sons are buried in the same mausoleum as her?
A) Edward and William
B) Frederick and Edward
C) Sigismund and Waldemar
D) Norbert and Frederick
  • 16. What event triggered peak opposition between liberals and conservatives in Berlin?
A) The death of William I
B) The marriage of the Prince of Wales
C) A royal visit to the Mediterranean
D) The Prussian constitutional conflict
  • 17. What mode of transport did Victoria and Frederick use for their October 1862 trip?
A) A German merchant ship
B) Queen Victoria's yacht
C) A train through Prussia
D) A Prussian naval vessel
  • 18. Why did conservatives criticize Frederick for his 1862 Mediterranean trip?
A) They accused him of abandoning his father
B) He spent too much money
C) He traveled without his wife
D) He refused to see the Queen
  • 19. What detail about Frederick's travel angered Prussian conservatives?
A) He refused to bring a royal guard
B) He spoke only English during the journey
C) The use of a foreign vessel escorted by an English warship
D) He refused to fly the Prussian flag
  • 20. Who did the Prince of Wales become engaged to?
A) A French noblewoman
B) A Prussian princess
C) Princess Alexandra of Denmark
D) A British commoner
  • 21. Why did the engagement of the Prince of Wales affect Victoria's position in Berlin?
A) Denmark was a rival Prussian state
B) The wedding was held in secret
C) She disapproved of the bride
D) The King refused to attend
  • 22. Where did Frederick publicly criticize Bismarck's policy?
A) Danzig
B) London
C) Copenhagen
D) Berlin
  • 23. What did Bismarck's order of 1 June 1863 seek to allow?
A) Closing royal schools
B) Prohibition of newspaper publications
C) Arresting political dissidents
D) Increasing military taxes
  • 24. What did William I threaten to do to Frederick after his speech in Danzig?
A) Exile him to England
B) Force him to divorce Victoria
C) Strip him of his land
D) Exclude him from the succession to the throne
  • 25. Who suggested that Frederick should be tried in a court-martial?
A) General Edwin von Manteuffel
B) The Prince of Wales
C) Bismarck
D) Baron Ernst von Stockmar
  • 26. Who did many suspects believe was behind Frederick's speech in Danzig?
A) Victoria
B) Baron Ernst von Stockmar
C) William I
D) Queen Victoria
  • 27. Which newspaper praised Victoria and Frederick's role during the political tension?
A) The Prussian Post
B) The Daily Mail
C) The Berlin Gazette
D) The Times
  • 28. Why did the British newspaper article cause further problems for the couple?
A) It revealed their travel plans
B) It suggested Victoria revealed confidential information
C) It insulted the King
D) It exposed their financial secrets
  • 29. Who resigned his position due to the investigation against Victoria?
A) The Prince of Wales
B) Prince Charles
C) Baron Ernst von Stockmar
D) General Edwin von Manteuffel
  • 30. How frequently did Victoria send letters to her father?
A) Twice a year
B) Each week
C) Once a month
D) Every day
  • 31. What content was typically included in Victoria's letters to her father?
A) Comments on German political events
B) Detailed shopping lists
C) Complaints about her husband
D) Requests for more money
  • 32. How long was the mourning period for the Duchess of Orléans in London?
A) Three days
B) One year
C) One week
D) One month
  • 33. How long was the mourning period for the Duchess of Orléans in Berlin?
A) Three days
B) One month
C) Two weeks
D) One week
  • 34. Whom did Baron von Stockmar ask to intervene regarding the Queen's demands?
A) The German Chancellor
B) Prince Albert
C) The British Parliament
D) Victoria herself
  • 35. What were Russia and Britain considered during the 19th century?
A) Geopolitical rivals
B) Trade partners
C) Close allies
D) Colonial subjects
  • 36. Which social class in Prussia tended to admire the ordered society of Imperial Russia?
A) Junkers
B) The Peasants
C) The Bourgeoisie
D) The Merchants
  • 37. What was Victoria's amateur hobby mentioned in the text?
A) Horseback riding
B) Painting
C) Gardening
D) Piano playing
  • 38. What was the name given to the conflict regarding Victoria's garden designs?
A) The Anglo-Prussian garden war
B) The Imperial garden revolution
C) The Hohenzollern landscape struggle
D) The Sanssouci dispute
  • 39. Which palace was the subject of the garden design controversy?
A) Sanssouci
B) Windsor Castle
C) Buckingham Palace
D) Berlin Palace
  • 40. What style of gardens did the Prussian court favor over Victoria's designs?
A) Victorian
B) Geometric
C) English
D) Italianate
  • 41. In what year did the court conflict over garden designs begin?
A) 1870
B) 1858
C) 1850
D) 1865
  • 42. What amount did the British Parliament allot for Victoria's dowry?
A) 9,000 pounds
B) 40,000 pounds
C) 100,000 pounds
D) 8,000 pounds
  • 43. Which German Emperor was Victoria's son?
A) Frederick III
B) George V
C) Wilhelm I
D) Wilhelm II
  • 44. At what age was Victoria married?
A) 20
B) 18
C) 16
D) 17
  • 45. How long did Frederick III reign as Emperor?
A) 9 months
B) 5 years
C) 1 year
D) 99 days
  • 46. What was the family's nickname for Victoria?
A) Toria
B) Vicky
C) Alice
D) Louisa
  • 47. Who baptized Victoria in 1841?
A) King Leopold I
B) Prince Albert
C) Baron Stockmar
D) William Howley
  • 48. At what age did Victoria begin learning French?
A) 18 months
B) 6 years
C) 12 years
D) 4 years
  • 49. Which royal residence did the family acquire on the Isle of Wight?
A) Osborne House
B) Buckingham Palace
C) Windsor Castle
D) Friedrichshof
  • 50. Who was the children's first governess?
A) Queen Victoria
B) Lady Lyttelton
C) Sarah Anne Hildyard
D) Baron Stockmar
  • 51. How many children did Victoria have with Prince Frederick?
A) Nine
B) Eight
C) Ten
D) Six
  • 52. What was the date of Victoria's birth?
A) 21 November 1840
B) 5 August 1901
C) 9 November 1841
D) 10 February 1841
  • 53. In what year did the revolution in Berlin strengthen links between the British and Prussian royal couples?
A) 1851
B) 1848
C) 1855
D) 1856
  • 54. During which event did Victoria first meet Frederick in 1851?
A) A royal ball at Balmoral
B) The Crimean War
C) The Great Exhibition
D) The coronation of Queen Victoria
  • 55. Which intellectual trait of Victoria did Frederick particularly recall after their first meeting?
A) Musical talent
B) Mathematical skill
C) Political ambition
D) Intellectual curiosity
  • 56. How long was Frederick's stay in England in 1851?
A) Four weeks
B) Six months
C) Two weeks
D) Three months
  • 57. In 1855, where did Prince Frederick visit Victoria and her family?
A) Buckingham Palace
B) Windsor Castle
C) Balmoral Castle
D) Berlin
  • 58. Many members of the Prussian court wanted Frederick to marry a member of which royal family?
A) British
B) French
C) Austrian
D) Russian
  • 59. How did The Times characterize the Hohenzollern dynasty?
A) A miserable dynasty
B) A heroic family
C) A liberal beacon
D) A rising power
  • 60. Where did Victoria and Frederick move in November 1858?
A) Neues Palais
B) Kronprinzenpalais
C) Potsdam Palace
D) Berlin Palace
  • 61. On what date was Victoria's first child, Wilhelm II, born?
A) 2 January 1861
B) 24 July 1860
C) 27 January 1859
D) 15 November 1858
  • 62. What was the physical condition of the baby Wilhelm II at birth?
A) Breech
B) Jaundiced
C) Underweight
D) Premature
  • 63. How much shorter was Wilhelm's left arm compared to his right as an adult?
A) Five centimetres
B) Twenty centimetres
C) Fifteen centimetres
D) Ten centimetres
  • 64. What summer residence did Victoria and Frederick use?
A) Berlin Palace
B) Kronprinzenpalais
C) Neues Palais
D) Potsdam Station
  • 65. What potential issue did doctors speculate was caused by the difficult labor?
A) Fetal distress
B) Hearing loss
C) Blindness
D) Congenital heart disease
  • 66. What did the old wing of the Berlin Palace lack?
A) A bathtub
B) Furniture
C) Heating
D) Windows
  • 67. What part of Wilhelm's body was damaged during childbirth?
A) Leg nerves
B) Spinal cord
C) Brachial plexus
D) Skull
  • 68. On what date did Prince Albert pass away?
A) 14 December 1861
B) 11 March 1862
C) 14 December 1862
D) 22 September 1890
  • 69. What was the reported cause of Prince Albert's death?
A) Heart failure
B) Pneumonia
C) A royal accident
D) Typhoid fever
  • 70. Where did Victoria go to attend her father's funeral?
A) Germany
B) England
C) France
D) Prussia
  • 71. When did William I dissolve the Prussian Parliament?
A) 22 September 1862
B) 11 March 1861
C) 14 December 1861
D) 11 March 1862
  • 72. What was Otto von Bismarck willing to do to rule Prussia?
A) Follow all parliamentary demands
B) Rule without a parliamentary majority
C) Abdicate the throne
D) Form a coalition with the Queen
  • 73. How long did Bismarck remain at the head of the Prussian government?
A) Until 1900
B) Until 1880
C) Until 1862
D) Until 1890
  • 74. Who was the Prussian prime minister that aimed to impose Prussian hegemony?
A) William I
B) Frederick
C) Bismarck
D) Friedrich von Wrangel
  • 75. Which figure inspired Victoria to become involved in the medical aid of wounded soldiers?
A) Queen Victoria
B) Field Marshal von Wrangel
C) Alexandra
D) Florence Nightingale
  • 76. Which city was annexed by Prussia following the Austro-Prussian War?
A) Copenhagen
B) Vienna
C) Frankfurt
D) London
  • 77. Which country occupied Holstein on 9 June 1866?
A) Prussia
B) Austria
C) Saxony
D) Denmark
  • 78. What happened during the Battle of Königgrätz in 1866?
A) Austria suffered a heavy defeat
B) Prussia suffered a heavy defeat
C) Denmark intervened on behalf of Austria
D) A stalemate occurred
  • 79. What kind of carriage did Victoria choose to use that drew criticism from Queen Augusta?
A) A landau
B) A horse-drawn sleigh
C) An open coach with four horses
D) A barouche with two horses
  • 80. What did Bismarck accuse Victoria and the Queen of being during an official dinner?
A) Supporters of British interference
B) Opposed to the Prussian army
C) Secretly socialist
D) Ardently francophile
  • 81. Where did Victoria build a military hospital regardless of costs?
A) Berlin
B) Wiesbaden
C) Hamburg
D) Potsdam
  • 82. Which writer was a close friend of Victoria and Frederick?
A) Heinrich von Treitschke
B) Richard Wagner
C) Gustav Freytag
D) Karl Marx
  • 83. Which essay did Victoria harshly criticize in a letter to her mother?
A) The Origin of Species
B) Das Judenthum in der Musik
C) Jewry in Politics
D) The Communist Manifesto
  • 84. Where did Victoria and Frederick attend a synagogue service in 1881?
A) Wiesbaden
B) Potsdam
C) Hamburg
D) Berlin
  • 85. What type of schools did Victoria found beginning in 1877?
A) Military academies
B) Technical institutes
C) Schools for the arts
D) Schools for girls
  • 86. Besides animal baths, what else did William undergo to treat his arm and neck?
A) Hydrotherapy
B) Surgical grafting
C) Electroshock sessions
D) Acupuncture
  • 87. What did Victoria feel her son's disability was?
A) A divine test
B) A source of pride
C) A minor inconvenience
D) A disgrace
  • 88. Which theorist speculated that Victoria distanced herself from William due to his illness?
A) John C. G. Röhl
B) Sigmund Freud
C) David Hunt
D) Wolfgang Mommsen
  • 89. What historian argued that Victoria was actually very affectionate with her children?
A) John C. G. Röhl
B) Sigmund Freud
C) Martin Warren
D) Wolfgang Mommsen
  • 90. Where did Victoria and Frederick buy a cottage to mimic the environment of Osborne House?
A) Kassel
B) Bonn
C) Hesse
D) Bornstedt
  • 91. At what age was Henry sent to the navy?
A) 12 years old
B) 14 years old
C) 16 years old
D) 18 years old
  • 92. Which of Victoria's daughters was known for having a difficult personality and potential porphyria?
A) Alice
B) Victoria
C) Charlotte
D) Marie
  • 93. What condition do historians believe Charlotte suffered from, similar to King George III?
A) Diphtheria
B) Anxiety disorder
C) Atrophy
D) Porphyria
  • 94. What substance did Victoria use to treat her own headaches and skin rashes?
A) Arsenic
B) Chloroform
C) Laudanum
D) Morphine
  • 95. Which country disliked Alexander I of Bulgaria's policies?
A) Great Britain
B) Russia
C) Austria
D) Italy
  • 96. In what year did William I's health decline rapidly?
A) 1887
B) 1888
C) 1889
D) 1886
  • 97. Who was the British physician that examined Frederick?
A) Bismarck
B) Morell Mackenzie
C) Götz de Seckendorff
D) Hugo von Radolin
  • 98. Where did Mackenzie advise Frederick to go for treatment?
A) Italy
B) Great Britain
C) France
D) Germany
  • 99. In which city did Frederick and Victoria stay in September 1887?
A) San Remo
B) Berlin
C) Windsor
D) Rome
  • 100. What was the final diagnosis for Frederick's condition?
A) A malignant tumour
B) Laryngitis
C) A benign cyst
D) A viral infection
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