Q 01/05

By what nickname did Florence Nightingale become famous during her wartime nursing?

A) The Nurse of the Nile

B) The Lady with the Lamp

C) The Iron Matron

D) The White Sister

Answer · why

B) The Lady with the Lamp

The Lady with the Lamp comes from a newspaper report of her making her rounds alone at night, a little lamp in her hand, after the medical officers ha...

Q 02/05

Nightingale nursed soldiers wounded in Britain's war against which country?

A) Russia

B) Austria

C) Spain

D) Denmark

Answer · why

A) Russia

Russia was the enemy in the Crimean War; newspaper reports of wounded British soldiers left without proper care stirred such feeling at home that the ...

Q 03/05

Why was Nightingale, an English gentleman's daughter, born in Florence?

A) A honeymoon tour

B) A diplomatic posting

C) A health cure

D) An Italian mother

Answer · why

A) A honeymoon tour

A honeymoon tour that lasted years took her parents across Europe, and they named each daughter after the city where she was born; the family went hom...

Q 04/05

What was Nightingale's father's surname at birth, before he inherited an estate?

A) Shore

B) Verney

C) Smith

D) Evans

Answer · why

A) Shore

Shore was his name until he inherited the Lea estate in Derbyshire from a rich relative, Peter Nightingale, and took the surname with it, so nursing's...

Q 05/05

Which subject, unusual for a girl of her time, did Nightingale study at home and later use in her reforms?

A) Chemistry

B) Anatomy

C) Mathematics

D) Navigation

Answer · why

C) Mathematics

Mathematics fascinated her from childhood, and she later turned it on the army's death records, using the figures to press her case for reform on mini...