Q 01/05

By what nickname did Florence Nightingale become an icon of Victorian culture?

A) The Nurse of the Nile

B) The Lady with the Lamp

C) The Angel of Scutari

D) The White Sister

Answer · why

B) The Lady with the Lamp

It came from a Times report describing her solitary night rounds with a little lamp.

Q 02/05

During which war did Nightingale come to prominence?

A) The Indian Mutiny

B) The Boer War

C) The Crimean War

D) The Napoleonic Wars

Answer · why

C) The Crimean War

Britain and France had entered the war against Russia on the side of the Ottoman Empire.

Q 03/05

Nightingale was named after her birthplace. Where was she born?

A) Vienna, Austria

B) Geneva, Switzerland

C) Florence, Italy

D) Nice, France

Answer · why

C) Florence, Italy

Her older sister Parthenope was named after the Greek settlement on the site of Naples.

Q 04/05

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

A) Shore

B) Simith

C) Smith

D) Bonham Carter

Answer · why

A) Shore

William Edward Shore took the Nightingale name on inheriting the Lea estate from Peter Nightingale.

Q 05/05

Which of these subjects did Nightingale's father include in his daughters' unusually advanced curriculum?

A) Chemistry

B) Fencing

C) Mathematics

D) Navigation

Answer · why

C) Mathematics

He also taught them French, German, Italian, Latin, Greek and constitutional history.