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Results for Regency England: History and Culture
1. From 1811 to 1820 the responsibilities of the English throne
devolved upon the Prince of Wales, a man described as a
"dedicated hedonist, drunkard and lecher." What prevented King
George III from carrying out the responsibilities of the kingship?
Your Answer: He was mad.
The inability to speak English did not disqualify German born George
I, the first Hanoverian king and great-grandfather of George III, from
being King of England. The madness of George III is believed to have
resulted from an inherited disorder, Porphyria. His profligate son
became Prince Regent and, ultimately, King George IV.
89% of players have answered correctly.
2. A biography written soon the after death of the Prince Regent,
who later ruled as George IV, asserted that George IV contributed
more "to the demoralisation of society than any prince recorded in
the pages of history". By the time Parliament appointed him Prince
Regent, which of the following had the Prince of Wales
"accomplished"?
Your Answer: All of these
The reputedly charming Prince Regent spent profligately and lived
debauchedly. His early friends included the notorious Beau Brummel
(credited with the invention of the cravat). His marital escapades
exemplify his life. In 1785 he purportedly married his Brighton
mistress, Anne Fitzherbert, illegally. In 1795, the Prince's crippling
debt forced him to accept a political marriage to Caroline of
Brunswick in order to induce Parliament to assume his debts. His
scandalous treatment of his wife, which included an attempt to
divorce her and an effort to prevent her from attending his coronation
as King, contributed to his general unpopularity.
83% of players have answered correctly.
3. Jane Austen's books concern the manners and mores of the
English aristocracy of the Regency Period. The type of vulgar
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behavior in which the Prince Regent so typically engaged received
due censure in Austen's novels. The year 1815 saw the publication
of the Austen's fourth book, "Emma". To whom was "Emma"
dedicated?
Your Answer: Beau Brummel
The correct answer was The
Prince Regent.
Apparently the Prince and Jane Austen's father shared a physician
who convinced the elder Austen of the Prince's admiration for his
daughter's novels; although Austen biographer G. E. Milton points out
that with respect to the Prince, "it is hard to imagine his reading any
book, however delightful."
38% of players have answered correctly.
4. If one is wealthy, well born, and well dressed and associates with
others having the same important qualities one is entitled to
consider yourself part of what elite Regency England group?
Your Answer: The ton
Although one might suppose that "ton" referred to social weight, in
fact, the term "ton" derived from the word "tone" and refers to style
and manner. However, style and manner alone would not be
sufficient for one to be included in the ton. Riches and high birth were
equally requisite. "Crew" was a cant term for gangs of gypsies,
thieves and/or beggars. According to the 1811 "Dictionary of the
Vulgar Tongue", "cooler" referred either to a woman or to that portion
of her anatomy upon which she sat. A "hoity toity" was "a giddy,
thoughtless, romping girl".
48% of players have answered correctly.
5. You are standing in a foul smelling fish market near the Thames.
The language of the fishmongers strikes you as being as odious as
their wares. Where are you standing?
Your Answer: Billingsgate
"Billingsgate" has become synonymous with offensive, insulting
language. The "Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue" informs us that the
denizens of Billingsgate are prone to "leave decency and good
manners a little on the left hand." London markets were organized
under the Crown in the 14th century. The City of London market
authority regulates the present day Billingsgate market, which is no
longer located at the original site on the Thames. In Regency times
Covent Garden sold vegetables, herbs, flowers, hedgehogs and
fruits; Farringdon marketed flowers and vegetable, and Tattersall's
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auctioned "blooded" horses.
74% of players have answered correctly.
6. Which of the following events did not occur during the Regency
period (1811-1820)?
Your Answer: The publication of "Frankenstein" by Mary Shelley
The correct answer was The
French Revolution.
In 1814, Louis the XVIII was restored to the Monarchy of France.
Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein" was published in 1818. In 1819, in St.
Peter's Fields in Manchester, soldiers killed eleven and wounded four
hundred people at a reform meeting.
68% of players have answered correctly.
7. In 1815 Napoleon escaped from exile only to be defeated at
Waterloo. The Englishman who triumphed over Napoleon
subsequently resided at the posh mansion at Regency England's
most prestigious address, "Number 1 London". Who would have
been living in Apsley House at London's "ultimate" address in
1818?
Your Answer: The Duke of Wellington
Born Arthur Wellesley and made the first Duke of Wellington in 1814,
he purchased and remodeled Apsley house. Following his military
exploits, the Duke was active in politics though not always popular.
Mobs so regularly broke the windows on the ground floor of his home
that he had them covered with steel shutters.
78% of players have answered correctly.
8. The gypsies, beggars and thieves of London termed their slang
"flash lingo" or "St. Giles Greek". Which of the following would be
most likely to comprehend this colloquial speech?
Your Answer: A jemmy canter
According to "The Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue" jemmy canter is a
smart or "spruce" gypsy, thief or beggar who knows the "lingo". A
"well-mapped swell" is a well-dressed dandy, while a gentry mort is a
woman of the gentry. An "amen curler" is a parish clerk.
68% of players have answered correctly.
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9. The gentlemen of Regency England were sports enthusiasts. Of
which of the following sports was Tom Cribb the champion
throughout the Regency?
Your Answer: Boxing
In addition to the more genteel pursuits of fencing, horseracing and
fly-fishing, an English gentleman was also likely to take an interest in
pugulism and cockfighting. Tom Cribb was the bare-knuckle boxing
champion from 1810 to 1822. Some felt that the English practice of
settling affairs of honor with bare knuckles rather than drawn pistols
evidenced the moral superiority of England over Continental Europe,
where dueling remained a prevalent method for settling differences
between gentlemen. That said, in 1829 the Duke of Wellington (at the
time Prime Minister) and Lord Winchelsea fought a clandestine duel
with pistols, at the crack of dawn, south of the Thames, in what later
became Battersea Park. Lord Winchelsea had, after all, publicly
called the Duke a "hypocrite". The Duke of Wellington won.
63% of players have answered correctly.
10. Strolling down Bond Street to a favorite shop a young
gentleman sees a lady of slight acquaintance approaching him from
the opposite direction. Observing proper Regency etiquette, under
what circumstances may the gentleman speak to the lady?
Your Answer: If the gentleman first tips his hat and the lady bows in response.
The correct answer was Only
if the lady speaks first..
According to Daniel Pool's "What Jane Austen Ate and Charles
Dickens Knew: From Fox Hunting to Whist ~ the Facts of Daily Life in
19th-Century England", the gentleman may only tip his hat if the lady
first favors him with a slight bow of acknowledgement. Said tipping
must be performed with the hand opposite to the lady, presumably to
avoid inserting one's gentlemanly elbow into one of said lady's
luminous eyes. If a gentleman is to speak with a lady, he must walk
with her - it being unseemly to stand motionless in the street in
conversation. However, if unmarried and under thirty no lady should
be in the un-chaperoned company of a gentleman in any case.
18% of players have answered correctly.
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