Erasmus Darwin Word Scramble
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| Question | Answer |
| How many children did Darwin have? | 14 |
| What was the name of Darwin's father? | Robert |
| What was the profession of Darwin's father? | barrister |
| At which of the Inns of Court was Darwin's father a barrister? | Lincoln's Inn |
| What was Darwin's mother's name? | Elizabeth Hill |
| Darwin was the youngest of how many children? | 7 |
| When was Darwin born? | 12th of December, 1731 |
| Where was Darwin born? | Elston Hall |
| A skeleton of which creature was discovered by Darwin's father? | Pleisiosaur |
| Which society, perhaps an inspiration for the Lunar Society, was Darwin's father a member of? | Gentlemans Society of Spalding |
| How old was Darwin's mother Elizabeth when she died in 1797? | 94 |
| What was the occupation of Darwin's brother William? | Lawyer at Gray's Inn |
| What was the occupation of Darwin's brother John? | clergyman |
| What was the occupation of Darwin's brother Robert before he became squire at Elston Hall? | lawyer at Gray's Inn |
| How any sisters did Darwin have? | 3 |
| Which of Darwin's sisters married Rev Thomas Hall? | Elizabeth |
| Where did Darwin's sisters Ann and Susannah live? | Sleaford |
| What were Darwin's nicknames as a child? | Mus, and Rasee |
| What supposedly caused the growth of a lock of white hair on Darwin's head? | An accidental blow from a maid servant |
| What did an accidental blow from a maid servant when he was 5 cause? | a lock of white hair |
| Who wrote 'A new song in praise of two young hunters' about an adventure when Darwin was 8? | Robert |
| Where was Darwin sent to school at the age of 9? | Chesterfield School |
| Who was the headmaster of Chesterfield School when Darwin was there? | Rev William Burrow |
| With which of Darwin's brothers did he correspond in verse? | Robert |
| With whom was Erasmus playing when a gunpowder explosion injured him? | George Cavendish |
| With what were Darwin and George Cavendish playing that caused Darwin an injury? | gunpowder |
| Which disease did Darwin catch that left his skin marked? | smallpox |
| Who was Darwin's only friend at Elston? | Richard Dixon |
| To which school friend did Darwin write a long letter in 1749 signed Eras D'Arwin? | Samuel Pegge |
| How did Darwin sigh his schoolboy letter to Samuel Pegge? | Eras D'Arwin |
| Upon leaving school Darwin wrote a thank you letter to Burrow in which style? | 5th Satire of Persius |
| To which college did Robert, John and Erasmus all attend? | St John's College Cambridge |
| Who was Darwin's tutor at St John's? | Rev William Powell |
| What scholarship did Darwin win at Cambridge? | Exeter scholarship of £16 per annum |
| Darwin's first published poe was a 92 line elegy for which man? | Frederick Prince of Wales |
| To what did Darwin compare Frederick Prince of Wales in verse? | A cedar tree |
| To what did Darwin compare Burrow in his thank you letter? | a stately pine |
| In Darwin's elegy to Frederick which god tells us to cease mourning? | Neptune |
| What form of shorthand devise by Thomas Gurney did Darwin learn? | brachygraphy |
| Darwin sent an example of his brachygraphy to Thomas Gurney who printed it. It was the 10th chapter of which book of the bible? | revelation |
| The London Magazine printed a poem by Darwin about which inventor of a form of shorthand? | Thomas Gurney |
| When Gurney reprinted Darwin's poem about him, to whom did he credit the poem? | E.D Cambridge, St John's |
| What was the name of the poem that Darwin wrote to mark the marriage of his sister Elizabeth to Thomas Hall? | Epithalamium |
| Where did Darwin go to hear lectures by Dr George Baker? | King's College London |
| Who did Darwin go to hear lecture at Kings College London? | Dr George Baker |
| Whose anatomy lectures did Darwin attend at the Little Piazza, Covent Garden? | William Hunter |
| Who did Darwin hear lecture at St Thomas's Hospital in 1753? | Noah Thomas |
| Which noted physician proposed Darwin for election to the Royal Society? | Noah Thomas |
| Noah Thomas proposed Darwin for election to which body? | Royal Society |
| Upon a copy of which Cambridge scholar's book 'Introduction to the study of physic' did fellow students write “damn you Darwin you have spelt a hundred words wrong you son of a whore”? | William Heberden |
| What does Darwin curse in his poem “The Fifth of November”? | gunpowder |
| Which poem has been mistakenly cited as evidence of Darwin's religious orthodoxy? | The folly of atheism |
| In which poem did Darwin write humorously about being a Cambridge student? | A day in college at Christmas |
| With which tutor at Cambridge did Darwin become friendly? | John Michell |
| In which year did Darwin enter medical school in Edinburgh? | 1753 |
| Where did Darwin go to medical school? | Edinburgh |
| Where did Darwin lodge in Edinburgh? | Miss Ogston's in Goldielocks Land |
| Which of his fellow Lunar men did Darwin meet as a student in Edinburgh? | James Keir |
| The only shorthand notes existing from Darwin's time at Edinburgh were from a lecture by Dr Altson onwhich topic? | botany |
| While at Edinburgh Darwin became friends with which son of a German philosopher? | Albert Reimarus |
| What was the name of the poem that Darwin wrote for Reimarus? | A medical courtship |
| In ' A medical courtship' Reimarus asks the powers celestial for a wife. Who does he end up marrying? | Hygeia |
| What degree did Darwin get from Cambridge in 1755? | MB (bachelor of medicine) |
| Where did Darwin first try to establish a medical practice? | Nottingham |
| With whom Did Darwin lodge in Nottingham? | Mrs burden, upholsterer, in the long row |
| Who angered Darwin for charging a labourer called Marlow 6 guineas for an operation? | Douglas |
| To whom did Darwin send an anonymous letter after he felt he overcharged for a referral? | Douglas |
| To whom did Darwin write of Egyptian mummies, furnaces with fermenting liquor and coaches with wheels with spring rims? | Reimarus |
| Darwin's first patient in Nottingham was someone who died of which kind of wound? | Stab |
| On 12 November of 1756 Darwin moved to which city? | Lichfield |
| In which year did Darwin move to Lichfield? | 1756 |
| Which chemistry theory espoused by Priestley did Darwin reject? | Phlogiston |
| Darwin arrived in Lichfield with a letter of recommendation from his brother in law rev Thomas hall to which woman? | Lady Gresley |
| Darwin arrived in Lichfield with a letter of recommendation from a Cambridge friend to which Canon of Lichfield cathedral? | Thomas Seward |
| Thomas Seward had two daughters, what were their names? | Anna and Sarah |
| Which neighbour of Darwin's wrote "memoirs of the life of Dr Darwin"? | Anna Seward |
| One of Darwin's early Lichfield patients was referred to him as a second opinion after which doctor said he was going to die? | Dr Wilkes |
| Which patient of Dr Wilkes who was deemed close to death did Darwin save? | William Inge |
| Where did Darwin first lodge at Lichfield? | Mr Bernard's in the close. |
| Which of Darwin's sister's moved to Lichfield to be his housekeeper? | Susannah |
| What paper of Darwin's was printed in the philosophical transactions of the royal society in 1857? | Remarks on the opinion of Henry eeles esq concerning the ascent of vapour |
| Darwin claimed he undertook the experiment that disproved the views of Eeles in order to do what? | Find a means of improving the stream engine |
| Who published his Philosophical Essays in 1761 in response to Darwin's disproving of his theory on vapour? | Eeles |
| With whom did Darwin marry in 1757? | Mary Howard |
| What was Darwin's affectionate name for Mary Howard? | Polly |
| In which church and on what date did Darwin marry Mary (Polly) Howard? | St Mary's church, Lichfield, 30 Dec 1757 |
| How large was the settlement paid by Mr Howard for the marriage of Mary? | £1,000.00 |
| What was contributed as a settlement by the Darwin family in respect of Darwin's marriage to Mary Howard? | A farm at Lincoln |
| Where in Lichfield did Darwin and Polly move to after their marriage? | beacon street |
| Who took a lease on Darwin's house and adjoining buildings in June 1758? | Lady Gresley |
| Darwin's first child was born on 3 September 1758. What was his name? | Charles |
| On what date was Darwin's first son Charles born? | 3 Sept 1758 |
| Where did Polly stay for periods of her first two pregnancies? | Elston |
| Darwin's second child was born in 1759, what was his name? | Erasmus |
| Which female Lichfield resident did Darwin encourage to write poetry leading to the ire of her parents? | Anna Seward |
| What did Matthew Boulton make when Darwin first met him? | Buckles |
| Which mentor of Darwin's wrote about artificial magnets and was called the father of seismology as a result of his 1760 "observations on earthquakes"? | John Michell |
| Which seismologist, astronomer who envisaged black holes, and inventor of the torsion balance was mourned by Darwin as "a man of such accurate and universal knowledge...whose friendship I long possessed, and whose loss I have long lamented"? | John Michell |
| Who introduced Darwin to Benjamin Franklin? | John Michell |
| Who was introduced to Darwin by Michell as “the best philosopher in America”? | Benjamin Franklin |
| Which organisation founded by Franklin may have been an inspiration for the Lunar Society? | American Philosophical Society |
| Which friend of Darwin was a maker of clocks and scientific instruments? | John whitehurst |
| Which friend of Darwin's is thought to have invented the clocking in time clock? | John Whitehurst |
| Which Lichfield friend of Darwin's was a pioneering manufacturer of sulphuric acid, and an adviser to Darwin on bisiness matters? | Samuel Garbett |
| Which friend of Darwin was a paper maker and the author of the radical feminist novel Hermsprong? | Robert Bage |
| Which friend of Darwin who made a fortune as a japaner went on to print fine books? | John Baskerville |
| What was the name of the canal project of James Brindley's that aimed to link Hull and Liverpool? | Grand Trunk Canal |
| The canal link from Lichfield to King's Mills near Derby was to start where in Lichfield? | Minster Pool |
| In The Botanic Garden who was the only Englishman to be called immortal? | James Brindley |
| In The Botanic Garden who was the only American to be called immortal? | Benjamin Franklin |
| James Brindley and Benjamin Franklin were the only two people to be accorded which title in The Botanic Garden? | Immortal |
| Who was the Lunar Society's preferred Chairman? | James Keir |
| What speech impediment did Darwin suffer from? | stammer |
| What did Darwin say gavehim time for reflection and saved him from asking impertinent questions? | his stammer |
| In Zoonomia what did Darwin say arose from 'awe, bashfulness, ambition of shining, or fear of not succeeding'? | stammering |
| Who described Darwin as “wonderfully entertaining and instructive” as a talker? | Samuel Taylor Coleridge |
| Who said that “Dr Darwin possesses, perhaps, a greater range of knowledge than any other man in Europe”? | Samuel Taylor Coleridge |
| What was Darwin's second paper in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society (1760)? | An uncommon case of an Haemoptysis |
| Darwin was elected to membership of which organisation in April 1761? | Royal Society |
| Noah Thomas, John Hadley, John Lewis Petit, John Ross and Charlton Wollaston were the 5 Fellows who sponsored Darwin's membership application for which body? | Royal Society |
| Having joined the Royal Society how many years did it take Darwin to sign the Charter Book? | 20 years |
| What was Darwin's nickname for his sister Susannah? | Sukey |
| Which of Darwin's siblings was nicknamed Sukey? | Susannah |
| What was the name of the house in Lichfield nexgt to his home that Darwin used a part of? | Vicar's Hall |
| The body of which executed man was used by Darwin for a course of anatomical lectures? | Thomas Williams |
| What was the name of Darwin's daughter who was born in 1763 but died 4 months later in March 1764? | Elizabeth |
| With whom was Darwin travelling by boat to Nottingham when he lept from the boat and swam to shore having become intoxicated? | Mr Sneyd |
| Which factory was described as the 8th wonder of the world? | Soho works |
| In a letter to Boulton, Darwin says that density is proportional to pressure divided by absolute temperature. By what name is that law more commonly known? | Ideal Gas Law |
| Which two gas laws later discovered by others were alluded to by Darwin in a letter to Boulton? | Ideal Gas Law and the Law of Partial Pressures |
| When Darwin designed a steam car what form of transmission did he design? | belt transmission |
| Darwin was the first person to state the principles of design for which vehicle? | steam car |
| Darwin went into business with Garbett, Bage and Barker. What was the business? | Wychnor Ironworks |
| Which landowner was blocking the Wychnor Ironworks project until he was bought a mill at Alrewas? | Woodhouse |
| Who was the chief activator of the Grand trunk campaign? | Josiah Wedgewood |
| What name did Darwin propose be given to the canal, if built, when proposing it to Queen Charlotte, although this proposal was edited out? | River Charlotte |
| Who edited Darwin's paper of inland navigation, to his chagrin? | Bentley |
| Which friend of Darwin and Bentley edited the Monthly Review and gave the Inland Navigation paper a glowing review? | Ralph Griffiths |
| The mayor of which city complained that the proposed canal would damage trade? | Mayor of Derby |
| Who cut the first turf of the Grand Trunk Canal? | Wedgewood |
| The Grand Trunk Canal as completed, linked which two rivers? | Mersey and Trent |
| Which doctor, formerly the Professor of Natural Philosophy at the College of William and Mary in Williamsurg Virginia joined the Lunar circle in 1765? | William Small |
| Who introduced Small to the Lunar Circle? | Franklin |
| Despite having replaced Darwin as Boulton's Doctor, who was his 'favourite friend'? | William Small |
| Which philosopher did Darwin meet in a visit to Wootton Hall in 1766? | Jean Jacques Rousseau |
| Where at Woorron Hall was Rouseau when Darwin met him? | a cave |
| When Darwin met Rousseau at Wootton Hall what did they discuss? | botany |
| Who was Darwin in the middle of writing a letter to when he died? | Richard Edgeworth |
| Which friend of Darwin, with a passion for women, lived mostly in Ireland? | Richard Edgeworth |
| What type of carriage did Edgeworth build upon a design of Darwin's? | Phaeton |
| What innovation later 'invented' by Lankensperger of Munich did Darwin make to carriage design? | Steering mechanism |
| Where did Darwin find one of his brothers face down and drunk? | in a ditch |
| Which society awarded Edgeworth with a gold medal in 1769 for his design for a four wheel carriage incorporating Darwin's steering design? | Society of Arts |
| For what reason had Watt gone to London when on his return he met Darwin and Small? | To petition for a Forth-Clyde canal |
| Which fellow student of Darwin's joined the Lunar Circle in 1767? | James Keir |
| Which of the Lunar Circle gained experience of managing the Soho Factory? | James Keir |
| What item at Lichfield Cathedral was installed at Darwin's advice? | Lightning Conductor |
| Whose 1765 edition of Shakespeare was savaged in verse by Darwin alongside a critique of Seward's edition of Beaumont? | Samuel Johnson |
| Darwin's third son was named after his eldest brother, what was his name? | Robert Waring |
| Darwin's son, Robert Waring survived an experimental innoculation against what? | measles |
| Which of Darwin's sons also had a stammer? | Charles |
| Which of Darwin's sons was sent to France in a bid to cure his stammer? | Charles |
| Where was Darwin's son Charles sent in a bid to cure his stammer? | France |
| Who accompanied Charles Darwin to France as his tutor? | Rev Samuel Dickenson |
| Which relation of Polly did she suggest Charles be put in touch with? | Mr Foley |
| Darwin's fifth child died just three weeks after being born. Named after one of Darwin's brothers what was his name? | William Alvey |
| What was the name of the horse Darwin trained to follow his carriage so that he could continue by horseback if a carriage could not traverse the road? | Doctor |
| Darwin became interested in which subject due to his friend John Whitehurst of Derby? | Geology |
| When Wedgewood was planning his new pottery works at Burslem what name did Darwin suggest? | Etruria |
| Wedgewood supplied Darwin with bones to identify, excavated from which part of the Grand Trunk Canal? | Harecastle Tunnel |
| In 1768 the Lunar group acquired its youngest, wealthiest, most eccentric, literary and least scientific member. Who was he? | Thomas Day |
| Where did darwin first meet Day? | At an inn in Eccleshall |
| From the Spring of 1768 and for the following 7 years there were how many members of the Lunar Circle? | 9 |
| Who were the 9 original members of the Lunar Circle? | Small, Darwin, Boulton, Whitehurst, Wedgewood, Watt, Keir, Edgeworth and day |
| From the spring of 1768 and for the next 10 years 5 members of the Lunar group pursued which alternative energy project of Darwin's? | Horizontal windmill |
| What operation did Darwin encourage Wedgewood to have in May 1768? | Amputate right leg |
| Who did Darwin suggest carry out Wedgwood's amputation? | James Bent |
| Where did Darwin suffer a serious road accident on 11 July 1768? | Rugeley |
| What injury did Darwin suffer in his 1768 road accident? | broken patella of the right knee |
| Which painter became a patient and lifelong friend of Darwin's? | Joseph Wright of Derby |
| In which paintingby Joseph Wright of Derby does tradition suggest that Darwin is pictured holding a watch? | An Experiment with a Bird in the Air Pump |
| Which organisation did Darwin write to in 1769 requesting a grant to build a full size version of his windmill? | Society of Arts |
| Who at the society of arts did Darwin write to about his windmill? | Dr Templeman |
| Wedgwood worried that he was going blind and sought Darwin's help when he experienced what? | Spots before his eyes |
| To whom did Darwin propose an exchange of children so that each could learn from the other's culture? | Albert Reimarus |
| Who hit Darwin interested in metaphysics? | Robert Clive |
| How did Darwin describe his proposed single common ancestor in zoonomia? | Single living filament |
| The bones found in the Harecastle tunnel and in Derbyshire caves led Darwin to propose what theory? | Theory of common descent |
| What did Darwin's motto 'e conchis omnia' mean? | Everything from shells |
| What was Darwin's motto, translating into English as 'everything from shells'? | E conchis omnia |
| What type of shells symbolizing Darwin's belief in evolution were on his coat of arms? | Scallop shells |
| Who mocked Darwin's belief in common descent in verse causing Darwin to paint out the motto on his carriage? | Seward |
| What was the only treatment that offered Polly relief when she suffered spasms of pain? | Opium |
| How old was Polly when she died on 30 June 1770? | 30 |
| When did Polly die? | 30th of June 1770 |
| To whom did Darwin send a lock of Polly's hair and her ring? | Miss Newton |
| What did Darwin send to miss Newton after Polly's death? | Hair and her ring |
| Where was Polly buried? | Lady choir at Lichfield cathedral |
| What condition did Polly probably die of? | Biliary tract disease |
| With what did Polly self medicate and probably exacerbate her condition? | Spirits |
| How old was Darwin when Polly died? | 38 |
| Which of Darwin's sister's moved in and became his housekeeper after the death of Polly? | Susannah |
| Who did Darwin bring in to look after Robert after Polly's death? | Mary Parker |
| Where was Mary Parker from? | Elston |
| How old was Mary Parker when she moved in to look after Robert? | 17 |
| In which year did Darwin begin work on zoonomia? | 1770 |
| Who painted a portrait of Darwin in 1770 possibly in lieu of payment for treatment? | Joseph Wright of derby |
| Darwin wrote a catalogue caption for which painting by Joseph Wright? | Miravan robbing the tomb of his ancestors |
| Which of Darwin's friends adopted two twelve year old girls with a view to educating them both and marrying one of them? | Thomas day |
| Day and edgeworth both fell in love with which of Darwin's neighbours? | Honora Sneyd |
| What did brindley advise the wychnor ironworks company to develop? | A mill for grinding filings |
| By 1771 the wychnor iron works was manufacturing which item? | Nails |
| In 1771 Darwin proposed building a narrow canal to link Lichfield to where on the grand trunk canal? | Fradley heath |
| Armed with a theory of phonetics which machine did Darwin build in 1771?Which letters could the speaking machine pronounce perfectly? | Pbma |
| Boulton promised Darwin £,1000 if he could make a speaking machine that could pronounce which texts? | Lord's prayer, the creed and the 10 commandments |
| Darwin had a speaking tube from his study to which other room in the house? | Kitchen |
| How much money did Charles Howard (Polly's father) leave to Darwin? | 10 guineas |
| How much money did Charles Howard leave in trust for Darwin's sons? | £1000 plus the money Darwin had borrowed |
| Who bore Darwin two daughters, Susan and Mary? | Mary Parker |
| What was the name of Wedgwood's wife who Darwin treated? | Sally Wedgwood |
| In which work did Darwin write a eulogy for James Brindley? | The economy of vegetation |
| Who receives the longest tribute in the economy of vegetation? | James Brindley |
| Which of Darwin's friends translated Macquer and published it as A Dictionary of Chemistry? | Keir |
| Who sent Darwin a copy of Priestley's paper on aerated water? | Franklin |
| What was the moat at cathedral close in Lichfield called? | The dimble |
| Which paper by Darwin was based on experiments by Young, Warltire and Webster? | Experiments on animal fluids in the exhausted receiver |
| To encourage the writing of which son did Darwin form the Lichfield literary circle? | Charles |
| Who became a close friend of Darwin's through the Lichfield literary circle? | Brooke Boothby |
| Which geologist used Darwin's house as a base for expeditions to the peak district? | James Hutton |
| While at Lichfield which geologist helped Darwin with experiments with an air gun to show that air was cooled by expansion? | James Hutton |
| Which new lunar circle recruit moved to Birmingham in 1774 to begin working with Matthew Boulton? | James watt |
| Which of the lunar circle died in 1775, possibly of malaria contracted in Williamsburg? | Dr small |
| What nickname did Dr small have for Erasmus junior? | Peter |
| Darwin wrote an elegy for an engraving on a vase in Boulton's garden in honour of which member of the lunar circle? | Dr Small |
| Who sent Dr small six dozen bottles of Madeira which didn't arrive until after smalls death? | Thomas Jefferson |
| As a tribute to which deceased member of the lunar circle did the circle formalise their meeting arrangements? | Dr small |
| Which date is regarded as the first meeting of the lunar society of Birmingham? | 31st of December 1775 |
| Who filled smalls vacancy in the lunar society as well as taking over his practice? | Dr William withering |
| What was Elizabeth pole doing when Darwin first met her? | Chopping down a tree |
| In his first poem to Eliza how did Darwin represent himself? | As a wood nymph |
| Over a six year courtship of whom diff Darwin write over 20 poems of praise? | Elizabeth pole |
| Elizabeth pole was the illegitimate daughter of which nobleman? | Charles Colyear, 2nd earl of Portmore |
| Where did Elizabeth pole live with her husband Edward sacheverel pole? | Radburn hall |
| Who introduced Darwin to the poles? | Joseph Wright of Derby |
| Hunting song is one of Darwin's courtship poems in honour of whom? | Elizabeth pole |
| Erasmus junior went to London in 1776 to study the law under the wing of which uncle? | William Alvey Darwin |
| Where did Charles Darwin go as an undergraduate in 1775? | Christ church Oxford |
| Which university did Charles Darwin transfer to in the summer of 1776? | Edinburgh medical school |
| Which school in London was based on Franklin's idea of teaching morality without religion? | David Williams' chapel |
| Which poem by day criticised the Americans for owning slaves? | The dying negro |
| What poem by Darwin appears in Munday's Needwood Forest? | Address to the Swilcar Oak |
| Darwin revised Swilcar Oak for inclusion in which of his other works? | Phytologia |
| In1776 Darwin wrote a 25 page guide to what? | Shorthand |
| In 1776 Darwin began writing case notes and ideas down in which book? | Commonplace book |
| In his commonplace book Darwin postulated that witches floated during trial by ordeal due to what? | Bad digestion leading to stomach and bowels distended with air |
| What technique did Darwin use to treat Mr Seville? | Electrotherapy |
| Darwin's use of electrotherapy on Mr saville is noted in the commonplace book and in which publication? | Zoonomia |
| In 1776 Darwin bought some land a mile west of his home and spent three years turning it to which purpose? | Botanic garden |
| What structure Erasmus and Erasmus junior buy in Lichfield in 1780? | Bathhouse |
| Darwin translated the work of which botanist? | Linnaeus |
| Which poem by Darwin greatly influenced the romantic poets especially wordsworth and Coleridge? | The Botanic garden |
| What innovation did Darwin design for canals? | Canal lift |
| In 1777 Darwin designed an artificial creature. Which one? | Bird |
| Through which design did Darwin show a greater understanding of how birds fly than anyone before him? | Artificial bird |
| Darwin designed a watch spring power source for his artificial bird, how did he originally suggest that the spring be rewound in flight? | Small gunpowder charges |
| Darwin designed watch spring power source for his artificial bird, what was his preferred method of rewinding the spring? | Compressed air |
| What did Darwin call his copying machine? | Bigrapher |
| Which of Elizabeth poles daughters became ill requiring Elizabeth and her daughter to have to stay at Darwin's? | Milly |
| Darwin sent a poem to Boulton requesting that he make which object for Elizabeth pole? | Tea pot /urn |
| Charles Darwin was the first winner of which award? | Gold medal of the aesculapian society of Edinburgh |
| Charles died after cutting his finger while dissecting a child who had died off which condition? | Hydrocephalus internus |
| Having died aged 19, where was Charles buried? | Dr Duncan's family vault in the churchyard of st Cuthbert |
| Who did Darwin stay with in Edinburgh in the aftermath of Charles' death? | James Hutton |
| Who supervised the cutting of the memorial inscription for Charles? | James Hutton |
| An elegy to Charles was published in the name of which man? | Andrew Duncan |
| The preface to the elegy to Charles Darwin quotes from his obituary in which publication? | Medical commentaries |
| Which Scottish woman who was heading home to die was treated by Darwin and recovered? | Lady Northesk |
| A case report published in the philosophical transactions of the royal society about a patient called master s Sandford concerned which condition? | Squinting |
| What did Darwin design to aid his electrotherapy treatments? | electrical doubler |
| Having designed an electrical doubler Darwin handed the design to which friend, the inventor of the Gold leaf electroscope? | Abraham Bennet |
| What device did Darwin have installed in his house to monitor the wind? | A weather vane connected to an internal pointer |
| What major advance in meteorology did Darwin note in his commonplace book? | Warm and cold fronts |
| What changes to weather observation did Darwin implement? | Continuous telemetry and more frequent observations |
| What meteorological device did Darwin design in his commonplace book? | North south airflow meter |
| Whose poem about Darwin's Botanic garden did he arrange to be published in the gentleman's magazine? | Anna Seward |
| In order to translate which person's work did Darwin establish the botanical society of Lichfield? | Linnaeus |
| Who were the other two members of the botanical society of Lichfield? | Brooke boothby and William Jackson |
| When Darwin abandoned his bigrapher he designed another on the pantograph principle. What did he call it? | Polygrapher |
| Darwin persisted with the polygrapher st the request of which friend? | Charles Greville |
| A letter from Darwin to whom is the earliest example of a perfect mechanical copy of a manuscript? | Charles Greville |
| To whom did Darwin send his polygrapher? | Charles greville |
| Which of Darwin's friends borrowed the polygrapher and subsequently designed a copying machine of his own? | James Watt |
| When Elizabeth took ill with a violent fever he went right radburn but was not permitted to stay there. where did he spend the night? | Beneath a tree outside her window |
| Darwin celebrated Elizabeth's recovery from fever with which poem? | Ode to the river Derwent |
| What is the title of the longest of Darwin's courtship poems? | Platonic epistle to a married lady |
| Who assisted Darwin in his horizontal windmill experiments of 1779? | Edgeworth |
| Where was Darwin's horizontal windmill installed? | Etruria |
| For 13 years the horizontal windmill was used at etruria, for what purpose? | Grinding colours |
| Who did Darwin employ to teach French to his and Wedgwood's children? | Potet |
| For what reason did Darwin become a complete alcohol abstainer? | gout |
| What type of turbine did Darwin design in his commonplace book? | steam turbine |
| Darwin designed a rocket motor utilising what as propellants? | compressed hydrogen and oxygen |
| What type of telescope not used until 1977 did Darwin design? | multi lens or multi mirror telescope |
| Which of the Lunar circle set up the Tipton Chemical works? | Keir |
| Which experimental chemist joined the Lunar Circle in 1780? | Joseph Priestley |
| Darwin and others contributed to the a fund enabling which member of the Lunar Circle to establish a chemical laboratory? | Joseph Priestley |
| The day of Lunar meetings was changed from Sunday to Monday because which member was occupied on Sundays? | Joseph Priestley |
| On what day of the week did the Lunar Circle originally meet? | Sunday |
| In 1780 Darwin published the prize essay and dissertation of his son Charles. What was the topic? | the therapeutic use of digitalis? |
| Which member of the Lunar Society was furious at the publication of Charles Darwin's dissertation on digitalis as he felt the discovery was his? | Withering |
| Which member of the Lunar Society wrote “The Formation of the Earth” which was used by Darwin in his geological studies? | Whitehurst |
| Anne Seward's elegy to which man is thought to have been co-authored with Darwin? | James Cook |
| The critical success of which poem co-authored with Anna Seward gave Darwin the confidence to proceed with The Botanic Garden? | Elegy on Captain Cook |
| What nickname was given to Anna Seward? | the Swan of Lichfield |
| Darwin wrote a letter on behalf of his Persian cat to Anna Seward's tabby. What were their names? | Snow Grimalkin and Miss Po Felina |
| When did Colonel Pole die? | 27th of November 1780 |
| How old were Darwin and Elizabeth when Elizabeth was widowed? | 49 and 33 |
| What was the one condition that Elizabeth had before she would marry Darwin? | Not to live in Lichfield |
| When Darwin left Lichfield where did Susannah retire to? | Sleaford with her sister Ann |
| Who did Mary Parker marry? | Joseph Day |
| Where did Darwin move to when he left Lichfield to live with Elizabeth? | Radburn Hall |
| When did Darwin and Elizabeth marry? | 6th of March 1781 |
| Where did Darwin and Elizabeth marry? | Radburn Church |
| The author of Needwood Forest was a witness at Darwin's wedding to Elizabeth. What was his name? | Francis Mundy |
| Which man, with the best botanical library in the country became a friend of Darwin during his London honeymoon? | Sir Joseph Banks |
| After their marriage where did Darwin and Elizabeth spend 6 weeks? | London |
| Which painter, who pained The Nightmare in 1781 did Darwin meet during his London honeymoon? | Henry Fuseli |
| Darwin penned a verse for the engraving of which painting by Henry Fuseli? | The Nightmare |
| Darwin's poem written for Fuseli's Nightmare was published in which of his books? | The Loves of The Plants |
| Fuseli encouraged Darwin to publish his works with which publisher? | Joseph Johnson |
| How many children did Darwin have with Elizabeth? | Seven |
| Where did Erasmus junior set up a legal practice? | Derby |
| The 'water controversy' was about which scientific theory? | phlogiston theory |
| Who was behind the theory that Darwin adopted, that contradicted phlogiston theory? | Lavoisier |
| In a letter to the Lunar Society Darwin made which claim about water, that was to set Priestley and others of in experimentation? | Water is composed of aqueous gas |
| Which light hearted poem formed part 2 of The Botanic Garden? | The Loves of The Plants |
| Darwin lost money upon the sale of which business venture? | Wychnor Ironworks |
| One of Darwin's business partners in Wychnor Ironworks began writing novels after the ironworks were sold, inspiring Darwin to also write. What was his name? | Bage |
| Which of Darwin's partners in the Wychnor Ironworks went bankrupt after its sale? | Garbett |
| In his absence, who looked after Darwin's botanic garden in Lichfield? | William Jackson |
| Darwin asked which man if he could dedicate The Botanic Garden to him? | Joseph Banks |
| In translating Linnaeus Darwin decided to use English terms rather than which language? | Latin |
| Darwin's translation of which work provides a list of botanical terms as a preface to the translation of Linnaeus? | Elmgren's Termini |
| The translation of Linnaeus was published under what name? | A System Of Vegetables] |
| Rather than use his own name, A System of Vegetables was published in the name of which organisation? | A Botanical Society at Lichfield |
| A system of Vegetables was published in how many installments? | 4 |
| Darwin thanked 33 other botanists for their help with his translation of Linnaeus, but which Lunar Society member was dismissed? | Withering |
| Which lexicographer did Darwin thank in the introduction to The System of Vegetables? | Samuel Johnson |
| Which Lichfield artists produced 11 plates for the System of Vegetables? | Edward Stringer |
| What was the name of the first child of Darwin and Elizabeth? | Edward |
| Who did darwin ask to pay back a debt when he moved to Derby? | Boulton |
| What was darwin's 'great steam wheel in oil' that he designed and tried to lure into Wedgwood into a business manufacturing? | fire engine |
| What was the flaw in Darwin's original design for a water closet? | no water trap |
| Who wrote to Darwin pondering what absolute zero was, the connection between light and heat, the temperature of hell and whether the soul could feel it without sensory organs? | James Hutton |
| Which quaker gun maker joined the lunar society on Darwin's absence? | Samuel Galton |
| Which poet did Darwin meet in in 1781 throughhis friend Dr Beridge, the man in question later declined the Poet Laureateship? | William Hayley |
| Moved by magnets what creature did Darwin create to startle people? | factitious spider |
| A machine for moving what game pieces was invented by Darwin? | Chessmen |
| What telescopic household item did Darwin design? | candlestick |
| Darwin invented a mini plough to aid the planting of which crop? | potatos |
| what did Darwin call his invention to automatically open windows of a greenhouse when the sin shines? | Melonometer or Brazen gardner |
| In The Loves of The Plants what invention inspired the phrase “intrepid Gaul”? | Hot air balloon |
| In which work does Darwin foresee interplanetary travel? | The Loves of The Plants |
| What is the Georgian star referred to in the Loves of Plants? | Uranus |
| For what purpose did Darwin suggest Edgeworth should use balloons on his estate? | To carry manure |
| In which work did Darwin foresee steam (or explosive) powered mechanically propelled aircraft? | The Botanic garden |
| In 1783 which body did Darwin establish in Derby? | Philosophical Society of Derby |
| Which daughter was the second child of Darwin and Elizabeth? | Violetta |
| Which of Darwin's daughters married Galton's son Tertius? | Violetta |
| What did Darwin observe in the sky in August 1783, sending his observations to the Royal Society? | Fireball |
| Which work by Darwin is also entitled The Laws of Organic Life? | Zoonomia |
| Which of Darwin's siblings died in 1783 aged 57? | William Alvey Darwin |
| Where in Derby was Darwin's house? | Full Street |
| In Derby, Darwin lived beside which river, marked as Darwen Flu on old maps? | Darwin |
| What type of well did Darwin invent at Derby? | Artesian Well |
| It is possible that Darwin was the first Englishman to fly which kind of balloon? | Hydrogen balloon |
| How far did Darwin's hydrogen balloon fly which was meant to land at Soho but was blown off course to land 15 miles to the north west? | 30 miles |
| The income of the Derby Philosophical Society was to be put to which use? | building up a library |
| Where did the Derby Philosophical Society meet on the first Saturday of every month? | King's Head |
| How much did it cost to join the DPS? | 1 guinea |
| How much were the annual subscriptions of the DPS | 1 guinea |
| What was the fine for missing a meeting of the DPS | 1 shilling |
| What was the fine for missing annual meetings of the DPS? | 1 crown |
| Which inventor was Darwin's deputy in the DPS? | William Strutt |
| In 1784 Darwin began raising money for which project in Darwin? | Dispensary for the sick poor |
| In his appeal for funds for the dispensary in Derby Darwin plays on the fears of which disease? | smallpox |
| Which Chatsworth noble became a patient of Darwin's at Derby? | 5th Duke of Devonshire |
| What did Darwin say converted food into poison, becoming the greatest curse in the Christian world? | The fermentation of sugar into alcohol |
| Why was Darwin spared by a highwayman? | He had treated him for free many years before |
| Which of Darwin's poems is a versified romp through the Linnaean system? | The Loves of The Plants |
| In which year did Darwin publish The Loves of the Plants? | 1784 |
| To whom did Darwin send The Loves of The Plants to be published? | Joseph Johnson |
| What was the first part of The Botanic Garden, unpublished at the point at which Part 2 The Loves of the Plants was published? | The economy of vegetation |
| Why did Darwin not want to publish poems under his own name? | Fear of injuring his medical practice |
| Who was the second daughter of Elizabeth and Darwin born in 1784? | Emma |
| Which flower did Darwin tell Anna Seward was 'a flower of such exquisite beauty that would make you waste the summer's day in examining it'? | Kalmia |
| What machine used in textile manufacture did Darwin try to design? | spinning machines |
| Darwin's lines of verse in praise of Arkwright's machinery was satirised in whose poemThe loves of the Triangles? | George Canning |
| Darwin's lines of verse in praise of Arkwright's machinery was satirised in which George Canning poem? | The loves of the Triangles |
| In The Loves of The Plants which seed does Darwin predict will become the principle clothing of mankind? | Cotton |
| A patent case against which man caused Darwin to persuade Boulton and Watt to assist in his defence? | Richard Arkwright |
| In 1785 Darwin published An Account of the Successful Use of Foxglove in some Dropsies in the medical transactions of which body? | College of Physicians |
| Stung by Darwin's paper on digitalis, Whitering sent a libellous letter to which publication? | Monthly Review |
| Which painting by Wright, did Darwin describe as sublime and mentions it in his tribute to Wright in The Loves of the Plants? | View of Gibraltar |
| An attack on which man caused Darwin to write the 358 line manuscript poem 'To Peter Pindar'? | Joseph Wright of Derby |
| Joseph Wright of Derby was satirized by which man, causing Darwin to write a counter satire? | Peter Pindar |
| What was the pen name of satirist John Wolcot? | Peter Pindar |
| Which patient of Darwin's died under Withering's care? | Inge |
| Which neighbour of Darwin's in Derby caused problems in respect of an obstructed window? | Mr Upton |
| Darwin's 4th child with Elizabeth was a doctor and intrepid traveller, what was his name? | Francis Sacheveral Darwin |
| When Robert darwin went to Edinburgh Medical School who looked after him? | Andrew Duncan |
| After Edinburgh Robert Darwin studied for two terms at which Dutch medical school? | Leyden |
| When Robert Darwin was in Paris, Darwin asked his to mention which theory to Franklin if he saw him? | How wind blowing towards mountains create huge eddies |
| Where did Robert Darwin go to practise? | Shrewsbury |
| Robert Darwin published a paper on which phenomenon, aided by his father? | Occular spectra |
| Which invention of Aime Argand was maunfactured by Boulton, but Darwin encouraged by Wedgwood thought he could do better. What was the invention? | Oil lamp |
| The oil lamp design floundered because Wedgwood had borrowed which item with a view to producing a copy? | Portland Vase |
| What type of parasite did Darwin electrocute? | Intestinal worms |
| In the commonplace book Darwin designed a clock governed by which material? | mercury |
| What was the title of Darwin's second Linnaean translation? | The families of Plants with their natural characters... |
| What type of internal combustion engine did Darwin propose in the Commonplace book? | hydrogen powered |
| In The Families of Plants, who did Darwin accuse of coining uncouth botanical names, calling him a pseudo botanist? | Withering |
| Which of Darwin's brothers published Principia Botanica? | Robert |
| Which two works were Darwin's Linnaean translations? | The System of Vegetables, and Families of Plants |
| Born in 1787 who was Darwin's third son with Elizabeth? | John |
| In the notes of The Botanic Garden Darwin wrote about the discovery of fossil tar, where? | Ironbridge |
| The discovery of fossil tar at Ironbridge led to a friendship between Darwin and which other man? | Thomas Beddoes |
| When Darwin wrote to Benjamin Franklin in 1787 how did he address the letter? | Doctor Franklin, America |
| Which invention of Abraham Bennet did Darwin write to Franklin about? | Gold leaf electroscope |
| Whose advice finally persuaded Darwin to publish the loves of the plants? | Keir |
| Which book did Darwin send to Robert4 pages at a time? | Keir's dictionary of Chemistry |
| What did Darwin send Robert a hamper of? | Fossils from Cornwall |
| What was the second volume of the Botanic garden called? | |
| The loves of the plantsDarwin was the first of the lunar group to reject which theory? | Phlogiston |
| Who did Darwin write to saying that withering had a habit of congratulating people on their recovery just before they died? | Dr Johnstone |
| What was the name of the. 45 page pamphlet that Robert wrote containing the correspondence between himself and withering? | Appeal to the faculty concerning the case of Mrs houlston |
| What behaviour of gases led Darwin to formulate his theory of the formation of clouds? | Adiabatic expansion of gases |
| Which mine in Hungary provided further evidence for the formation of clouds? | Chemnic metal mines |
| What word did Darwin use instead of condense as the opposite of evaporate? | Devaporate |
| Who succeeded John Berridge as Secretary of the Derbyshire philosophical society upon his death? | Dr John pigot |
| How was Mary Anne galton who wrote a description of Darwin aged ten later known? | Mrs schimmelpennick |
| Which of the Wedgwoods stayed with Darwin and taught him music? | Susannah |
| Which cameo by Wedgwood was reproduced by Darwin in the Botanic garden? | Anti slavery medallion |
| Attached to lines about the plant Cassia in the Botanic garden Darwin comments on which political issue? | Slavery |
| Darwin's comments about slavery in the Botanic garden were linked to which plant due to its seeds also crossing the Atlantic? | Cassia |
| How old was Darwin when the loves of the plants was published? | 57 |
| How many classes of plants are there in the loves of the plants? | 24 |
| Who printed the loves of the plants? | John Jackson |
| Who published the loves of the plants? | Joseph Johnson |
| Who narrates the loves of the plants? | The goddess of botany |
| Which plant is the first to be addressed in the loves of the plants? | Canna |
| Two of the five plates in the loves of the plants are of which kind of plant? | Insectiverous |
| Which insectiverous plant fascinated both Erasmus and his grandson Charles? | Drosera |
| Which plant did Darwin describe as chaste? | Mimosa |
| Which poet was inspired by the loves of the plants and wrote the sensitive plant? | Shelley |
| Which plant in tlotp has plumes that drift on the wind causing darwin to talk about the Montgolfiers? | Carline thistle |
| Flax and cotton cause Darwin to talk about which industrialist in tlotp? | Arkwright |
| Darwin's lines in tlotp about Indian berry leads to a scene if which saint preaching to fish? | St Anthony |
| Darwin's lines on cinchona led Darwin to talk about which reformer in tlotp? | John Howard |
| Darwin reprints his lines about fuseli's nightmare in relation to which plant? | Laurel |
| What is described as 'that most sudden poison' in tlotp? | Laurel |
| What is the name of the poison tree of java? | Upas |
| The loves of the plants was described as 'the most delicious poem on earth' by which doyen of the literary world? | Horace Walpole |
| Which poet in an eight page review said that tlotp 'is of a very superior cast' and commends the author for showing so much versatility of genius? | William Cowper |
| Who wrote a 100 page analysis of tlotp? | Anna Seward |
| Whose work. 'The book of thel' was inspired by tlotp? | William Blake |
| Other than nitrogen what else does Darwin say plants need in their diet? | Phosphorus, calcium, carbon? |
| The birth of Darwin's sixth child Henry coincided with the publication of which work? | Tlotp |
| Which of Darwin's siblings died in April1789 in sleaford? | Susannah |
| What means of cruising the Derwent in Derby did Darwin design and build? | Cable controlled ferry |
| Which of Darwin's friends, the author of Sandford and Merton was killed when thrown from a horse he was breaking in? | Thomas day |
| Which geologist is mentioned twelve times in the Botanic garden? | James Hutton |
| Darwin penned some verses to go with a medallion Wedgwood made for which city? | Sydney |
| Darwin's verses about Sydney were based on a passage called Liberty by which man? | Thomson |
| Wedgwood supplied an engraving if which Greek character for the second edition of ltotp? | Cupid |
| Darwin suggested that the figures on the Portland vase represented what? | A ritual of death and rebirth from the eleusinian mysteries |
| Darwin's interpretation of the Portland vase appeared in which of his works? | The economy of vegetation |
| What invention of Boulton's did Darwin say saved many lives from the executioner? | Coining machine |
| Darwin published his view that the warm springs in which two towns got their heat from deep in the earth? | Matlock and Buxton |
| In whose book 'view of the present state of Derbyshire' did Darwin publish his views on the source of heat for springs? | James Pilkington |
| In which work did Darwin present his anti Phlogiston views? | The economy of vegetation |
| The economy of vegetation sees the first positive use of which word in English that was very controversial at the time? | Oxygen |
| Which work sees the first positive use in the English language of hydrogen and azote (nitrogen)? | The Botanic garden |
| In which of Darwin's are prose interludes interspersed with the cantos, where a bookseller questions the poet this allowing him to share his views on poetry? | The loves of the plants |
| Which book by wordsworth and Coleridge is a protest against Darwinian verse? | Lyrical ballads |
| Which daughter of edgeworth died aged 15 having written the novel Rivuletta? | Honora |
| What post did Darwin enquire about in 1790 as he feared for his family in the event of his death? | Poet laureate |
| Darwin's last child was born in 1790. What was her name? | Harriot |
| Why did Darwin decline his son Robert's request to provide an introduction for an apothecary friend in Lichfield? | Because he didn't want to upset his existing apothecary friends |
| What held up the publication of the economy of vegetation? | Obtaining an ingraving of the Portland vase |
| Who did the engraving of the Portland vase for the economy of vegetation? | William Blake |
| Who engraved 11 plates for the economy of vegetation? | William Blake |
| For the third edition of tlotp Darwin added 100 lines in which plant, noting its rapid growth rate? | Cannabis |
| Which two works make up the Botanic garden? | The loves of the plants, the economy of vegetation |
| Who did Darwin convince not to commit suicide after the death of his daughter Penelope? | Brooke Boothby |
| Which event of 1791 fatally wounded the lunar society? | Birmingham riots |
| Whose house and apparatus were attacked in the Birmingham riots of 1791 causing him to flee? | Priestley |
| Which of the lunar men was warned a day in advance that his house would be attacked in the Birmingham riots? | Withering |
| Which lunar man fled to America in the wake of persecution and vilification for his political views? | Priestley |
| Who objected to the Derby philosophical society writing to Priestley to commiserate as well as urge him to abandon theology for science causing him to be ejected from the society? | Rev Charles hope |
| In the economy of vegetation Darwin speaks through the mouth of which goddess? | Goddess of botany |
| In the economy of vegetation the goddess addresses which creatures in Cantos 1 and 3? | Nymphs (fire and water) |
| In the economy of vegetation the goddess addresses which creatures of the earth in canto 2? | Gnomes |
| In the economy of vegetation the goddess addresses which creatures of the air in canto 4? | Sylphs |
| The economy of vegetation starts with a large section of whose poem about Darwin's Botanic garden? | Anna Seward |
| Horace Walpole declared that Darwin's depiction of what was 'the most sublime passage in any author'? | The creation of the universe |
| In a footnote to the economy of vegetation Darwin proposes which cosmological theory? | Big bang |
| Who instructs the almighty Lord to create the universe in the economy of vegetation? | Love divine |
| Lines about a flying chariot and flying machines powered by an explosive material appear in canto 1 of which work? | Economy of vegetation |
| Franklin appears in canto 1 of the economy of vegetation in relation to what phenomenon? | Lightning |
| Which characters are netted by Vulcan whilst coupled in canto 2 of the economy of vegetation? | Mars and Venus |
| In canto 2 Darwin says that what was created from an explosion in the earth? | The moon |
| In the economy of vegetation what does Darwin say limestone was formed from? | Sea shells |
| Wedgwood's pottery is commended in which canto of the economy of vegetation? | Canto2 |
| Liberty in the form of the American and French revolutions is addressed in which canto of the economy of vegetation? | 2 |
| Spain's conquest of which countries for their mineral wealth angers Darwin in which canto of the economy of vegetation? | 2 |
| Britain's slave trade is attacked in which canto of the economy of vegetation? | 2 |
| When Darwin tells the gnomes to smite every blood nursed tyrant how do they respond? | Bury the army of cambyses in sand |
| In canto 3 Darwin says the nymphs created water from what? | Pure air and flaming gas (oxygen and hydrogen) |
| Of what in canto 3 of the economy of vegetation did William Cowper say "no description indeed in all our poetry has ever been more exquisitely finished"? | The wooing of Jupiter by juno |
| In canto 4 of the economy of vegetation what are the sea balloons that Darwin envisages? | Submarines |
| In Darwin's passage on sea balloons whose discoveries concerning pure air does Darwin say will allow submariners to breath? | Priestley |
| How does Darwin refer to Priestley in canto 4 of the economy of vegetation? | The sage |
| What does Darwin envisage traveling under the shadowy ice isles of the pole? | Sea balloons/ submarines |
| Which astronomers theories are explained in canto 4 of Yeovil? | William Herschel |
| Which cosmological idea, first mentioned to Darwin by michell is mentioned in canto 4 of teov? | Black hole |
| In canto 4 of teov a pestilential wind describes the army of which tyrant? | Senacherib |
| In which canto of teov does Darwin tell the tale of plague victim aegle and her lover thyrsis? | Canto4 |
| The final 200 lines of teov are concerned with? | The economy of vegetation |
| Who composed a poem in praise of Darwin called 'to Mr Darwin'? | William Cowper |
| 50 years after the economy of vegetation which poet said 'my taste and natural tendencies were under an injurious influence from the dazzling manner of Darwin'? | Wordsworth |
| Despite detesting Darwin's verse style and evolutionary theories who said of Darwin 'I think he is the first literary character in Europe, and the most original minded'? | Coleridge |
| How many words in the Botanic garden are cited by the oed as the earliest example? | 65 |
| How many words in the Botanic garden are earlier than the earliest example in the oed? | 82 |
| Three sentences in the notes to the Botanic garden about memnon's lyre inspired which poet? | Wordsworth |
| What elements of a tree did Darwin say were individual plants? | Buds |
| What did Darwin say was the great source of life to all organised beings? | Sugar produced by plants |
| Where did Darwin say the heat of springs and volcanos came from? | Fluid iron and molten lava beneath the earths surface |
| With his consideration of fossil tar found at Coalbrookdale, Darwin began the scientific study of the origins of which substance? | Oil |
| In his consideration of the atmosphere how many strata did Darwin divide the atmosphere into? | 3 |
| What gas did Darwin say was in the upper level of the atmosphere? | Hydrogen |
| Which phenomenon did Darwin correctly say was in the third stratum of the atmosphere over forty miles above the surface? | Aurora |
| What phenomenon caused by excited atoms returning to normal after being excited by sunshine did Darwin correctly describe? | Night airglow |
| The longest note in the Botanic garden about the atmosphere concerned what? | Winds |
| Who published Alexander's expedition, a poem in the style of the loves of the plants before the loves of the plants was published, but restricted its release in honour of Darwin? | Thomas Beddoes |
| Which man featured in the Botanic garden visited Darwin and was down a specimen of lead confined like a nucleus inside an iron shell? | William Herschel |
| Who did Darwin write an obituary of in the derby mercury saying he had contributed more to the general benefit of mankind than any other single effort of human ingenuity? | Richard arkwright |
| Which organisation did Darwin help found seeing welfare benefits, reform of parliament and universal male franchise? | Derbyshire society for political information |
| What was the name of the manifesto of the Derbyshire society for political information? | Address to the friends of free enquiry and the general good |
| As well as parliament which rejected it the Derbyshire political society's address was presented to which other body? | French national assembly |
| Where was the address to the friends of free enquiry and the general good published? | Morning chronicle |
| What was the original verdict in the trial of the editors of the morning chronicle? | Guilty of publishing but with no malicious intent |
| Who offered Darwin £1000 for zoonomia? | Johnson |
| How much did Johnson offer Darwin for zoonomia? | £1,000.00 |
| Who convinced Darwin to publish zoonomia in two parts? | Keir |
| Darwin charged a hundred guineas to travel to Margate to treat which woman? | Mary Anne Galton |
| Where was Darwin given a tip for a horse race in return for having treated the jockeys mother some years before? | Newmarket |
| Which friend of Darwin published books including the history of Isaac Jenkins and a letter to Erasmus Darwin? | Thomas Beddoes |
| Which of Darwin's friends set up a medical practice in Bristol and became an advocate of pneumatic medicine? | Thomas Beddoes |
| What was the 'giant malady' that Darwin commended Beddoes for combating? | Consumption |
| In recognition of his scientific work Darwin became a fellow of which organisation in 1792? | Linnean society |
| Which body that Franklin had been president of was Darwin elected to in 1793? | American philosophical society |
| What gift did Wedgwood give Darwin in 1793? | A bath |
| Which book of Darwin's was published in two parts in 1794 and 1796? | Zoonomia |
| Which book of Darwin's contained his theories on medicine and life? | Zoonomia |
| Where did Darwin buy a property to be used as a school run by his daughters by Mary Parker? | Ashbourne |
| Darwin's 128 guide to running a girl's school was published in 1794 under what name? | A plan for the conduct of female education in boarding schools |
| In which publication does Darwin recommend that girls learn modern languages, science as well as going practical work? | A plan for the conduct of female education in boarding schools |
| What physical activities did Darwin recommend for girls that were 'not allowed to ladies by the fashion of this age and country'? | Ice skating, funambulation, dancing on the straight rope. |
| What radical measure did Darwin suggest for boarding school bedrooms? | Keeping the window open during summer |
| In his chapter on care of the shape, what item of clothing did Darwin say should be done away with if possible? | Stays |
| What amusement did Darwin forbid in his book on girls education? | Card playing |
| Jessie watt died of which condition that Darwin treated with swinging, foxglove, opium and blue vitriol? | Consumption |
| Spurred on by the death of his daughter Jessie, James watt designed apparatus for producing gases for what? | Pneumatic medicine |
| Darwin was a subscriber to which body set up by Thomas beddoes? | Pneumatic institution |
| Which of Wedgwood's sons was a hypochondriac and Darwin's treatments led to him becoming an opium addict? | Tom Wedgwood |
| Which paper by Robert Darwin was reproduced in zoonomia? | Occular spectra |
| Which creator of the wave theory of light visited Darwin in 1794? | Thomas young |
| What did Darwin suggest in response to Thomas Garnett's paper on meteorology? | Europe wide weather maps |
| Who did Boulton recommend to Darwin as a supplier of aerated alkaline water? | Schweppe of drury lane |
| What is the alternative title of zoonomia? | The laws of organic life |
| What is the title of the chapter in zoonomia where Darwin outlines his theory of evolution? | Generation |
| In zoonomia Darwin divides all bodily actions into which four classes? | Irritation, sensation, volition and association |
| In zoonomia which bodily actions would include drunkenness? | Irritation |
| Smallpox, cancer and sneezing are classed as which kind of bodily action in zoonomia? | Sensation |
| Anger, sleep and credulity are classed as which kind of bodily action in zoonomia? | Volition |
| Vomiting, fever and other side effects are classed as what kind of bodily action in zoonomia? | Association |
| In zoonomia Darwin correctly describes which process related to blood? | Oxygenation |
| Which chapter in zoonomia was criticised for taking too much notice of hogarths analysis of beauty and the view that the mother's breast forms infant perceptions if beauty? | Instinct |
| Zoonomia is the first book to have used which layout structure? | Numbered paragraphs and subsections |
| The pope listed zoonomia in which directory of banned publications? | Index expurgatorius |
| Which poem parodied Darwin and purported to be a poetic epistle from Darwin to beddoes? | The golden age |
| Whose the pursuits of literature was one of the many works to parody Darwin? | T j Mathias |
| In which year did Josiah Wedgwood die? | 1795 |
| What symptoms did Wedgwood exhibit before his death? | Pain in his jaw and then mortification,plus pain in his no leg |
| What did Mr bott make for Darwin that he told Robert would make him amazed at his juvenility? | False teeth |
| What did Darwin say his false teeth were made from? | Hippopotamus bone |
| Which two of Darwin's friends published the book medicinal use of factitious airs? | Bedford and watt |
| Which three factors does Darwin use in zoonomia to justify his belief in evolution? | 1) creatures can change form or tadpoles to frog 2) humans have bred different types of creatures to exhibit desired characteristics resulting in diversity 3) mutations can be inherited |
| Which three objects of desire does Darwin say in zoonomia have driven evolution? | Lust, procuring food, the need for security |
| What phrase does Darwin use instead of God when talking about evolution and the original single living filament? | Great first cause |
| In which book does Darwin clarify how and where the single living filament came to be through spontaneous vitality? | Temple of nature |
| Who met Darwin in January 1796 while seeking subscribers for The watchman and called him "Dr Darwin, the everything, except the Christian"? | Coleridge |
| When talking to Coleridge what did Darwin call 'a feather bed to catch a falling Christian"? | Unitarianism |
| Who did Darwin offer a job of reading and summarising philosophers to? | Coleridge |
| Which of Darwin's children married Susannah Wedgwood in 1796? | Robert |
| Darwin's son Francis was a wild child who once shot arrows at which creatures? | Pigs |
| How many diseases are catalogued in part 2 of zoonomia? | 474 |
| In zoonomia Darwin writes of orci Timor, what is it? | Fear of hell |
| What does Darwin suggest as a cure for what we would now call sex addiction? | Marriage |
| The ideas of blood transfusions and centrifuges feature in which supplement to zoonomia? | Sympathetic theory of fever |
| Which final section of zoonomia lists all substances that may contribute to the restoration of health? | Materia medica |
| In which year did burdett, Walpole, Hutton, strutt, Wright, Dixon, Elizabeth edgeworth and his mother all die? | 1797 |
| How old was Darwin's mother when she died in sleaford? | 94 |
| Who asked Darwin to write the book on plants that was to become phytologia? | Sinclair |
| Which monarch asked Darwin to become the royal physician? | George 3 |
| Which renowned doctor visited Darwin incognito from London in 1797 to confirm his own diagnosis of his impending death? | Dr Warren |
| Whose biographia medica, biographies of past doctors, was dedicated to Darwin? | Hutchinson |
| Which Edinburgh medical student wrote a 1000 page critique of zoonomia, later publishing an abridged version? | Brown |
| Which politician was behind the loves of the triangles? | George canning |
| Which three ideas are ridiculed in the lives of the triangles? | Evolution, the usefulness of electricity, mountains being older than the bible says |
| In the lives of the triangles by whose execution was Darwin linked to the French revolution? | Pitt |
| Darwin was portrayed as a jacobin on whose cartoon the new morality? | Gillray |
| In the new morality how is Darwin portrayed? | As an ape with a basket containing jacobin bonneted plants on his head |
| Which book by wordsworth and Coleridge was a revolution against the Darwinian style of poetry? | Lyrical ballads |
| Which poem by wordsworth about a stick thief very closely copied from zoonomia? | Goody Blake and Harry Gill |
| The passage in zoonomia about the luminous algae that is churned in the wake of ships influenced which of Coleridge's poems in lyrical ballads? | Rime of the ancient mariner |
| Which of Darwin's children had problems managing his finances? | Erasmus |
| Which of Darwin's children joined the army? | Edward |
| Who wrote the American introduction to the Botanic garden? | Elihu h Smith |
| Which assistant to beddoes while working at the pneumatic institution discovered the anaesthetic effects of nitrous oxide? | Humphrey Davy |
| When income tax was first levied what did Darwin estimate his annual income as? | £1,000.00 |
| Which new medical technique did Darwin adopt in 1799? | Vaccination |
| What was Darwin's book about agriculture? | Phytologia |
| What agricultural machine did Darwin design as outlined in phytologia? | Drill plough |
| Which son bought the priory at breadwell? | Erasmus |
| Which of Darwin's sons drowned? | Erasmus |
| Who brought news to Darwin that Erasmus's body had been found? | Mr Parsons |
| What was Darwin's final writing machine made of? | Mahogany |
| Which discovery in electricity of 1800 did Darwin suggest could be used to treat Georgiana duchess of Devonshire's eye problem? | Galvanic pile |
| Who asked Darwin to comment on her poem Passage of mount st gothard? | Georgiana duchess of Devonshire |
| Which book was published in 1800? | Phytologia |
| What was the subtitle of phytologia? | The philosophy of agriculture and gardening |
| In phytologia how does Darwin class vegetables? | An inferior order of animals |
| How many parts are there to phytologia? | 3 |
| In which book does Darwin describe the process of photosynthesis? | Phytologia |
| In phytologia Darwin suggests artificial insemination to breed new kinds of which creature? | Mule |
| The discovery of stomata on leaves was anticipated in which book 40 years before the discovery? | Phytologia |
| What does incorrectly suggest that plants possess in phytologia? | Muscles and a brain |
| What does Darwin suggest in phytologia as a means of liberating slaves? | Growing sugar beat in England |
| What is the subject of part 1,of phytologia? | The physiology of vegetation |
| What is the subject of part 2 of phytologia? | The economy of vegetation |
| What two foods does Darwin say plants need in phytologia? | Carbonic gas (co2) and water |
| What gas did Darwin note that plants give out when exposed to sunlight? | Oxygen |
| What does Darwin note as being the product of digestion in plants? | Sugar/starch |
| Noting what plants give out when they rot, what element did Darwin note that plants need to thrive? | Nitrogen |
| Which fertiliser did Darwin suggest a search be mounted for? | Calcium phosphate |
| What type of well does Darwin suggest in phytologia that people bore? | Artesian |
| Which inventions does Darwin suggest could be used to drain valleys and marshes? | Horizontal windmill and water pump |
| What does Darwin suggest in phytologia could be done to counteract insects? | Cultivation of aphidivorous larva |
| How does Darwin suggest water rats could be controlled? | Infecting with tape worm |
| What was part 3 of phytologia concerned with? | Agriculture and horticulture |
| Why did Darwin believe in an omnivorous diet? | Because human teeth and intestines are midway between carnivores and herbivores |
| Which of Darwin's derby friends grew potatoes that grew so well they burst into the air on stalks? | Major trowel |
| What did Darwin suggest should be planted on mountains? | Pines such as scotch fir |
| In which edition of zoonomia did Darwin come close to describing survival of the fittest, add comments on extinctions and propose a new theory of heredity? | 3rd edition |
| What term does Darwin use to refer to what we now know as DNA? | Fibrils or molecules |
| How did Darwin suggest that religion could help to prevent disease? | Vaccinate children at their christening |
| When did Darwin die? | 18th of April 1802 |
| To whom was a letter left unfinished at Darwin's death? | Edgeworth |
| Where did Darwin die? | Breadsall priory |
| Who wrote a critical obituary of Darwin in monthly magazine? | Richard Phillips |
| Which of Darwin's poems was published the year after his death? | The temple of nature |
| What was Darwin's chosen title for the temple of nature? | The origin of society |
| In which book does Darwin tell the story of life from microscopic specks in the primeval sea to its modern diversity? | The temple of nature |
| Who presents the lecture in the temple of nature? | Urania |
| The longest essay in the notes to the temple of nature proposes what theory of chemistry? | Electromagnetic |
| Whose natural philosophy was seen as the church's riposte to zoonomia? | Paley |
| Which of Darwin's children married Tertius Galton? | Violetta |
| Which of Darwin's children was a doctor who resuscitated the Prince regent after a drinking binge? | Francis |
| Which of Darwin's children became the vicar of elston? | John |
| Which of Darwin's children died of dysentery at valparaiso aged 35? | Harriot |
| How old was Elizabeth when she died? | 84 |
| Which of Darwin's brothers lived to the age of 92? | Robert |
| Where did Susannah and Mary Parker run a school? | Ashbourne |
| Which of Darwin's children had a book plate made with Darwin's motto of e conchis omnia on itWhere was Darwin buried? | Breadsall church |
| Roberts son Charles got his passage on the beagle thanks to Francis Beaufort being the brother in law of which of Darwin's friends+ | Edgeworth |
| In the preface to the first edition of which novel references Darwin as being the scientific basis for the book? | Frankenstein |
| In the preface to Frankenstein Mary Shelley said that Darwin managed to get what to move? | Vermicelli |
| Which of Darwin's grandchildren wrote a biography of him? | Charles |
| between which years did Darwin write in the Commonplace Book? | 1776 to 1787 |
| Where is there a school named after Darwin? | Chasetown |
| The name Erasmus was derived from which of Darwin's ancestors? | Erasmus Earle |
| Which post offered by George 3 did Darwin decline? | Royal Physician |
| What set of monuments in Birmingham commemorate Darwin and other lunar men? | Moonstones |
| Which two publications were Darwin's translation of Linnaeus? | A system of vegetables, the families of plants |
| Which two books comprise the Botanic Garden? | The loves of the plants, the economy of vegetation |
| Under what name were The loves of the plants, and the economy of vegetation published? | The Botanic garden |
| Which Lunar man wrote Botanical Arrangement of all the Vegetables Naturally Growing in Great Britain, but Darwin criticised its softening of Linnaeus' sexual terminology? | Withering |
| In which book did Darwin coin such words as Stamen and Pistil? | A system of vegetables |
| Which part of The Botanic Garden celebrates the natural world? | The loves of the plants |
| Which part of the botanic garden celebrates scientific progress and technical innovation? | The economy of vegetation |
| In the economy of vegetation Darwin describes the use of the steam engine in which industry? | mining |
| Darwin based his evolutionary views on whose psychological theory of associanism? | Hartley |
| Which proto evolutionary writer was cited in The Temple of Nature? | James Burnett (Lord Monboddo) |
| An advert for what was at the back of a plan for the conduct of female education in boarding schools? | Miss Parker's school |
| Whose somerset canal caisson lock did Darwin inspire? | Robert Weldon |
| Where was Darwin's poem about Frederick Prince of Wales published? | European Magazine |
| How many papers did Darwin have published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society? | 6 |
| How many species of plants are featured in the loves of the plants? | 83 |
| What did Darwin contend was the key locus of the animal economy? | sensorium |
| what did Darwin call the spirit of animation? | subtile fluid |
| What type of literature did Darwin say was inappropriate for young ladies? | romance novels |
| The temple of nature featured characters from which two sets of mysteries? | Eleusinian, and Egyptian |
| The lines “Long had the Giant-Form on Gallia's plains Inglorious slept, unconscious of his chains;” were an appreciation of which event? | French revolution |
| Darwin's comments about the French Revolution in The Economy of Vegetation were reprinted by which man? | Daniel Eaton in Politics for the People |
| The Loves of the triangles was published in which periodical? | anti jacobin |
| The loves of the triangles was an attack on Darwin and which other man? | Godwin |
| What did Darwin study at St John's? | Classics and mathematics |
| Darwin was the grandfather of which man, the father of eugenics? | Francis Galton |
| Under what pseudonym did Charles Darwin write a biography of erasmus? | Ernst Krause |
| Which of Charles Darwin's daughters edited his biography of Erasmus? | Henrietta |
| Which grandchild of Darwin proposed the use of fingerprints, identikits and was significant in the founding of the met office? | Francis Galton |
| Who arranged for the bust and inscription to Darwin in Lichfield cathedral? | Francis Galton |
| Who was the inventor of the aeroplane, who quoted Darwin in a paper on aerial navigation? | George Cayley |
| Who burned down Breadsall Church? | suffragettes |
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