What supposedly caused the growth of a lock of white hair on Darwin's head?

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Erasmus Darwin

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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