Year 2 Home Learning Friday 7th January - The Nelson Quiz

RESEARCH CHALLENGE  Find the answer to as many of these questions as you can.  If you get stuck on a question, don’t worry, just leave it and go on to the next one. You don’t have to do them in the order that I’ve written them. Parents - We have learned a bit about Nelson already, so some of these questions should be familiar.

What was Nelson’s father’s job?

How old was Nelson when he first joined the navy?

What two significant injuries did Nelson get when fighting at sea?

How did Nelson famously ignore an order to retreat from battle?

In what year was the Battle of Trafalgar?

How did Nelson send the famous message: “England expects every man will do his duty”?

How was Nelson killed?

Who was with Nelson when he died?

How did they preserve Nelson’s dead body so that they could bring it back to England?

Where is Nelson buried?

Where is the HMS Victory now?