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Victorian Inventions

Puzzle Guru Ebeneezer Scrooge (played by Will Hines) on the Ask Me Another holiday special at the Bell House in Brooklyn, New York.
Puzzle Guru Ebeneezer Scrooge (played by Will Hines) on the Ask Me Another holiday special at the Bell House in Brooklyn, New York. Mike Katzif / NPR

Our story begins with a quiz about the past. Charles Dickens is one of the best novelists of the Victorian Era, but he's not the only good thing to come out of that time. Contestants ring in to identify things invented in the 1800s.

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