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Quiz – Bah! Humbug! Part 2

Borrowing from Quizzes of Christmases Past plus some new questions – this is the second of 3 quizzes on all things literary and Christmassy.

  • Question of

    Which book does this come from: ‘The winter sunshine crept in to touch the bright heads and serious faces with a Christmas greeting.’

    • Little Women
    • Anne of Green Gables
  • Question of

    Grantræet is the name of a story by Hans Christian Andersen in its original Danish. How is it known in English?

    • The Fir Tree
    • The Snow Queen
  • Question of

    In L Frank Baum’s The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus where is baby Santa Claus found?

    • The Forest of Burzee
    • The Laughing Valley
  • Question of

    The Eastern European folktale The Legend of the Spider explains the beginnings of which Christmas decoration?

    • Tinsel
    • Christmas wreaths
  • Question of

    Which American poet wrote Christmas Bells?

    • Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
    • Henry David Thoreau
  • Question of

    Which short story opens with George Pratt contemplating suicide on Christmas Eve 1943?

    • The Greatest Gift
    • The Christmas List
  • Question of

    Finish the title of this Christmas story by Dickens: The Haunted Man and the Ghost’s —.

    • Bargain
    • Visit
  • Question of

    In Truman Capote’s semi-autobiographical short story, One Christmas, where is Buddy sent to for a Christmas with his father?

    • New Orleans
    • Miami
  • Question of

    In O. Henry’s The Gift of the Magi how does Della raise money to buy James a Christmas present?

    • She sells her hair
    • She takes in washing
  • Question of

    In which JRR Tolkien story do the polar bear cubs Paksu and Valkotukka appear?

    • The Father Christmas Letters
    • The Christmas Mystery
  • Question of

    Which Ibsen play takes place at Christmas?

    • A Doll’s House
    • The Lady from the Sea
  • Question of

    Finish the title of this 2020 bestseller: The Twelve — of Christmas

    • Dates
    • Tweets
  • Question of

    In his SantaLand Diaries David Sedaris was working in Macy’s as the back end of a reindeer. True or false?

    • False
    • True
  • Question of

    Which thriller writer wrote The Christmas Train?

    • David Balducci
    • James Patterson
  • Question of

    Finish this quote by Shakespeare: ‘At Christmas I no more desire a — /Than wish a snow in May’s new-fangled mirth.’

    • Rose
    • Blossom
  • Question of

    What is stolen in Mary Higgins Clark’s story The Christmas Thief?

    • A 90ft Christmas tree
    • The naughty list
  • Question of

    Finish the title of this Thornton Wilder play: The Long Christmas —

    • Dinner
    • Night
  • Question of

    Morpurgo’s The Best Christmas Present in the World is set in which war?

    • World War 1
    • World War 2
  • Question of

    Which Irish author wrote Rover Saves Christmas?

    • Roddy Doyle
    • Colm Tóibín
  • Question of

    In A Christmas Carol, if Tim is the baby, who is the eldest of the Cratchit children?

    • Martha
    • Peter

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