From cold hearted miser to a loving and loved benefactor, the first of Dickens’ Christmas books has become an inseparable part of Christmas. And while there have been many wonderful screen adaptations (including the genius of the Muppets!) – how well do you know the actual book?
We’ve also just turned our best quizzes into a book that you can keep! Take our quizzes home, or purchase it as a gift for a friend.
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Question of
What are the 5 chapters of the story called?
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Verses
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Staves
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Question of
What is the opening line of the story?
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Marley was dead: to begin with.
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Old Marley was as dead as a door nail.
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Question of
What are the first words Scrooge speaks?
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‘Merry Christmas! What right have you to be merry?’
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‘Bah!’ ‘Humbug!’
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Question of
How long has Jacob Marley been dead?
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17 years
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7 years
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Question of
Finish this quote, ‘Every idiot who goes about with ‘Merry Christmas,’ on his lips, should be boiled with his own —, and buried with a stake of holly through his heart.’
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Pudding
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Sprouts
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Question of
Who says this about Christmas, ‘though it has never put a scrap of gold or silver in my pocket, I believe that it has done me good.’
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Bob Cratchit
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Fred, Scrooge’s nephew
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Question of
What does Bob do on the way home in honour of Christmas Eve?
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Goes down a frozen slide
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Buys oranges from the grocer
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Question of
What is the first supernatural event in the story?
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The door knocker changes to Marley’s face
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A ghostly horse-driven hearse goes by
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Question of
Which ghost was as close to Scrooge, ‘as I am now to you, and I am standing in the spirit at your elbow’?
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The ghost of Christmas Present
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The ghost of Christmas Past
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Question of
To which ghost does Scrooge say, ‘There’s more of gravy than of grave about you’?
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The ghost of Christmas Past
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Marley’s ghost
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Question of
Who was the young Scrooge’s fiancée?
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Belle
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Kate
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Question of
What relation is ‘Little Fan’ to Scrooge?
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His sister
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His niece-in-law
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Question of
Which ghost leads Scrooge across the land and over the sea?
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Marley’s ghost
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The ghost of Christmas present
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Question of
The ghostly girl revealed by the ghost of Christmas present is Want. What is the more dangerous boy?
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Ignorance
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Despair
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Question of
If Tim is the baby, who is the eldest of the Cratchit children?
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Peter
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Martha
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Question of
What does Bob regard as ‘the greatest success achieved by Mrs Cratchit since their marriage’?
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Christmas dinner
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The Christmas pudding
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Question of
What fowl do the Cratchits have for Christmas dinner?
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Goose
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Turkey
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Question of
At the Fezziwig’s party what is ‘Sir Roger de Coverley’?
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A fruit punch mixture
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A dance
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Question of
Finish this quote: ‘he was ready for a good broad field of strange appearances, and that nothing between a baby and a — would have astonished him very much.’
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Rhinoceros
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Gorilla
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Question of
Which game is played at Scrooge’s nephew’s Christmas party?
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Charades
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Blind Man’s Bluff
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Question of
Who has the last word in the book?
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Tiny Tim
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Scrooge
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Question of
What has Mrs Dilber taken off Scrooge’s dead body to sell?
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His nightshirt
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A signet ring
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Question of
When Scrooge wakes up what does he send the boy to buy for the Cratchits?
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Fruit and vegetables
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A prize turkey
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Question of
Where does the ‘new’ Scrooge eat Christmas dinner?
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With his family
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With the Cratchits
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Question of
What are the first words Scrooge says that makes Bob realise he has changed?
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‘A merrier Christmas than I have given you, for many a year!’
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‘I am about to raise your salary!’
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Question of
‘— was not an easy task, for his hand continued to shake very much; and — requires attention, even when you don’t dance while you are at it.’ What task?
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Writing
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Shaving
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Question of
Who voices Dickens’ angry anti-established religion words?
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The ghost of Christmas Present
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Jacob Marley
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Question of
How much does Bob Cratchit earn a week?
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Half a guinea
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Fifteen shillings
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Question of
When Marley tells Scrooge he is to be visited by 3 ghosts, what is his first reaction?
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‘Couldn’t I take ‘em all at once, and have it over?’
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‘I – I think I’d rather not.’
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Question of
Who calls Scrooge, ‘an odious, stingy, hard, unfeeling man’?
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Mrs Cratchit
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Belle
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