Charles Dickens’s ‘A Christmas Carol, with illustrations by John Leech, was initially published in London by Chapman & Hall in 1843.In the novel, the old miser Ebenezer Scrooge is visited by the ghosts of Christmases past, present, and yet to come, as well as by his former business partner Jacob Marley’s ghost. Scrooge is a changed guy after meeting with the visitors.Dickens wrote ‘A Christmas Carol’ when Britons were delving into and assessing their old and new Christmas rituals. This included songs, cards, and trees. His childhood and the Christmas tales of writers like Washington Irving and Douglas Jerrold affected him. After visiting the Field Lane Ragged School, one of several facilities for London’s street children, Dickens was inspired to write the novella. The story’s key themes are the treatment of the impoverished and a selfish person’s capacity to redeem himself by becoming a more sympathetic figure. Academics are divided about whether or not this narrative is meant to be interpreted as a Christian metaphor.Amazing Scrooge TriviaHere are some questions about our favorite character: Scrooge. Let’s see if you can pass this quiz!1. Question: Which of the spirits does not speak with Scrooge?Answer: The Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come.2. Question: What does Jacob Marley drag as a punishment for his sinful life?Answer: Heavy chains forged from lockboxes3. Question: Why does Scrooge prefer darkness?Answer: It costs less money.4. Question: Who shows up in Scrooge’s door knocker?Answer: Jacob Marley’s ghost.5. Question: Who rests in the Grave in Stave Four in ‘A Christmas Carol’?Answer: Ebenezer Scrooge.6. Question: In which year was ‘A Christmas Carol’ written?Answer: 18437. Question: Who is Fred’s Mother?Answer: Fan, who is Scrooge’s sister.8. Question: Why does Belle break up her engagement with Scrooge?Answer: Scrooge is consumed by greed.9. Question: Who receives a Christmas turkey from Scrooge?Answer: The Cratchit family.10. Question: Who brings Scrooge home from school?Answer: Fan.11. Question: Which spirits take Scrooge to the ship at sea?Answer: The Ghost of Christmas Present.12. Question: Who asks Scrooge for a charitable contribution?Answer: Two portly gentlemen.13. Question: How does Scrooge typically respond to Merry Christmas?Answer: “Bah! Humbug!“14. Question: Who said, “Ye will erase it at no cost to us”?Answer: Scrooge.15. Question: What actor plays the role of old Scrooge in the 1984 film?Answer: George C. Scott.Trivia About A Christmas CarolCan you answer some of these hard questions about the Cratchit family? Try our ‘A Christmas Carol’ trivia!16. Question: Who is the author of ‘A Christmas Carol’?Answer: Charles Dickens.17. Question: What is the Ghost of Christmas Present’s throne made up of?Answer: Food.18. Question: Which spirit has a glowing head?Answer: The Ghost of Christmas Past.19. Question: Where does Martha work?Answer: At a milliner’s.20. Question: Who inherits Bob Cratchit’s shirt?Answer: Peter.21. Question: Which character says, “God bless us, everyone”?Answer: Tiny Tim.22. Question: Who says these lines, “Christmas has done me good, and will do me good."?Answer: Fred.23. Question: Who is Scrooge’s faithful employee?Answer: Bob Cratchit.24. Question: Who said, “Why do you doubt your senses?“Answer: Jacob Marley.25. Question: Which ghost was a female?Answer: The Ghost of Christmas Past.26. Question: Who said, “He’s so much kinder than he used to be”.Answer: Fan.27. Question: The line, “Truth lives!” is quoted by which character?Answer: The Ghost of Christmas Past.28. Question: How many children does Bob Cratchit have?Answer: Six children.29. Question: How does Scrooge respond when asked to donate to the needy?Answer: “Are there no workhouses? Are there no prisons?“30. Question: According to the Ghost of Christmas Present, when will the third ghost appear?Answer: “In his own good time”.A Christmas Carol Trivia Questions About The CharactersIf you pride yourself on your knowledge of the classic novel, answer some of our questions about ‘A Christmas Carol’ characters! You could even enjoy these quiz questions as a Christmas Eve or Christmas Day activity!31. Question: Who said, “My life on this globe is very brief”?Answer: The Ghost of Christmas Present.32. Question: How many brothers does the Ghost of Christmas Present have?Answer: 1800 brothers.33. Question: What does Scrooge say after, “A drum. You idiot. Everyone knows that”?Answer: “Not very bright, my nephew’s wife.“34. Question: What does Fred say after Scrooge changes his heart and visits his nephew?Answer: “Hurrah!“35. Question: What does Scrooge say when he dislikes something?Answer: “Bah humbug”.36. Question: How old is Tiny Tim from’A Christmas Carol’?Answer: Seven.37. Question: Finish Scrooge’s line to the Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come, “I fear you, more than any ___ I have seen”.Answer: “specter”.38. Question: How many years ago has Jacob Marley died at the beginning of the story?Answer: Seven.39. Question: Over how many nights do the ghosts visit Scrooge?Answer: One.40. Question: How is the Ghost of Christmas Past represented?Answer: As a small elderly person.41. Question: How is the Ghost of Christmas Present represented?Answer: As a jolly giant.42. Question: How is the Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come represented?Answer: As a silent phantom.A Christmas Carol Trivia GamesLet’s go back in time and find out about the one and only Scrooge and the other characters at his nephew’s home. Try our fun yet hard Christmas book trivia quiz to find how much you can recall from the one and only ‘A Christmas Carol’!43. Question: Who is Scrooge’s employee’s differently-abled son?Answer: Tiny Tim.44. Question: What is the name of the children who crawl out from under the robes of the Ghost of Christmas Present?Answer: Ignorance and Want.45. Question: On what date does ‘A Christmas Carol’ occur?Answer: A Christmas Carol occurs on December 25.46. Question: What date was ‘A Christmas Carol’ published?Answer: A Christmas Carol, published December 19, 1843.47. Question: How many copies of Christmas Carol have been sold in the USA?Answer: Two million copies48. Question: What period is ‘A Christmas Carol’ set in?Answer: The early 1840s.49. Question: How long did it take Dickens to write ‘A Christmas Carol’?Answer: Six weeks.50. Question: How many words are in ‘A Christmas Carol’?Answer: 30,000.51. Question: Who published ‘A Christmas Carol’?Answer: Chapman and Hall.52. Question: How many pages are in the original ‘A Christmas Carol’ book?Answer: 66 pages.53. Question: What is the lifespan of the Ghost of Christmas Present?Answer: One day.54. Question: According to Jacob Marley, what was his ‘business’?Answer: Mankind.Christmas Song Trivia GamesThe fun and magic of the Christmas season start with small kids. Christmas songs like ‘Frosty The Snowman’ and ‘Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer’ is constantly played throughout the Christmas season, especially on Christmas Eve. They are loved by children and adults alike. Go ahead and try our Christmas trivia for more musical Christmas fun!55. Question: What activity inspired the song ‘Jingle Bells’?Answer: A town-wide sled race.56. Question: In ‘Santa Claus Is Coming To Town’, the singer tells children, “You better not cry” and, “You better not _____"?Answer: pout57. Question: What year was ‘It’s The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year’ first recorded?Answer: 196358. Question: Who recorded the Frank Sinatra song ‘Have yourself a Merry Christmas’?Answer: Judy Garland.59. Question: When she recorded Christmas hit ‘Rockin Around The Christmas Tree, ’ how old was singer Brenda Lee?Answer: 13 years old60. Question: What is the most published Christmas hymn?Answer: ‘Joy To The World’.Christmas Music Trivia Questions And AnswersChristmas songs are a pleasure to sing, and they also help to celebrate the special time of the year we are commemorating away. Can you answer these Christmas songs’ trivia questions with answers?61. Question: In ‘The Twelve Days Of Christmas,’ what number of geese are laying?Answer: Six.62. Question: How many ’las’ are after each ‘fa’ in ‘Deck The Halls’?Answer: Eight63. Question: How often does Santa Claus check his list before coming to town?Answer: Twice.64. Question: What wouldn’t the other reindeer let Rudolph do?Answer: Play games.65. Question: What is the nose of Frosty made of?Answer: A button.66. Question: How many horses pull away the sleigh in ‘Jingle Bells’?Answer: One.67. Question: Where was mommy kissing Santa Claus?Answer: Under the mistletoe.68. Question: What does ‘Feliz Navidad’ mean?Answer: Happy Christmas.69. Question: What is another name for ‘O Tannenbaum’?Answer: ‘O Christmas Tree’.70. Question: Which dessert is asked for once everyone finishes singing ‘We Wish You a Merry Christmas’?Answer: Figgy pudding.A Christmas Carol Unique Trivia71. What is the surname of Dickens’ miserable protagonist Ebenezer?Answer: Scrooge.72. Question: What city does Ebenezer live in?Answer: London.73. Question: What kind of business does Ebenezer own?Answer: A counting house.74. Question: What time of night does the Ghost of Christmas Past visit Ebenezer?Answer: One am.75. Question: What is Marley’s ghost covered in when he appears to Ebenezer?Answer: Chains.76. Question: What is the name of the person Ebenezer used to be apprenticed to as a boy, who the Ghost of Christmas Past showed him?Answer: Fezziwig77. Question: What does the Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come show Ebenezer to make him change his ways?Answer: His grave78. Question: Scrooge once had a fiancée. What was her name?Answer: Belle79. Question: What house does the Ghost of Christmas Present take Ebenezer to?Answer: Cratchit’s.80. Question: Who is the first ghost to visit Scrooge?Answer: The Ghost of Christmas Past81. Question: What gift does Ebenezer send anonymously on Christmas Day?Answer: A prize turkey.82. Question: How long do the ghosts visit Scrooge?Answer: One night.83. Question: How is the weather described in Stave one?Answer: Cold, bleak, biting, and foggy.84. Question: Name a movie that is not an animated adaptation of a Christmas Carol?Answer: A Charlie Brown Christmas Carol85. Question: As of 2021, how many live-action film adaptions have been made based on A Christmas Carol?Answer: 2086. Question: Who invites Scrooge to Christmas dinner every year, only to be rejected?Answer: Fred.87. Question: What holiday greeting became popular after its mention in the classic novella?Answer: Merry Christmas88. Question: What’s the name of Scrooge’s clerk?Answer: Bob Cratchit89. Question: What’s the last ghost that visits Scrooge?Answer: The Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come90. Question: What’s the famous last line of the novella?Answer: “God bless everyone!“91. Question: Which of the spirits does not speak to Scrooge?Answer: The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come.92. Question: Why does Scrooge like darkness?Answer: It is cheap.93. Question: What is Jacob Marley forced to drag about due to his sinful life?Answer: Heavy chains forged from ledgers and lock boxes.94. Question: What did Scrooge see when he looked at the bell?Answer: He saw the bell begin to swing and ring.95. Question: Where did the ghost of Marley sit?Answer: On the opposite side of the fireplace from Scrooge.96. Question: Who appears in Scrooge’s door-knocker?Answer: Jacob Marley’s ghost97. Question: What happened right after the ghost of Marley removed the bandage from his head?Answer: His lower jaw dropped to his chest.98. Question: How does the Christmas Eve weather help set the mood for the setting in Stave One?Answer: It shows gloominess in the story.99. Question: What must the reader understand before the story has meaning?Answer: That Marley was dead100. Question: How does Fezziwig die?Answer: Fezziwig does not die in the novel
Charles Dickens’s ‘A Christmas Carol, with illustrations by John Leech, was initially published in London by Chapman & Hall in 1843.
