Montreal Dickens Fellowship
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Montreal Dickens Fellowship Trivia Quiz Part 1
February 2018

1. In what year was Charles Dickens born?
   (1912/ 1789/1812/1820)
2. Where was Charles Dickens born?
   (London/ Paris/ Edinburgh/ Portsmouth)
3. What is Charles Dickens’s middle name?
   (Boz/ Alfred/ Huffam/Millhouse)
4. Where did Charles Dickens spend his formative years?
   (Scotland/ Ville St. Pierre/ New York/ Chatham, Kent)
5. Why and where was his father, John Dickens, imprisoned in 1824?
   (indecent exposure, Kingston Penitentiary/ civil disobedience, the Bastille/ debt, Marshalsea Prison/ Poutine tampering, St. Vincent de Paul)
6. Where was Charles Dickens’s first job?
   ( London Telegraph/ Warrens Blacking Factory/ M.C.L.L/Montreal Gazette)
7. Who was Charles Dickens’s first love?
   (Queen Victoria/ Hilary Clinton/ Catherine Hogarth/ Maria Beadnell)
8. Charles Dickens worked at which job before becoming an author?
   (waiter/ pilot/ parliamentary reporter/Habs goalie)
9. In Dickens’s first novel, Pickwick Papers, who was Sam Weller?
   (his lawyer/ his bookie/ his faithful servant/ his snow removal guy)
10. In Oliver Twist what is the name of Bill Sike’s dog?
    (Rover/ Rex/ Cuddles/ Bullseye)
11. In Nicholas Nickleby, what villainous corruption did Dickens expose?
    (Construction kickbacks/US Presidency/Yorkshire schools/ Hells Angels)
12. In The Old Curiosty Shop, Little Nell’s grandfather was which of these?
    (an alcoholic/ a thief/ a Montreal city councillor/a gambler)
13. What did Barnaby Rudge carry on his shoulder?
    (Polly the parakeet/Big Bird/ Chicken Little/ Grip the Raven)
14. In Martin Chuzzlewit, what is the pet name of Pecksniff’s eldest child?
    (Merry/ Tootsie/ Sweet Cheeks/ Cherry)
15. Who is the first spirit that visits Ebenezer Scrooge?
    (Caspar the friendly ghost/ Banquo/ Jacob Marley/ Bob Marley)
16. What kind of business is Mr. Dombey in ?
    (shipping/ the shmata business/ computer software/ scrap metal)
17. In David Copperfield, “Barkis is Willin” to do what?
    (to invest in IBM/ run for the NDP party/ drink tea/marry Peggoty)
18. In Bleak House, what disfigures Esther Summerson’s face?
    (acne/ too much Botox/ too much sun exposure/ smallpox)
19. Fictional “Coketown” in Hard Times is based on what real city?
    (Leeds/ Chomedy, Laval/ Moosejaw/ Preston)
20. Where was Amy Dorrit born?
    (Mudfog Workhouse/ Dotheboys Hall/Royal Vic/Marshalsea Prison)