The Trollope Society Christmas Quiz
Each question is worth one mark, except those marked with an asterix where there is one mark for each correct answer selected. There are no penalties for incorrect answers.
Where you are asked to type in an answer, take care with spelling as there must be an exact match to gain a point. You can enter you answers 'all in lower case' or 'In Title Case If You Prefer'.
The answers and your score will be revealed at the end.
Each question is worth one mark, except those marked with an asterix where there is one mark for each correct answer selected. There are no penalties for incorrect answers.
Where you are asked to type in an answer, take care with spelling as there must be an exact match to gain a point. You can enter you answers 'all in lower case' or 'In Title Case If You Prefer'.
The answers and your score will be revealed at the end.
Christmas crackers originally contained
Honeycomb
Sugar-coated almonds
Turkish delight
Dates
When did the tradition of the royal Christmas speech begin?
1945
1932
1957
1920
In Alpine folklore, who is the evil accomplice of St Nicholas?
Perchta
Knecht Ruprecht
Krampus
Beltznickle
In which country's folklore does Belfana come down the chimney to fill children's stockings?
Spain
Portugal
Italy
France
Russia
Finland
In which modern-day country was Saint Nicholas born?
Turkey
Czech Republic
Poland
Hungary
Who directed the movie 'It's a Wonderful Life'?
Frank Capra
Billy Wilder
Preston Sturges
Howard Hawks
Swedes traditionally celebrate Christmas Eve by watching which famous cartoon?
Mickey Mouse
Pink Panther
Popeye
Donald Duck
Tom and Jerry
Spongebob Squarepants
In the USA Christmas was outlawed between 1659-1681
True
False
What is the highest grossing Christmas movie of all time?
The Grinch
Home Alone
Elf
Miracle on 34th Street
Round 2 - Trollope and other Victorian novelists
For questions marked with an asterix you will get one mark for each correct answer selected.
Where was Anthony Trollope born?
'Julians', Harrow
Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire
Gray's Inn Road, London
Keppel Street, London
Welbeck Street, London
Carlton House Terrace, London
Which two of the following schools did Anthony Trollope attend? *
Eton
Harrow
Charterhouse
Marlborough
Winchester
Dulwich College
Why did Fanny Trollope travel to America?
To join a utopian community in Nashoba
To visit Joseph Smith, founder of the Mormon Church
To meet Harriet Beecher Stowe, author of Uncle Tom's Cabin
To use up her Air Miles
Where did Anthony Trollope conceive the idea for The Warden?
Winchester
Salisbury
Bath
Wells
Chichester
Lyme Regis
On Trollope's recommendation, where was the first pillar box in Britain situated?
Douglas, Isle of Man
Ventnor, Isle of Wight
St Mary's, Isles of Scilly
St Helier, Channel Islands
Sheerness, Isle of Sheppey
Canary Warf, Isle of Dogs
Where were the first five pillar boxes in London located? *
Gray's Inn Road
Parliament Square
The Strand
Lombard Street
Gower Street
Fleet Street
Pall Mall
Piccadilly
Rutland Gate
Grosvenor Gardens
Old Kent Road
Drury Lane
What did the expression 'a very Trollope' mean?
A well travelled tourist
A prolific author
A woman of low morals
An impoverished gentleman
Which four books were published in 1847? *
Emily Brontë - Wuthering Heights
Charlotte Brontë - Jane Eyre
WM Thackeray - Vanity Fair
Anthony Trollope - The Macdermots of Ballycloran
Anthony Trollope - The Warden
Charles Dickens - Bleak House
Charles Dickens - Little Dorrit
Wilkie Collins - The Moonstone
Anthony Trollope - Castle Richmond
Elizabeth Gaskell - North and South
George Eliot - The Mill on the Floss
Anthony Trollope - Barchester Towers
Trollope or Dickens? Select eight Trollope characters *
Dr Fillgrave
Dr Rearchild
The Marquis of Hartletop
The Rev Quiverful
Sir Abraham Haphazard
Mrs Umbleby
Sir Orlando Drought
Baroness Banmann
Major Joseph Bagstock
Rev Chadband
Canon Crisparkle
Thomas Gradgrind
Mr M'Choakumchild
Mrs Whimple
Tilly Slowbry
Samuel Slumkey
Who said 'I like Barchester Towers very much, it makes one laugh till one cries, it is so very true, but I think it mischievous and rather wicked'.
Benjamin Disraeli
Leo Tolstoy
Nathaniel Hawthorn
Mrs Gaskell
Queen Victoria
George Eliot
A husband, suspicious of his wife, kidnaps their son and takes him to Italy
Can You Forgive Her?
He Knew He Was Right
Rachel Ray
The Claverings
Ralph The Heir
Lady Anna
Septimus Harding is condemned by The Jupiter for accepting £800 salary from Hiram's Hospital
The Last Chronicle of Barset
Barchester Towers
The Warden
The Prime Minister
The Vicar of Bullhampton
Lady Anna
Sir Roger Scatcherd and his son drink themselves to death
Phineas Redux
Doctor Thorne
Can You Forgive Her?
Orley Farm
The American Senator
The Eustace Diamonds
Carry Brattle returns home from a life of sin, and is eventually forgiven by her father
Lady Anna
Ralph The Heir
Can You Forgive Her?
Doctor Thorne
The Vicar of Bullhampton
Rachel Ray
Lady Mason is wrongly acquitted of forging a codicil to her late husband's will
Mr Scarborough's Family
The Duke's Children
Phineas Finn
Orley Farm
Miss Mackenzie
Can You Forgive Her?
Obadiah Slope and Mrs Proudie contend for de facto control of the diocese
The Warden
The Vicar of Bullhampton
Barchester Towers
The Last Chronicle of Barset
The Eustace Diamonds
Framley Parsonage
Madame Max Goesler goes to Prague in search of evidence for a murder trial
The Prime Minister
Phineas Finn
Phineas Redux
The Duke's Children
The American Senator
Can You Forgive Her?
Augustus Melmotte commits suicide after his forgery is exposed and his financial empire collapses
Mr Scarborough's Family
The Last Chronicle of Barset
Is He Popenjoy?
The Way We Live Now
The Prime Minister
The Eustace Diamonds
Clara Amedroz accepts Frederic Aylmer's proposal of marriage, then breaks off the engagement
The Belton Estate
The American Senator
The Claverings
Rachel Ray
Orley Farm
Can You Forgive Her?
Ferdinand Lopez unsucessfully runs for Parliament, then demands that the Duke of Omnium pay his election expenses
Phineas Finn
The Duke's Children
The Prime Minister
He Knew He Was Right
The Claverings
The Belton Estate
Round 4 - Name the Trollope novel
You must give the exact title. You can use all lower case, or Title Case if you prefer.
Who is Lord Brock based on?
Benjamin Disraeli
William Ewart Gladstone
Lord Palmerston
Lord Derby
John Bright
The Marquess of Salisbury
Who is Mr Turnbull based on?
Benjamin Disraeli
William Ewart Gladstone
Lord Palmerston
Lord Derby
John Bright
The Marquess of Salisbury
Who is Lord de Terrier based on?
Benjamin Disraeli
William Ewart Gladstone
Lord Palmerston
Lord Derby
John Bright
The Marquess of Salisbury
Who is Mr Gresham based on?
Benjamin Disraeli
William Ewart Gladstone
Lord Palmerston
Lord Derby
John Bright
The Marquess of Salisbury
Who is Mr Daubeny based on?
Benjamin Disraeli
William Ewart Gladstone
Lord Palmerston
Lord Derby
John Bright
The Marquess of Salisbury
Major Tifto and the Duke
Barchester Towers
Doctor Thorne
The Small House at Allington
The Last Chronicle of Barset
Phineas Finn
Phineas Redux
The Duke's Children
The Way We Live Now
Mr Gotobed's Philanthropy
Doctor Thorne
Can You Forgive Her?
Phineas Finn
The Duke's Children
The American Senator
The Way We Live Now
The Belton Estate
Orley Farm
War
The Warden
Barchester Towers
Doctor Thorne
Can You Forgive Her?
Phineas Finn
Phineas Redux
Orley Farm
Rachel Ray
Tom Towers, Dr Anticant, and Mr Sentiment
The Warden
Barchester Towers
Doctor Thorne
The Small House at Allington
The Last Chronicle of Barset
Phineas Finn
The Belton Estate
Orley Farm
Dandy and Flirt
Barchester Towers
Doctor Thorne
The Small House at Allington
The Last Chronicle of Barset
Can You Forgive Her?
Phineas Finn
Phineas Redux
Orley Farm
Mrs Dobbs Broughton Piles Her Fagots
Doctor Thorne
The Last Chronicle of Barset
Can You Forgive Her?
Phineas Finn
Phineas Redux
The Duke's Children
The Belton Estate
Orley Farm
Lessons from Courcy Castle
Barchester Towers
Doctor Thorne
The Small House at Allington
The Last Chronicle of Barset
Phineas Redux
The Duke's Children
The Way We Live Now
The Belton Estate
Mr Tappitt in his counting house
Doctor Thorne
The Small House at Allington
Can You Forgive Her?
The American Senator
The Way We Live Now
The Belton Estate
Orley Farm
Rachel Ray
Christmas at Noningsby
The Small House at Allington
The Last Chronicle of Barset
Phineas Finn
The Duke's Children
The American Senator
The Way We Live Now
The Belton Estate
Orley Farm
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Your score, together with the leaderboard and the correct answers will be revealed after you click 'Finish'. Please note you may need to scroll to the top of the page to see the leaderboard.
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Your score, together with the leaderboard and the correct answers will be revealed after you click 'Finish'. Please note you may need to scroll to the top of the page to see the leaderboard.
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