Trollope Society Christmas Quiz 2024

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1. In A Christmas Carol, what is the name of Scrooge’s former business partner?

2. In the ballet The Nutcracker, what is the name of the young girl who receives a nutcracker as a gift?

3. In Little Women, which sister cuts her hair to help raise money for the family?

4. In The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, what treat does the White Witch give Edmund?

5. According to Dr Seuss, who stole Christmas?

6. In Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, what gift does Harry receive from Mrs Weasley for Christmas?

7. In Pride and Prejudice, who invites Elizabeth Bennet to a Christmas ball?

8. In A Christmas Carol, what are the names of the two children revealed by the Ghost of Christmas Present?

9. Which Shakespeare play includes the line “At Christmas I no more desire a rose”?

10. What is the title of the Trollope novel that features two illustrations by Millais, ‘Christmas at Noningsby – Morning’, and ‘Christmas at Noningsby – Evening’?

11. On what date was Anthony Trollope born?

12. What was Anthony Trollope's father's name?

13. Which Italian city did Trollope's mother, Frances Trollope, retire to?

14. In which government department did Trollope work for many years?

15. In Trollope's novel Barchester Towers, who becomes the Bishop of Barchester?

16. What was the name of Anthony Trollope's wife?

17. In which magazine was Phineas Redux serialized?

18. In 1866 Trollope stood a Liberal candidate for which borough?

19. What was the title of Trollope's autobiography?

20. Which three of the following novels are not part of the Palliser series?

21. What is the name of the fictional island nation featured in Trollope's novel The Fixed Period?

22. Who said 'I wish Mr Trollope would continue writing Framley Parsonage forever?

23. What is the name of Trollope's novel that explores the life of Augustus Melmotte, a financier with dubious business dealings?

24. What did the slang expression 'a very Trollope' mean?

25. To which country did Trollope's son Frederick emigrate?

26. In 1873 Trollope was invited to sit on a Royal Commission on which subject?

27. In which city did Trollope conceive the idea for The Warden

28. In He Knew He Was Right, what obsessive belief drives the central character Louis Trevelyan to ruin?

29. Which nine novels does Lady Glencora appear in?

30. What is the order of publication of the Barsetshire novels?

31. What is Lady Glencora's maiden name?

32. Trollope or Dickens? Select four Trollope characters.

33. From which novel is the quote 'A self-imposed trouble will not allow itself to be banished.'

34. From which novel is the quote 'Wise people, when they are in the wrong, always put themselves right by finding fault with the people against whom they have sinned.'

35. From which novel is the quote 'At this time, in the midst of all his misery, it never occurred to him to inquire of himself whether it might be possible that his old friends were right, and that he himself was wrong'.

36. From which novel is the quote 'If dishonesty can live in a gorgeous palace with pictures on all its walls, and gems in all its cupboards, with marble and ivory in all its corners, and can give Apician dinners, and get into Parliament, and deal in millions, then dishonesty is not disgraceful, and the man dishonest after such a fashion is not a low scoundrel'.

37. From which novel is the quote 'Rumour, when she has contrived to sound the first note on her trumpet, soon makes a loud peal audible enough.'

38. From which novel is the quote 'That feeling of over-due bills, of bills coming due, of accounts overdrawn, of tradesmen unpaid, of general money cares, is very dreadful at first; but it is astonishing how soon men get used to it'.