A Christmas Carol Trivia

Don't be a humbug. Let's play some trivia. Hey there folks, I'm your host, Brian Rollins and this is the dorky geeky. Nerdy trivia podcast eats our final episode of 2019 and seeing. As it's Christmas Day. When we go live, we thought it would be a treat to have the show. All about the classic. Dickens novel A Christmas, Carol will cover the book itself, as well as questions from its many, Many adaptations. If you need rules of any kind of play with your friends and family, be sure to head over to dorky geeky nerdy.com. We've got links to all sorts of content in there. I think I hear the Chimes. Let's begin. The dorky round. number one who played Ebenezer Scrooge in the 1992 Muppet Christmas Carol Michael Caine. Number two. What is the name of the final ghost to visit Scrooge? The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come. Number three, what animated character in corporate icon, portrayed Bob Cratchit in 1983. Mickey Mouse. Number 4, which character introduces himself with the phrase come in come in and know me better, man. The Ghost of Christmas present. Number 5. What object causes Scrooge to exclaim? Oh, tell me that. I may change my fate. His own tombstone. Number 6, the Ghost of Christmas Past. Appears at what time? 1:00. Number seven. What poultry does Scrooge purchased for the cratchit's on Christmas morning? A turkey. Number 8. What was Ebenezer? Scrooge's occupation. He was a money lender. Number 9, what is Marley weighed down with? Chains and money boxes. Number 10, who is the youngest Cratchit child? Tiny Tim. The geeky round number one. What Merry man did Scrooge work for as an apprentice. Mr. Fezziwig Number two, what movie moved A Christmas? Carol into modern times and made Scrooge's character a TV executive. Scrooged. Number three. What are the first six words of the novel? Marley was dead to begin with. Number four. What Star Trek the Next Generation actor, performed A Christmas Carol? As a one-man Stage Show, Patrick Stewart began in the 1980s and he reprises it off and on ever since Number 5. What is the name of Scrooge's nephew? Fred. Number 6. What color was the Ghost of Christmas Past so hair. White, as if with age. Number 7, what was the name of Scrooge's young love? Bell. Number 8. What was Marley's first name? Jacob. Number 9, the word Scrooge comes from an archaic English word to do. What? To squeeze. Number 10, what was the name of Scrooge's sister? Fan. Let's take a quick break for the book of the week. One, a free audiobook of A Christmas, Carol read for you by my co-host Blaine dollar. Well, we're going to hook you up Blaine narrates, a variety of books. For his bedtime, in the public domain podcast, including the classic Christmas Story, will have a link to this and other books of the week at dorky geeky nerdy.com, / book. and now, back to the show, the nerdy round. Number one, A Christmas. Carol was first. Published in what year? 1843. Number two. How long did it take Dickens to write the story? Six weeks. Number three, the Ghost of Christmas present shows Scrooge to child like creatures. What are their names? The boy is ignorance. The girl is want Number for. How long did it take for the initial print run of the book to sell out? It took five days to sell 6,000 copies. Number five, this book along with what other Dickens novel brought about a Revival in Christmas celebrations in England. The Pickwick papers. Number 6, Dickens was inspired to write the novel as a quote, Sledge Hammer, blow and quote against what institution. Child labor. Number 7, who played Benedict Slade in the 1979 film, An American Christmas Carol Henry Winkler. Number 8, who's saying, I hate people in the 1970 musical version of the story. Albert Finney in the movie, Scrooge. Number 9, Rowan Atkinson took on the Scrooge manolin. What year? 1988 in blackadder's Christmas Carol. Number 10. What is the full title of the book? A Christmas Carol, in prose being a ghost story of Christmas. And that wraps up our episode. I hope you had a good time. We'll be back in 2020 with new episodes. Here's your clue for the first one. What show includes an iconic sound effect created in part by scraping car keys against a piano wire? Right back into the geeky stuff. My friends plus the episode is narrated by Blaine so be sure to tune in as I said before this wraps up our 2019 episodes. It's been a blast since we launched in February. Thanks for all the listens likes and shares, don't be strangers in 2020. Drop us a note on our website dorky geeky nerdy.com on Facebook, Twitter, or Reddit. I hope you had a great 2019 and in if you didn't, I hope 2020 is everything. You want it to be from all of us at dorky geeky nerdy, happy holidays and we'll see you next year. I'm your host Brian Rollins. Thanks for listening and stay geeky my friends.