INQUIZITION QUIZ NO.52 CHARLES DICKENS
Posted: Sat Dec 27, 2008 11:13 am1 In which county was Charles Dickens born?
HAMPSHIRE
2 Which character from Oliver Twist was portrayed by Harry Secombe in the musical Oliver?
MR. BUMBLE
3 Which rock band took their name from a Dickens character described as, “a very ‘umble person”?
URIAH HEEP
4 Which novel opens with the line, “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times”?
A TALE OF 2 CITIES
5 What three-letter pen name did Charles Dickens sometimes use?
BOZ
6 What was the first Dickens novel to be published?
THE PICKWICK PAPERS
7 Which Dickens novel was set against the Gordon Riots?
BARNABY RUDGE
8 Which novel of Charles Dickens has the shortest title?
HARD TIMES
9 What adjective links the Dickens characters of Emily and Nell?
LITTLE
10 What was the title of the last novel that Dickens completed?
OUR MUTUAL FRIEND
11 The Dickens character of Little Dorrit was born in which prison?
MARSHALSEA PRISON
12 By what name is the character of Jack Dawkins otherwise known
THE ARTFUL DODGER
13 Which Dickens novel features the character of Newman Noggs?
NICHOLAS NICKLEBY
14 What was the first name of the wife of Charles Dickens, with whom he had ten children?
CATHERINE
15 Which novel was left unfinished at the time of Dickens death?
THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD
HAMPSHIRE
2 Which character from Oliver Twist was portrayed by Harry Secombe in the musical Oliver?
MR. BUMBLE
3 Which rock band took their name from a Dickens character described as, “a very ‘umble person”?
URIAH HEEP
4 Which novel opens with the line, “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times”?
A TALE OF 2 CITIES
5 What three-letter pen name did Charles Dickens sometimes use?
BOZ
6 What was the first Dickens novel to be published?
THE PICKWICK PAPERS
7 Which Dickens novel was set against the Gordon Riots?
BARNABY RUDGE
8 Which novel of Charles Dickens has the shortest title?
HARD TIMES
9 What adjective links the Dickens characters of Emily and Nell?
LITTLE
10 What was the title of the last novel that Dickens completed?
OUR MUTUAL FRIEND
11 The Dickens character of Little Dorrit was born in which prison?
MARSHALSEA PRISON
12 By what name is the character of Jack Dawkins otherwise known
THE ARTFUL DODGER
13 Which Dickens novel features the character of Newman Noggs?
NICHOLAS NICKLEBY
14 What was the first name of the wife of Charles Dickens, with whom he had ten children?
CATHERINE
15 Which novel was left unfinished at the time of Dickens death?
THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD
