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 Carroll, Lewis
Charles Lutwidge Dodgson. Dodgson got his pen name by transposing and Latinizing his first two names.
deacon, mathematician. He was deacon and math teacher at Oxford.
stammering, epilepsy, partial deafness and ADHD. Along with shyness, it was his stammer and deafness in one ear that ruled out public speaking for Carroll; he never took Holy Orders in any case. Epilepsy and ADHD also plagued him throughout his life.
photography. Carroll was a gifted amateur {photographer;} however, some of his pictures of little girls were controversial and eventually he gave it up.
| Which of Carroll's living cards in "Wonderland" is always yelling, 'Off with his head!'? | Lewis Carroll
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Queen of Hearts. One of the most memorable characters from the 'Alice' books. Earlier, the Duchess says, "Speaking of axes, Cook, cut off her head!" But she later sweetens on next meeting Alice. The Queen stays explosive and nasty throughout.
Cheshire Cat. The picture of the Cheshire Cat fading, leaving only his grin, is one of the great scenes in the book.
| What is the name of Alice's kitten in the first book? | Lewis Carroll
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Dinah. Dinah was her kitten.
| What game did Carroll base his sequel, 'Through The Looking-Glass' on? | Lewis Carroll
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chess. Chess fitted the mirror-reversal theme of the second book.
Rumplestiltskin. Not only did the others appear in 'Looking Glass', but they came from nursery rhymes, while Rumplestiltskin is a fairy tale character.
Lewis Carroll. Believe it or not, Carroll himself illustrated the first handwritten copy of his 'Alice' story(in fact, he often did his own drawings for his stories).
W.W. Denslow. Denslow is best known for illustrating 'The Wizard of Oz'.
| Which poem of Carroll's includes a beaver among its characters? | Lewis Carroll
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The Hunting of the Snark. Jack London named his sloop after Carroll's never-seen title character(like Daphne DuMaurier's Rebecca!)
In this style 10-6. Interestingly, hatters went 'mad' because of mercury poisoning from the treatment of rabbit fur for the hats.
Beautiful Soup. It was a parody of the song 'Beautiful Star'.
Lobster Quadrille. Joseph Cornell did one of his collage-boxes on the subject.
The Walrus and the Carpenter. Dee and Dum were the ones who narrated the poem about those oyster-eaters, actually!
| Which rule of the King of Heart's forbade 'any person over a mile high to enter the court'? | Lewis Carroll
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Rule 42. The number 42 pops up in many of Carroll's writings.
Hatta and Haigha. They are called Hatta and Haigha in the book, perhaps indirectly alluding to the Mad Hatter and March Hare in the first book, though it's not certain Carroll really did return them to the sequel. The Tenniel illustrations, though, do depict the Hatter and Hare in costume, so perhaps Tenniel assumed they were written in!
Anglo-Saxon Attitudes. Angus Wilson got his title from the 'Anglo-Saxon Attitudes' of Carroll's messengers.
Russia. And wrote a book about it.
July 4th, 1862. While Americans celebrated Independence Day...
| What was the event where Carroll first told the story? | Lewis Carroll
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boating trip. It was on a boating picnic on the Isis branch of the Thames with the Liddells that Carroll first told the story of Alice.
The Sword in the Stone. 'Sword' was written by T. H. White, whose works were the basis for the Disney cartoon and the hit musical 'Camelot'. (The Arthurian myth, though, was long in existence before these versions came out)
0. He didn't own any hats he just kept them until they were sold.
Hedgehogs. No animals were injured in the making of the book.
frightened away by a crow.
10'6. Ten shillings and sixpence
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