Lewis Carroll

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1. What was Carroll's real name? Eric Blair Henry Vincent Yorke Mary Ann Evans Charles Lutwidge Dodgson

2. What were his vocations? priest, tutor quartermaster, clerk cricket coach, purser deacon, mathematician

3. What disorders did Carroll suffer from? stammering, epilepsy, partial deafness and ADHD myopia, arthritis and Tourette's Syndrome asthma, erisipylas and migranes St. Vitus' Dance, deafness and anemia

4. What was Carroll's hobby? yachting biking sculpting photography

5. Which of Carroll's living cards in "Wonderland" is always yelling, 'Off with his head!'? Queen of Spades King of Diamonds Knave of Clubs Queen of Hearts

6. Which character has the ability to vanish? Unicorn Griffin Dormouse Cheshire Cat

7. What is the name of Alice's kitten in the first book? Garfield Salem Heathcliff Dinah

8. What game did Carroll base his sequel, 'Through The Looking-Glass' on? chess backgammon parcheesi Chinese Checkers

9. Which character doesn't fit here? Rumplestiltskin Humpty Dumpty Tweedledee and Tweedledum Lion and Unicorn

10. Name the best known poem from 'Looking Glass' Father William Speak Roughly Twinkle, Twinkle Jabberwocky

11. Who was the first illustrator of the 'Alice' books? E.P. Shepard Lewis Carroll Merwyn Peake Edmund Dulac

12. Who never illustrated Carroll's works? Sir John Tenniel Ralph Steadman Arthur Rackham W.W. Denslow

13. Which poem of Carroll's includes a beaver among its characters? The Hunting of the Boojum The Hunting of the Snark The Beaver Hunt The Tale of the Bellman

14. What is the inscription on the Mad Hatter's hat? In this style 10-6 Hands Off! $1.95 This is a hat

15. What is the Mock Turtle's song? A Cup of Chowder Soup, Glorious Soup Beautiful Soup Your'e the Clam in my Chowder

16. And the seaside dance? Marlin Mambo Jellyfish Jamboree Lobster Quadrille Swordfish Samba

17. Who ate the oysters? The Walrus and the Carpenter Tweedledee and Tweedledum Lion and Unicorn Hare and Hatter

18. Which rule of the King of Heart's forbade 'any person over a mile high to enter the court'? Rule 33 Rule 66 Rule 57 Rule 42

19. Who are the messengers in 'Looking Glass'? Hatta and Haigha Griffin and Mock Turtle Walrus and Carpenter Tweedledee and Tweedledum

20. Which novel took its title from 'Looking Glass'? Mirror, Mirror Wool and Water Anglo-Saxon Attitudes Who Stole the Tarts?

21. Which country did Carroll visit? Portugal France Russia Spain

22. True or false: Carroll named Alice for a real person. True False

23. When did Carroll first tell his Alice story? June 4th, 1888 July 4th, 1862 August 9th, 1894 November 22nd, 1904

24. What was the event where Carroll first told the story? trolley ride train ride boating trip steamship voyage

25. Which book doesn't belong here? Mischmasch Sylvie and Bruno The Sword in the Stone Pillow Problems