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Lewis Carroll – quiz

The author of Alice in Wonderland was born on this day in 1832. Celebrate a master of nonsense and logic by testing your knowledge of his life and work
  
  


  1. What was Lewis Carroll's real name?

    1. Eric Blair

    2. Charles Lutwidge Dodgson

    3. Mary Westmacott

    4. Ellis Bell

  2. In which year was Alice's Adventures in Wonderland originally published?

    1. 1892

    2. 1902

    3. 1872

    4. 1865

  3. Which of these is not by the author of Alice?

    1. Curiosa Mathematica

    2. Principia Mathematica

    3. The Game of Logic

    4. Euclid and his Modern Rivals

  4. What was the surname of the real-life Alice?

    1. Munro

    2. Liddell

    3. Shelley

    4. McBride

  5. What was the subject of the chapter cut from Alice Through the Looking Glass?

    1. A bee in a bonnet

    2. A wasp in a wig

    3. A slug in a surplice

    4. A caterpillar in a cap

  6. In which Surrey town is Lewis Carroll buried?

    1. Walton-on-Thames

    2. Godalming

    3. Esher

    4. Guildford

  7. Which Wonderland character says "we’re all mad here"?

    1. The Duchess

    2. The Mad Hatter

    3. The Cheshire Cat

    4. Alice

  8. In Through the Looking Glass, who is celebrating their unbirthday?

    1. Humpty Dumpty

    2. The White Queen

    3. Tweedledum and Tweedledee

    4. The White King

  9. Which painter was convinced that The Hunting of the Snark was written about him?

    1. John Singer Sargent

    2. Edgar Degas

    3. Dante Gabriel Rossetti

    4. Claude Monet

  10. Carroll invented an early version of a boardgame. Which one?

    1. Monopoly

    2. Scrabble

    3. Battleships

    4. Cluedo

Solutions

1:B, 2:D, 3:B, 4:B, 5:B, 6:D, 7:C, 8:A, 9:C, 10:B

Scores

  1. 4 and above.

    Looks like you lost track of the white rabbit – time to try again.

  2. 7 and above.

    Did you get distracted playing croquet with a flamingo?

  3. 9 and above.

    The Queen couldn't possibly chop off your head after doing so well, congratulations!

 

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