“A Christmas Carol” Internet Scavenger Hunt Key

Where did Charles Dickens grow up? What country? What town/city? / England
Portsea, London, Kent

Where did you find the answer?

/ http://www.dickens-literature.com/l_biography.html
When was Charles Dickens born and when did he die? / Born: February 7, 1812
Died: June 9, 1870
Where did you find the answer? / http://www.victorianweb.org/authors/dickens/dickensbio1.html
What did Charles Dickens’ parents do for a living? Describe the Dickens’ family’s financial situation. / John Dickens, father, Naval Pay Office clerk
Elizabeth Dickens, mother, housewife
Dickens’ father was not smart with money and was therefore imprisoned for debt in 1824.
Where did you find the answer? / http://www.victorianweb.org/authors/dickens/dickensbio1.html
What currency is used in England? How much is it worth compared to one US dollar? / British Pound, £, and pence, p
One pound is divided into 100 pence as dollars are divided into 100 cents.
$1 ≈ 50 pence or .50 £
Where did you find the answer? / http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/questions/money.html
http://www.oanda.com/convert/classic
Define one of the following words commonly found in Dickens’ writing: ruddy, endeavoring, dismay, tacitly. / ruddy- (adj) of or having a fresh, healthy red color: a ruddy complexion.
endeavoring- (n) a conscientious effort or attempt
dismay- (n) sudden or complete loss of courage
OR (v) to alarm; perturb
tacit- (adj) silent; saying nothing
Where did you find the answer? / http://dictionary.com
What does the expression “dead as a doornail” mean? Where does it come from? / The usual reason given is that a doornail was one of the heavy studded nails on the outside of a medieval door, or possibly that the phrase refers to the particularly big one on which the knocker rested.
Where did you find the answer? / http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-dea1.htm
List five years in which a movie version of “A Christmas Carol” was produced? / 1908, 1910, 1914, 1916(aka A Right to Be Happy) 1938, 1943, 1949, 1950, 1951(aka Scrooge), 1953, 1960, 1970, 1971, 1977, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1989, 1994, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002(Muppet Christmas Carol) , 2003, 2004, 2006(Sesame Street Christmas Carol)
Where did you find the answer? / http://www.imdb.com/find?s=all&q=A+Christmas+Carol&x=9&y=6
When was the first version produced? When was the latest version produced? / 1908
2004
2006 Sesame Street Christmas Carol
Nov 2009 Jim Carrey release date
Where did you find the answer? / http://www.jimcarreyonline.com/movies/christmascarol.html
Who played Ebeneezer Scrooge in the 1938 version? 2004 version? / 1938 Scrooge= Reginald Owen
2004 Scrooge= Kelsey Grammer
Where did you find the answer? / http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=2004+A+Christmas+Carol
What is one of the themes in “A Christmas Carol?” / Social injustice
Poverty
Where did you find the answer? / http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Christmas_Carol#Themes
Who is Bob Cratchit and what is his role in the story? / Robert "Bob" Cratchit is a fictional character, the abused, underpaid clerk of Ebenezer Scrooge in the Charles Dickens story A Christmas Carol
Where did you find the answer? / http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Cratchit
What other famous pieces of literature did Charles Dickens write? Name two. / Novels, short stories, poetry, non-fiction, plays
A Tale of Two Cities, Great Expectations, Our Mutual Friend, No Thoroughfare…
Sketches by Boz, Reprinted Pieces, The Haunted House
The Village Coquettes, Pictures From Italy
Where did you find the answer? / http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Dickens#Notable_works_by_Charles_Dickens
Write your own question and find the answer. Then challenge another group to find the answer.
Where did you find the answer? / http://

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