jueves, enero 2

JANUARY QUIZ: CHARLES DICKENS

Happy 2014! New year, new month, NEW QUIZ! This time we travel to England to meet Charles Dickens. Ready to become a detective? Here you are the questions!

1. Where was he born?
2. How old was he when he started to work?
3. Which pseudonym did he sometimes use?
4. Which prison did his father go to?
5. When was his first book published?
6. Which two famous characters in his novels are based on his own life?
7. He fell in love with an actress. What was her name?
8. Whose book is Mr. Scrooge a character?
9. A silent film version of one of his books was made in 1914 by Thomas Bentley. Which book was it?
10. Where is he buried?




His tomb inscribed thus: “He was a sympathiser to the poor, the suffering, and the oppressed; and by death, one of England’s greatest writers is lost to the world.”


Deadline: 31st January/ Fecha límite: 31 Enero