Y12 Christmas Quiz

'Season's Greetings' is a comic play by which modern playwright from Scarborough?

In which Austen novel does Mr Elton make a proposal at Christmas time?

When was 'A Christmas Carol' first published?

Who wrote "We should all be feminists"?

What is Scrooge's first name?

What is the name of Miss Hedges' new niece, born on Monday?

Who thinks you "can never have enough socks" for Christmas?

Who wrote 'Moby Dick', which begins in December?

In which author's work do you find the first English use of the word 'Noel'?

Nora is decorating the Christmas tree at the start of which play?

In which classic novel does the protagonist say "Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents"?

'Exit, pursued by a bear' is a stage direction in which Shakespeare play?

Margaret and Mrs Wilcox go Christmas shopping in which novel?

'Clueless' is loosely based on which Austen novel?

Name the book from the opening line: "“I write this sitting in the kitchen sink.”

'Martin's Christmas' is a short story by which author?

Name the book from the final line: "So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past."

'The Journey of the Magi' is a famous poem by which poet?

Name the book from the opening: “Hale knew, before he had been in Brighton three hours, that they meant to murder him.”

Name the book from the opening line: "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times."

'Die Hard' - often called a Christmas film - is based on which book?

Rosalind woos Orlando while dressed as a boy in which Shakespeare play?

Who is the goddess of winter in Rick Riordan’s 'The Heroes of Olympus' series?

Name the book from the ending: "He would be there all night, and he would be there when Jem waked up in the morning."

The title of F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel 'Tender is the Night' is a quote from which poet?

In J.K. Rowling’s The Goblet of Fire, whom does Harry take to the Yule Ball?

Which of these novels, which starts at Christmas, was written by George Eliot?

Who wrote the lyrics to the carol 'In the bleak midwinter'?

'Winter' is a new book by which novelist?

The title of Chinua Achebe's novel 'Things Fall Apart' comes from a poem by which poet?