christmas Trivia Quiz # 185

The complete title is "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe." The actors that played Lucy, Edmund, Susan, and Peter are all from England.

In addition to his four legitimate sons, Alfred, George, David, and Harry, there is Stephen Grant, alias Stephen Farr, and Superintendent Sugden. Although neither of these men bears Lee’s name, they are his illegitimate offspring. The way the clues are dropped in this novel is particularly ingenious: most readers catch on that Stephen Farr and Harry Lee bear a striking resemblance to each other, are frequently mistaken for each other by other characters, and share some of the old man’s mannerisms (such as stroking the jaw and laughing with the head thrown back). While we are congratulating ourselves on our powers of observation, the author is dropping more subtle hints that Sugden, whom we tend to discount because he is the investigating officer (forgetting one very famous instance in Christie of the detective as murderer; I won't say which!), shares these same mannerisms and is occasionally also mistaken for either Stephen Farr or Harry Lee.

In honor of the Holy Innocents, who were the innocent and helpless victims of the mad King Herod, it was considered appropriate to give children dominion over adults for the day. In some places, the reign of the "boy bishop" would begin on St. Nicholas' Day and end on the Feast of the Innocents.

It took Paul Casey 6 generations to make this breed look exactly like he wanted. A lot of persistence, is what I call that. I got the information in my quiz from this book: Alderton, David. "Pockets; Cats." New York: Dorling Kindersley Books, 1995.

Charles is buried in the Poet's Corner of Westminster Abbey, although, it was his wish to be buried in the graveyard at Rochester Castle Moat. He lived in the village of Rochester for most of his life and at the graveyard, there is a simple plaque that reads "Charles Dickens wished to be buried here". He died at the age of 58.

Her name is Blair Krank and she is the whole reason that Luther tries to skip Christmas in the first place. When Blair makes an unexpected surprise trip home, Luther and Nora have their work cut out for them.

Others included; General Pinochet, the people of the Soviet Union, in grateful thanks to comrade Richie.

She's all about priorities.

"He was dressed all in fur, from his head to his foot and his clothes were all tarnished with ashes and soot". I had assumed the white part of the suit was made of fur, but I didn't think the red was!