A Christmas Carol
What is the full name of the main character in A Christmas Carol?
Ebenezer Scrooge
What is the murder weapon in the short story Lamb to the Slaughter?
A leg of lamb
How many paragraphs does an essay usually have?
5 paragraphs
A Christmas tree is displayed every year in Trafalgar Square. Which country offers it to Britain as a gift?
Norway
Which museum did thieves break into this week to steal priceless jewels?
The Louvre
How many ghosts show up in A Christmas Carol?
4
Who is the author of the short story The Yellow Wallpaper
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
What is the name of the main question that is usually presented in the introduction of an essay?
Thesis question / Research question
Which country started the tradition of putting up a Christmas tree?
Germany
What is the name of the movie that Netflix says is its most viewed ever?
KPop Demon Hunters
Which ghost appears first to Scrooge and warns him to change his ways?
Jacob Marley
What point of view is Death by Scrabble written in?
First-person point of view
What do we call words such as however, because, and therefore?
Linking words
If you are born on Christmas day, what’s your star sign?
Capricorn
In which country has the Prime Minister said the government plans to ban social media for under-15-year-olds?
Denmark
Who is Scrooge’s poor but loyal employee?
Bob Cratchit
How did the narrator murder the old man in the tell-tale heart by Edgar Allan Poe?
He threw him on the ground, put the bed over him and suffocated him.
What is the opening sentence of an essay that grabs the reader’s attention called?
A hook
Which Hollywood actor played six different roles in The Polar Express?
Tom Hanks
Which country has dropped out of the world’s top 10 most powerful passports for the first time since this ranking system began?
The United States
What are the names of the two children revealed by the Ghost of Christmas Present who represent society’s problems?
Ignorance and Want
Where was The Story of an Hour first published?
Vogue magazine
What do we call a shortened form of two words combined, such as don’t or I’m?
Contractions
What is the best-selling Christmas single ever?
White Christmas
Who won FIFA’s recently established peace prize this year?
Donald Trump