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1. Welcome! Just a warning; three questions require knowledge of the original novel. First, true or false: The title for the movie was not "A Christmas Carol" in the country where it was made, the United Kingdom.
2. Who was the composer of the score?
3. A character named Mrs. Dilber was created for the film, and was not in the original book.
4. Who wrote the screenplay adaptation?
5. The actress who plays Mrs. Cratchit was later a regular on a famous television series. What was it?
6. Who played Mr. Stretch, the undertaker?
7. The narrator at the beginning and end of the film, also plays a role in the movie. What is it?
8. Which of these scenes were in the screenplay, but not in the Dickens novel?
9. Who says the line: "Merry Christmas, if it's in keeping with the situation."
10. Who played Marley's Ghost in this 1951 adaptation?
11. Who played Tiny Tim?
12. Which of these actors did NOT portray one of the three spirits that haunt Scrooge in this 1951 film?
13. Which actor, who was to later star in a famous television series, portrayed the young Jacob Marley?
14. What traditional song is played at the introduction of Fan, Scrooge's sister?
15. Marley says to Scrooge just before he dies: "While there is still time, we're wrong...___________"
16. In this film, precisely how does Marley's Ghost enter the room where he confronts Scrooge?
17. Which of these characters was created for this movie, and was not in the novel?
18. Scrooge comes to his nephew Fred's party on Christmas Day. What does he say to Fred's wife?
19. Alastair Sim never returned to the role of Ebenezer Scrooge.
20. Which Christmas carol is played at the very end of the movie?
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