Monday, February 22, 2021

Answers to Quiz 5 on An American Christmas Carol (1979), Starring Henry Winkler

  1.  What is the first and last name of the person who is injured in a fire at the factory where "the Scrooge" worked as a boy, in this adaptation of A Christmas Carol?

Sam Perkins

 2.  Why did the owner of the factory where "the Scrooge" worked as a boy, go out of business, in this adaptation of A Christmas Carol?

He neglected to keep his insurance current, so the damages were not covered when there was fire at his factory.

 3.  Approximately how much time elapsed between the time "the Scrooge" left his home town, and the time he returned, in this adaptation of A Christmas Carol?

Ten years.  Sam Perkins commented when he saw Benedict Slade again, that it must have been at least ten years...

 4.  In this adaptation of A Christmas Carol, what probably caused the fire at the factory where "the Scrooge" worked as a boy?

A cigar. Sam Perkins leaves a lit cigar on a table or counter in the factory in a scene before the fire.

 5.  In this adaptation of A Christmas Carol, when "the Scrooge" didn't believe that "the Marley" was "the Marley," what did "the Marley" tell him that only the two of them knew?

That "the Scrooge" had told the Reverend Williams that his antique deacon's bench was only a cheap imitation so that he could "snatch it up as collateral."

 6.  In this adaptation of A Christmas Carol, when "the Scrooge" didn't believe that "the Marley" was "the Marley," what type of weapon did "the Scrooge" brandish?

A double-barrelled shotgun.

 7.  In this adaptation of A Christmas Carol, when "the Scrooge" didn't believe that "the Marley" was "the Marley," what film character did "the Scrooge" mention, to "the Marley," as an example of what can be accomplished with make-up?

Dr. Frankenstein's monster.

 8.  In this adaptation of A Christmas Carol, when "the Scrooge" didn't believe that "the Marley" was "the Marley," "the Scrooge" tells "the Marley" about a film; what film must that have been?

Frankenstein (1931), starring Boris Karloff as "The Monster."

 9.  What are the first and last names of "the Fezziwig," in this adaptation of A Christmas Carol?

Nathaniel Brewster

10.  What did "the Scrooge" give "the Fezziwig" for Christmas, in this adaptation of A Christmas Carol?

A cheap chair made by the Stapleton Furniture Company, in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Quiz and Answers by William Mortensen Vaughan

 

 

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