Answers to Quiz 8 on An American Christmas Carol (1979), Starring Henry Winkler

  1.  In this adaptation of A Christmas Carol, "the Scrooge" sends "the Tiny Tim" to a clinic in Australia, and names a woman who works there; is she a real person, or was she merely fictitious?

Sister Elizabeth Kenny (September 20, 1880-November 30, 1952) was a real Australian Army Nurse during World War I; she attained the rank of Sister, which is equivalent to a First Lieutenant. She is known for treating polio as early as 1910.

 2.  In this adaptation of A Christmas Carol, "the Scrooge" decides to re-open a granite quarry; how many people are to be employed there?

"Several hundred."

 3.  In this adaptation of A Christmas Carol, "the Scrooge" decides to re-open a granite quarry; is granite an important part of Connecticut's history?

Yes. As early as 1858, granite from Connecticut was shipped as far away as New Orleans. A 6-ton block of Connecticut granite is the corner stone of the Statue of Liberty. Smithsonian Institute buildings are made of Connecticut granite. As of 2020, there is a company in Wolcott, Connecticut, called the Aldon Corporation, which manufactures tiles made of granite and other materials.

 4.  In this adaptation of A Christmas Carol, "the Scrooge" personally destroys leatherbound books he repossesses, including an original copy of what book?

A Christmas Carol.

 5.  According to the person from whom "the Scrooge" takes the books mentioned in Question 4, above, what was the progeny of the book he most wanted to keep?

His great grandfather was a friend of Charles Dickens, and passed this original copy of A Christmas Carol to his grandson, the current owner's father, from whom he received it.

 6.  In this adaptation of A Christmas Carol,  "the Scrooge" claims that he is having the books he destroyed rebound, by what company, in what city?

The Kendall Bookbinding Company

 7.  Is the company mentioned in Question 6 above a real company, or merely fictitious?

Probably fictitious... However, as of 2021, there is a company called Kendall Press, located at 1 Main Street, East Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Also, a pair of sisters, named Mary Ellet Kendall and Sarah Ellet Kendall, studied bookbinding in England, from 1907 to 1909, and worked as bookbinders in Chicago circa 1910. Sarah died circa 1910, but her sister, Mary, married James Alden Valentine, Sr., in 1910, and continued to bind books until the 1920s. Mary was born in Kansas, and James in Chicago, but they both died in Massachusetts.

 8.  In this adaptation of A Christmas Carol, the leader of the orphan boys choir is played by a young man who later played the role of Moxica, in 1492:  Conquest of Paradise (1992); Rochefort, in The Three Musketeers (1993); Top Dollar, in The Crow (1994); and Dorleac, in The Count of Montecristo (2002). What is his name, and how old was he when this adaptation of A Christmas Carol was released?

Michael Wincott, age 21.

 9.  In this adaptation of A Christmas Carol,  what address does "the Scrooge" give when the lights in his home go out?

429 Front Street.

10.  In this adaptation of A Christmas Carol,  what happens when "the Scrooge" rips the pages out of an original copy of A Christmas Carol?

Lightning strikes, and the power in his home goes out; then, when he makes a phone call for help, his phone goes dead.

Quiz and Answers by William Mortensen Vaughan