Q 01/05

In what year was Alice's Adventures in Wonderland first published?

A) 1859

B) 1865

C) 1871

D) 1878

Answer · why

B) 1865

It has never been out of print since. The sequel followed six years later.

Q 02/05

What was Lewis Carroll's real name?

A) Charles Kingsley Dodson

B) Edward Lutwidge Dodgson

C) Charles Lutwidge Dodgson

D) Charles Ludwig Dodd

Answer · why

C) Charles Lutwidge Dodgson

He was an Oxford mathematics don, and the pen name came from Latinising and reversing his first two names.

Q 03/05

On what date did the famous 'golden afternoon' boat trip take place, when the story was first told?

A) 4 July 1858

B) 1 May 1862

C) 4 July 1862

D) 4 July 1865

Answer · why

C) 4 July 1862

Carroll rowed the three Liddell sisters from Folly Bridge to Godstow for a picnic and improvised the tale on the way.

Q 04/05

How old was Alice Liddell on the boat trip where she first heard the story?

A) 7

B) 8

C) 9

D) 10

Answer · why

D) 10

Her sisters Edith and Lorina were 8 and 13. Alice asked Carroll to write the story down, which he did as a Christmas gift.

Q 05/05

What was the title of the handwritten manuscript Carroll gave the Liddell girl in 1864?

A) Alice's Adventures Under Ground

B) Alice Among the Fairies

C) Alice's Hour in Elfland

D) Alice's Dream Book

Answer · why

A) Alice's Adventures Under Ground

He illustrated it himself and dedicated it 'A Christmas Gift to a Dear Child in Memory of a Summer's Day'.