Q 01/05

Which Disney character takes the Ebenezer role in the 1983 featurette Mickey's Christmas Carol?

A) Pete the cat

B) Donald Duck

C) Scrooge McDuck

D) Goofy the dog

Answer · why

C) Scrooge McDuck

The character had been named after Dickens's miser since 1947. Mickey himself plays Bob Cratchit.

Q 02/05

Which character plays the ghost of Jacob Marley in that 1983 featurette?

A) Donald Duck

B) Goofy

C) Pete

D) Jiminy Cricket

Answer · why

B) Goofy

Donald plays Scrooge's nephew Fred instead. The three spirits are taken by Jiminy Cricket, Willie the Giant and Pete.

Q 03/05

Which character appears as the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come in Mickey's Christmas Carol?

A) Pete

B) Willie the Giant

C) Jiminy Cricket

D) Big Bad Wolf

Answer · why

A) Pete

Jiminy Cricket takes Christmas Past and Willie the Giant Christmas Present. It is one of the few Disney shorts where the villain plays death itself.

Q 04/05

What was historically significant about the 1983 Dickens featurette?

A) Walt Disney's last project

B) Disney's first animated feature

C) The first film with digital ink

D) The first new Mickey short in 30 years

Answer · why

D) The first new Mickey short in 30 years

Mickey had not led a theatrical cartoon since the 1950s. The featurette was nominated for an Academy Award.

Q 05/05

For which award was Mickey's Christmas Carol nominated in 1984?

A) Best Original Song

B) Best Sound Editing

C) Best Animated Short Film

D) Best Live Action Short

Answer · why

C) Best Animated Short Film

It lost to Jimmy Picker's Sundae in New York. The featurette runs to under half an hour.