Q 01/05

Since the 1957 book, 'grinch' has entered dictionaries as an informal noun meaning what?

A) Miser

B) Killjoy

C) Hermit

D) Burglar

Answer · why

B) Killjoy

Killjoy, or spoilsport, say the dictionaries. Seuss pinned the label on himself first: he said he wrote the story after noticing how 'Grinch-ish' he h...

Q 02/05

According to the book's opening lines, the Grinch lives in which direction from Whoville?

A) East

B) South

C) North

D) West

Answer · why

C) North

North: he 'lived just north of Who-ville', close enough to glare down from his cave at the town's warm, lighted windows, which is how the story finds ...

Q 03/05

What 'one thing' about the Who children's new toys does the book say the Grinch hated?

A) The mess

B) The colours

C) The cost

D) The noise

Answer · why

D) The noise

The noise: he pictures every Who girl and boy waking 'bright and early' to rush for their toys, and the book answers with the word four times over in ...

Q 04/05

Why does the book's Grinch have to turn his own dog into a reindeer?

A) Santa has taken them all

B) His own has run away

C) Real ones refuse to pull him

D) He can't find a real one

Answer · why

D) He can't find a real one

He can't find a real one: 'since reindeer are scarce, there was none to be found', so he shrugs, 'I'll make one instead!' and calls for Max.

Q 05/05

After one day in the Grinch makeup, Jim Carrey offered to give back what in order to quit?

A) His producer credit

B) His share of the profits

C) His $20 million fee

D) His name on the poster

Answer · why

C) His $20 million fee

His $20 million fee: director Ron Howard says the offer was sincere, and the producer had to talk his star into giving it one more weekend before walk...