Q 01/05

What was Lewis Carroll's real name?

A) Charles Ludovic Dawson

B) Charles Lutwidge Dodgson

C) Lewis Charles Dodson

D) Carl Ludwig Dodgson

Answer · why

B) Charles Lutwidge Dodgson

He was a mathematician, photographer and Anglican clergyman as well as an author.

Q 02/05

In which English county was Carroll born, at All Saints' Vicarage in Daresbury?

A) Oxfordshire

B) Surrey

C) Yorkshire

D) Cheshire

Answer · why

D) Cheshire

The church there now has stained-glass windows of Alice characters and a Lewis Carroll Centre opened beside it in 2012.

Q 03/05

How many children were in Carroll's family?

A) 8

B) 11

C) 6

D) 4

Answer · why

B) 11

He was the eldest boy and third eldest child; most of his siblings shared his speech impediment.

Q 04/05

Which famous public school did Carroll attend from 1846, and dislike intensely?

A) Eton

B) Winchester

C) Rugby

D) Harrow

Answer · why

C) Rugby

He said no earthly consideration would make him go through the three years again, though his mathematics master called him the most promising boy he h...

Q 05/05

What Latin inscription did the young Carroll write in his arithmetic textbook?

A) 'Property of a future bishop'

B) 'Numbers are the language of God'

C) 'This book belongs to Charles Lutwidge Dodgson: hands off!'

D) 'Beware the reader who skips ahead'

Answer · why

C) 'This book belongs to Charles Lutwidge Dodgson: hands off!'

Beside one problem he scribbled 'Not a fair question in decimals'.