Q 01/05

The 1966 special's theme song says the Grinch is as cuddly as a what?

A) A cactus

B) A porcupine

C) A thistle

D) A hedgehog

Answer · why

A) A cactus

A cactus, the song says, and as charming as an eel. Its bass singer was left off the credits, so the insults are often credited by mistake to the spec...

Q 02/05

Which publisher released How the Grinch Stole Christmas! in 1957?

A) Random House

B) Houghton Mifflin

C) Scholastic

D) Simon & Schuster

Answer · why

A) Random House

Random House published it. Seuss called it the easiest book of his career, written in a few weeks, except for the ending, which took him three months ...

Q 03/05

In the 2000 film, where does Cindy Lou first come face to face with the Grinch?

A) The post office

B) The schoolhouse

C) The toy shop

D) The town square

Answer · why

A) The post office

The post office, where her father is postmaster: the Grinch has slipped into the back room to shuffle the Whos' Christmas mail into the wrong boxes.

Q 04/05

In which direction from Whoville does the Grinch live?

A) North

B) South

C) East

D) West

Answer · why

A) North

North: the story opens with the Grinch 'just north of Who-ville', glaring down from his cave on Christmas Eve at the warm lighted windows of the town ...

Q 05/05

A cardiologist joked that the Grinch's fast-growing heart gives him the physiology of which animal?

A) A hummingbird

B) A Burmese python

C) A blue whale

D) An elephant seal

Answer · why

B) A Burmese python

A Burmese python, said Dr David Kass: the snake's heart swells quickly after a big meal. He admitted the theory has a hole, since a freshly fed python...