Q 01/05

Who plays Ebenezer Scrooge in The Muppet Christmas Carol?

A) Albert Finney

B) Michael Caine

C) David Warner

D) Ron Moody

Answer · why

B) Michael Caine

Michael Caine told the director he would play Scrooge dead straight, as if he were with the Royal Shakespeare Company, and never wink or do anything M...

Q 02/05

Who made his feature directing debut with The Muppet Christmas Carol, two years after his father's death?

A) Frank Oz

B) James Frawley

C) Brian Henson

D) Jim Henson

Answer · why

C) Brian Henson

Brian Henson, who took charge of the family company when his father died in 1990, was 28 when he shot the film as both its director and its producer.

Q 03/05

The Muppet Christmas Carol ends with its narrator saying that anyone who liked it should do what?

A) Read the book

B) Watch it again

C) Tell a friend

D) Sing along

Answer · why

A) Read the book

Read the book. Most of the narration is Dickens's own prose, lifted almost word for word, which is why the film puts the author on screen to deliver i...

Q 04/05

Which Muppet narrates The Muppet Christmas Carol in the role of Charles Dickens?

A) Kermit

B) Fozzie Bear

C) Sam Eagle

D) Gonzo

Answer · why

D) Gonzo

Gonzo. The makers asked themselves which Muppet was the least likely great novelist, then gave him narration taken almost entirely from Dickens's own ...

Q 05/05

Which Muppet plays Scrooge's put-upon clerk, Bob Cratchit, in The Muppet Christmas Carol?

A) Rowlf the Dog

B) Kermit the Frog

C) Fozzie Bear

D) Link Hogthrob

Answer · why

B) Kermit the Frog

Kermit the Frog. In the book the clerk meets the reformed Scrooge back at the office next morning; the film instead sends Scrooge to the Cratchits' do...