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IHGS Festive Quiz- The results are in!

Tuesday 2nd January 2024

Many thanks to all of those who entered IHGS Festive Quiz. 

Only one person got all the right answers, with a number of entries falling foul of question 10 (c) by overlooking the ghost of Jacob Marley alongside the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future.

And the worthy winner, with maximum points is…..Linda Cripps. Congratulations Linda and we look forward to seeing you at an IHGS Tutorial of your choice.

The Answers

1. Australia

2. Robert Holden

3. Tiney Tim

4. Turke

5. Fluffy Fezziwig

6. Ebenezer Scrooge

7. Charles

8. Dickens

9. Ignorance, paired with Want.

10. Location: London; Crest: ‘A pheon or., betw. two wings expanded ar.’ ; 4 apparitions, including the ghost of Jacob Marley.

11. Poets’ Corner, Westminster Abbey, Executors of his will were: Georgina Hogarth and John Forster

12. Alec Guinness, whose birth was registered in the name of Alec Guinness de Cuffe.

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