Comments on: Sunday Trivia! http://adventconspiracy.wordpress.com/2008/12/21/sunday-trivia6/ Because Christmas can [still] change the world (www.adventconspiracy.com) Fri, 04 Dec 2009 05:16:12 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: David Fine http://adventconspiracy.wordpress.com/2008/12/21/sunday-trivia6/#comment-164 David Fine Fri, 02 Jan 2009 16:00:45 +0000 http://adventconspiracy.wordpress.com/?p=287#comment-164 On Christimas Eve there was a question on the screen: What song does a caroller sing outside of Scrooge's office? At first I took this to be a riddle, with an unexpected answer. To that, I submit: "We wish you a Marley Christmas" - a pun on the name of the company and Merry Christmas. "You're a Mean Man, Mister Grinch" - fitting, but unexpected because Dr. Suess was not around in Victorian England. Then I wondered if it was a trivia question, about a particular movie version. The book and the play do not specify what carol is sung, but a good choice for the beginning of the movie would be "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" because it fits the Victorian time of the play and hints about rest, which Ebenezer will not get this night. On Christimas Eve there was a question on the screen: What song does a caroller sing outside of Scrooge’s office?

At first I took this to be a riddle, with an unexpected answer. To that, I submit:

“We wish you a Marley Christmas” – a pun on the name of the company and Merry Christmas.

“You’re a Mean Man, Mister Grinch” – fitting, but unexpected because Dr. Suess was not around in Victorian England.

Then I wondered if it was a trivia question, about a particular movie version. The book and the play do not specify what carol is sung, but a good choice for the beginning of the movie would be

“God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen”

because it fits the Victorian time of the play and hints
about rest, which Ebenezer will not get this night.

]]> By: Heather Stoskopf http://adventconspiracy.wordpress.com/2008/12/21/sunday-trivia6/#comment-160 Heather Stoskopf Mon, 22 Dec 2008 16:35:51 +0000 http://adventconspiracy.wordpress.com/?p=287#comment-160 "Good King Wenceslas" is the song sung outside of Scrooge's office. Heather Stoskopf “Good King Wenceslas” is the song sung outside of Scrooge’s office.

Heather Stoskopf

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