Illustration of Mr Pickwick and his servant Sam Weller, seated at a table, on which are books, bottles, and partially full glasses. Sam appears to be pointing at something in a book, while looking quizzically at his employer; who returns the expression. Goblin figures at the base of the image pull back curtains around fluted stone columns that form the sides of the gothic arch that frame the scene.

Dickensian Derbyshire Country Christmas Interactive Guide Quiz

Are you a festivities fan? A local history hunter? Maybe you’re up for a challenge? Or can’t resist pitting your wits against other keen quizzers?

Show how much you know about Christmas Past in Derbyshire and beyond – and Markeaton Hall and Park – in late Georgian and early Victorian times!

Have a go at one or both parts of the quiz on the seasonal celebrations, and Markeaton discoveries, explored in the Pickwick in the Park Dickensian Derbyshire Country Christmas Interactive Guide – one featuring the Park, the other the Hall.

Part one of the quiz is based on the first section: A Walk in the Park, and available here; and part two on the second section: At the Hall, available here (the questions for both parts can also be viewed online and downloaded here).

The answers to each question are allocated points, so that groups of families and friends can in they like compete against one another, the highest number winning. The answers to part one are available here; and part two, here (the answers for both parts can also be viewed online and downloaded here).

Let Industrial Folkways know how you’ve done by 28 December through the Quiz Completion questionnaire, and you can download a participation certificate; or share your scores through project social media, to get a shout-out for taking part. Good luck!

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