Fairy Tale Trivia

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1. Goldilocks ate up the mother bear’s porridge. True False

2. In what year was "Sleeping Beauty" first published? 1787 1634 1525 1232

3. In the original fairy tale the prince renames Thumbelina to what name? Fiona Jasmine Maia Meredith

4. What did Hansel and Gretel leave as a trail, in order to find their way home on the second time? torn paper gumdrops leaves breadcrumbs

5. What is the literal meaning of the name "Rumplestiltskin"? Wrinkled little man Crazy little man Little rattle stilt Little name stealer

6. What color was the apple that the evil stepmother/witch gave Snow White to eat? white and red red and yellow green red

7. Who published the original "Rapunzel" fairy tale? Aesop Andrew Lang Aarne Thompson The Grimm Brothers

8. In the tale of "Three Billy Goats Gruff", what lives under the bridge the goats must cross? a witch a dragon a goblin a troll

9. What were the names of the Three Little Pigs? Larry, Peter, Paul not mentioned Oscar, Hamlet, Ribsy Twinkle, Winkle, Wrinkle

10. Who published "The Little Mermaid"? Charles Perrault Jeanette Hassenpflug Charles Dickens Hans Christian Andersen

11. "Beauty and the Beast" hails from what country? Germany France Sweden England

12. "Jack and the Beanstalk" is a well-known and popular tale of a young man who must deal with a giant at the end of a beanstalk. The giant usually said the following when a human was nearby: "Fee! Fie! Foe! Fum! I smell the blood of an Englishman." What was the second part of his saying? Be he 'live, or be he dead, I'll grind his bones for my bread. He might be alive, or he might be dead. The less we speak of him the better said. If he's alive or if he's dead, he better not steal my gold or bread Is he alive? Is he dead? The answer is something I do dread.

13. How did the frog turn into a prince in the original telling of the Grimm Brothers' "Frog Prince"? her father the king commanded the change she kisses him the princess throws him against the wall in disgust a wish of the princess changed him

14. In the Norwegian fairy tale "The Princess on the Glass Hill" (or the Glass Mountain), what three objects does the princess hold? a sword, a crown, a staff silver pears a ruby, a diamond, a emerald golden apples

15. Pinocchio, from the Italian fairy tale by Carlo Collodi, does not appreciate the advice of the talking cricket. What does he do to the cricket to get him to stop giving him unwanted advice? throws a hammer at him feeds him to a crow buries him in the garden traps him in a jar