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Fairy Tale Trivia

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Fun Trivia : Quizzes : Legends, Fables and Fairy Tales : Fairy Tale Trivia

Introduction:
"This quiz goes back to the roots of the original fairy tales. No Disney cheat sheets will work here."


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


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


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


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?
    The Grimm Brothers
    Aarne Thompson
    Aesop
    Andrew Lang


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


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


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


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


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"?
    the princess throws him against the wall in disgust
    a wish of the princess changed him
    she kisses him
    her father the king commanded the change


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


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?
    traps him in a jar
    buries him in the garden
    throws a hammer at him
    feeds him to a crow


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