Some sample questions from this category:
* The name 'Cinderella' is actually a kinder version of what original 'title.'
* In the original tale of 'The Little Mermaid,' mermaids do not have souls, but they become foam upon the water. Because she took her life instead of the prince's, she is given the chance to enter heaven. What must she do in order to gain this admittance?
* In 'Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp', Aladdin's wishes are never given a limit. Not only that, there are two objects which house wish granting genies: a lamp and what else?
* In 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,' we are given the death of the Queen as her falling off a cliff. But originally Snow ordered shoes to be put on her mother as a punishment. What kind of shoes were they?
* In the original tale of Pinocchio, we see him as an ungrateful little brat from the beginning. Not shown in the film, what does Pinocchio do to Geppetto as he is being carved?
* In the original tale of Beauty and the Beast Beauty had several brothers and sisters. When she returned after residing with the beast for some time, they tried to pursuade her not to go back. She does return, but what does she find when she arrives?
* In the movie, Pinnochio saves Geppetto from the belly of a whale. How was Geppetto 'caged' in the Faery Tale?
* There were several Faust movies, the most famous of which was done in 1926. Who starred?
* Who wrote "Doktor Faust: Ein Tanzpoem"?
* Another Faust opera was "Dr. Fausts Hollenfahrt." What's a Hollenfahrt?
* In 1796 an opera called the "La Ceinture du Doctor Faust" was composed. What is a "ceinture"?
* Berlioz wrote a musical work on the Faust theme. What did he call it?
* Stephen Vincnet Benet's short story, "The Devil and Daniel Webster" features a Faust figure. What was the name of the film made from the tale?
* The aforementioned 1859 "Faust" opera earned the wrath of Wagner, who called the work, "music for ___________" ?
* Who wrote the opera version of "Faust" in 1859?
* Faust first appears in print in the "Faustbuch," more formally known as "The History of the Damnable Life, and Deserved Death of Doctor Faustus" (1992). Who wrote it?
* What was the first name of the original Faust (if such a personage ever existed)?
* The Faust legend was derived from late medieval legends of what culture?
* Faust was next handled by a famous playwright, who titled his work 'Doctor Faustus'. What was his name?
* What German-born American writer wrote a new version of Faust entitled 'Doktor Faustus' in 1947?
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