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Fairy tales were not originally written for children, but they have been modified into a form which children love. And parents can often use them to deliver a bit of a moral lesson, should they be so inclined.
9 Fairy Tales quizzes and 95 Fairy Tales trivia questions.
1.
  The Emperor's New Clothes    
Fun Fill-It
 15 Qns
"The Emperor's New Clothes" is a fairy tale written by Hans Christian Andersen and published in 1837. Help fill in the blanks to complete the summary of the story!
Very Easy, 15 Qns, stephgm67, Jul 02 25
Very Easy
stephgm67 gold member
Jul 02 25
97 plays
2.
  Who's Who: Fairy Tale Pairs   best quiz  
Match Quiz
 10 Qns
Or perhaps it should be Who's What! While reading fairy tales, I have found there are many pairs of people and things that are associated together. See if you can correctly match the ones most likely to be in the same story!
Very Easy, 10 Qns, ponycargirl, May 02 21
Recommended for grades: 2,3,4
Very Easy
ponycargirl editor
May 02 21
1237 plays
3.
  She Made Her Breakfast and the Bed   great trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Did Goldilocks make her breakfast and the bed? Find out more in this quiz about "Goldilocks and the Three Bears".
Very Easy, 10 Qns, Plodd, Mar 08 22
Recommended for grades: 3,4
Very Easy
Plodd
Mar 08 22
3732 plays
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  Too Hot, Too Cold, Just Right   top quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
With a title referencing one certain fairy tale, this quiz will dive into other famous fairy tales that every kid will know!
Very Easy, 10 Qns, George95, May 02 21
Recommended for grades: 4,5,6
Very Easy
George95 gold member
May 02 21
2390 plays
5.
  Do You Know Your Fairy Tales?    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
How well do you know your fairy tales?
Easier, 10 Qns, Vegeta_nz, May 02 21
Recommended for grades: 2,3,4
Easier
Vegeta_nz
May 02 21
5503 plays
6.
  What Happens Next? Familiar Fairy Tales   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This quiz will have some short fairy tales in it! I'll tell you what happens, and you have to tell me what comes next!
Easier, 10 Qns, curinfinwe, May 02 21
Recommended for grades: 3,4,5,6
Easier
curinfinwe
May 02 21
3435 plays
7.
  What Big Eyes You Have!    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This quiz is about different classic fairytales. I give a hint, you tell me which story! Easy enough?
Very Easy, 10 Qns, Frenchy05, May 02 21
Recommended for grades: 2,3,4,5
Very Easy
Frenchy05
May 02 21
1682 plays
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  Once Upon A Time......    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This is a quiz about our favorite fairy tales!
Very Easy, 10 Qns, DaMoopies, May 02 21
Recommended for grades: 3,4,5
Very Easy
DaMoopies
May 02 21
1116 plays
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  Treasury of Bedtime Stories    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
When it's time to go to sleep, parents read these stories to their children.
Average, 10 Qns, lump, May 02 21
Recommended for grades: 3,4,5
Average
lump
May 02 21
4329 plays
trivia question Quick Question
How did "The Gingerbread Man" meet his fate?

From Quiz "Treasury of Bedtime Stories"





Fairy Tales Trivia Questions
1. Once upon a time, a young girl went into the woods to bring her Granny a basket of food. She was wearing a cloak of a particular color. Who was she?

From Quiz Once Upon A Time......

Answer: Little Red Riding Hood

Charles Perrault was the first to publish a version of the story. The 2005 movie "Hoodwinked!" was a fresh take on the story.

2. At the start of the story, where did Goldilocks go for a walk?

From Quiz She Made Her Breakfast and the Bed

Answer: In the woods

Goldilocks took a walk in the woods, where the sun glimmered through the trees and the dark green moss was spongy underneath her feet. She was always careful in case she came across any wild animals in the woods as they could be scary.

3. The title to this quiz "Too Hot, Too Cold, Just Right" is phrase used in what fairy tale?

From Quiz Too Hot, Too Cold, Just Right

Answer: Goldilocks and the Three Bears

This fairy tale is also known as "The Story of the Three Little Bears". The first narrative form of the story was written by Robert Southey in 1837. Walt Disney made it a movie in 1922, MGM followed 17 years later.

4. In what fairytale was there a little girl who wore a red hood?

From Quiz What Big Eyes You Have!

Answer: Little Red Riding Hood

This story was supposedly created by Charles Perrault but later adapted by the Brothers Grimm. In this fairytale the little girl goes to visit her grandmother but encounters a bad wolf.

5. In "Goldilocks and the Three Bears", Goldilocks eats the bears' porridge. What happens next?

From Quiz What Happens Next? Familiar Fairy Tales

Answer: She sits in their chairs

After she sits in their chairs she goes to sleep in their beds! Then, the bear family comes home and she is scared away.

6. In the fairytale Cinderella, what does she leave behind when she ran away from the ball?

From Quiz Do You Know Your Fairy Tales?

Answer: A glass slipper

When the clock struck midnight Cinderella turned back to her normal self.

7. In "Goldilocks and the Three Bears", whose porridge is cold?

From Quiz Treasury of Bedtime Stories

Answer: Mama bear's

Papa Bear's was too hot, and Baby Bear's was just right. Goldilocks didn't have any but ate Baby Bear's.

8. Once upon a time, another young girl went for a walk in the woods. She found a cabin where most of the things were not acceptable, but a few were! Who was this girl, named after her distinctive hair?

From Quiz Once Upon A Time......

Answer: Goldilocks

In 1849, Joseph Cundall replaced the original old woman with a young girl. Goldilocks was called Silver Hair and Golden Hair in other versions of the story.

9. What colour hair did Goldilocks have?

From Quiz She Made Her Breakfast and the Bed

Answer: Gold

Goldilocks was named after her lovely golden hair. The story would not be the same if she was called "Redilocks" or "Blackilocks, or even Brunettilocks". What a mouthful!

10. The Three Little Pigs features the Big Bad Wolf blowing down the three little pigs' homes. Out of which material was a house NOT made?

From Quiz Too Hot, Too Cold, Just Right

Answer: Mud

The story is said to have been written by James Orchard Halliwall-Phillipps and first publicly appeared in "Nursery Rhymes and Nursery Tales" in 1843. The story was later rewritten in the form of the wolf telling the story. That book is called "The True Story of the Three Little Pigs", and was written by Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith. The story has been made into many different movies, cartoons and musicals.

11. In which fairytale are there three brother pigs that decide to leave home and begin their own lives but encounter a big, bad wolf?

From Quiz What Big Eyes You Have!

Answer: The Three Little Pigs

In this fairytale there are three little pigs that head out into the world and build their own homes. One out of straw, one out of sticks and the other out of bricks.

12. In "Little Red Riding Hood", Red Riding Hood meets a wolf in the forest. What happens next?

From Quiz What Happens Next? Familiar Fairy Tales

Answer: The Wolf goes to Red Riding Hood's grandmother's house

The Wolf eats Red Riding Hood's grandmother, and pretends to be her. Then the wolf eats Red Riding Hood too, and the hunter comes and saves them by killing the wolf.

13. In "Hansel and Gretel", what was the occupation, (job) of the father?

From Quiz Treasury of Bedtime Stories

Answer: Woodcutter

The father got little money for his family. This was just slightly less to live on.

14. Once upon a time, two children got lost in the woods. They thought they were saved when they found a house made of cake, but they were wrong. Who were they?

From Quiz Once Upon A Time......

Answer: Hansel and Gretel

The Brothers Grimm were the first to publish the story. The first operatic version was written by Englebert Humperdinck.

15. What did Goldilocks find in the middle of the woods?

From Quiz She Made Her Breakfast and the Bed

Answer: A house

The house was empty when Goldilocks found it because the three bears had gone for a walk in the woods. Mummy bear had made breakfast for Daddy bear and Baby bear but it was much too hot to eat.

16. This fairy tale is better known for the movie version. It features the "Ugly Sisters" and "Fairy Godmother". Which story is this?

From Quiz Too Hot, Too Cold, Just Right

Answer: Cinderella

The fairy tale has been told in many different forms over the years, and there have been many years. Ancient Greek Strabo, in the 1st century BC, wrote a similar story about a girl who almost-magically became the king's wife. The story has been adapted into numerous musicals, songs, movies, and books.

17. What is the name of the fairytale that consists of a little man who threatens to take a woman's baby if she cannot guess his name?

From Quiz What Big Eyes You Have!

Answer: Rumpelstiltskin

"Hansel and Gretel" and "Thumbelina" are two other fairytales but I made "Turtleneck" up.

18. In "Hansel and Gretel", they reach the witch's house. What happens next?

From Quiz What Happens Next? Familiar Fairy Tales

Answer: The witch puts Hansel in a cage and gets Gretel to work as a maid

Gretel ends up pushing the witch into the stove when she tries to cook Hansel. Hansel and Gretel go home to their father, and they are happy forever.

19. How many dwarf friends did Snow White have?

From Quiz Do You Know Your Fairy Tales?

Answer: 7

Snow White was running away from her evil step mother when she came across a cottage where seven little dwarfs lived.

20. In the "Three Little Pigs", the SECOND little pig built his house out of______

From Quiz Treasury of Bedtime Stories

Answer: Sticks& twigs

The first pig built his house out of straw and the third, bricks.

21. Once upon a time, a fairy godmother helped a young lady meet a prince. Later, the prince had to use a glass slipper to find her. Who was she?

From Quiz Once Upon A Time......

Answer: Cinderella

Cinderella's real name was Ella. The first version of the story was published in Italy.

22. What was the first thing that Goldilocks found when she went into the kitchen?

From Quiz She Made Her Breakfast and the Bed

Answer: Three bowls of porridge

In the house was a kitchen, and in the middle of the kitchen was a table with three bowls of porridge. Sometimes you need to blow on food to cool it down or else it will burn your mouth. The porridge that Mummy bear made was much, much too hot.

23. This well known fairy tale features a cookie jumping out of the oven while being made and running from various chasers. What kind of cookie is this creature?

From Quiz Too Hot, Too Cold, Just Right

Answer: Gingerbread

The Gingerbread Man or the Gingerbread Boy first appeared in an 1875 issue of 'St. Nicholas Magazine'. The cookie runs from the elderly couple who are baking him chanting "I've run away from a little old woman, a little old man, and I can run away from you, I can!" The tale ends with the cookie being eaten by a wolf. The Gingerbread Man is well known for starring in Shrek as "Gingy", voiced by Conrad Vernon.

24. What was the name of the brother and sister who killed a witch by pushing her into an oven?

From Quiz What Big Eyes You Have!

Answer: Hansel and Gretel

In this story the brother and sister come across a gingerbread house and are welcomed inside by a 'nice old woman' who is really a bad witch.

25. In "The Three Little Pigs", the pig with a house of straw has his house blown down by the wolf. What happens next?

From Quiz What Happens Next? Familiar Fairy Tales

Answer: He runs to his brother's stick house

After he gets to his brother's house, they have to run to his other brother's house, which is made of brick. There they manage to kill the wolf, and live happily ever after in the brick house.

26. What was the third little pig's house made of?

From Quiz Do You Know Your Fairy Tales?

Answer: Brick

The big bad wolf could not get into the third little pig's house.

27. What did "The Pied Piper of Hamelin" get out of the city?

From Quiz Treasury of Bedtime Stories

Answer: Rats

He played a tune on his pipe and the rats followed him out of the city.

28. Once upon a time, a young girl was locked in a tower. She was rescued by a prince (it's always a prince) who she fell in love with after he climbed up her long hair into the tower. Who was she?

From Quiz Once Upon A Time......

Answer: Rapunzel

The story of Rapunzel was first published in 1698. Disney made a version of the story in 2010 called "Tangled".

29. Goldilocks tried each bowl of porridge until she found the one she liked the best. Which porridge did she prefer?

From Quiz She Made Her Breakfast and the Bed

Answer: Porridge that was just right

Goldilocks tasted the porridge from Daddy bear's bowl. "This porridge is too hot!" she said. Then she tried the second bowl which belonged to Mummy bear but this was too cold. She finally tasted the porridge in Baby bear's bowl and said "This porridge is just right". She ate every last morsel.

30. In the fairy tale "Rapunzel", what feature did Rapunzel have?

From Quiz Too Hot, Too Cold, Just Right

Answer: Long hair

The fairy tale "Rapunzel" was collected by the Brothers Grimm. It appeared for the first time in 1812 in the book "Children's and Household Tales". The story revolves around Princess Rapunzel who lives in a tower. The only way in the tower is climbing up Rapunzel's hair. A line from the fairy tale "Rapunzel, Rapunzel let down your hair" has been replayed in various media forms.

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