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Quiz about What  Grimms Fairy Tale Is It
Quiz about What  Grimms Fairy Tale Is It

What Grimms' Fairy Tale Is It? Quiz


This quiz is about some of the more obscure Grimms' fairy tales. Hope you enjoy it.

A multiple-choice quiz by ClaudiaCat. Estimated time: 6 mins.
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Author
ClaudiaCat
Time
6 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
367,276
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Tough
Avg Score
6 / 10
Plays
754
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Question 1 of 10
1. In the Grimms' fairytale "Brother and Sister", being ill treated by their stepmother they run into the forest. Their stepmother was a witch who puts a spell on all the spring water in the forest so when the brother drank from it, he turned into what? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. One of Grimms' fairy tales is about a greedy wife that wants more and more. Starting with a hovel, she is given a cottage, then a castle; her husband becomes a king, an emperor, a pope with a cathedral; lastly, she wants to be God. The request is granted and she ends back with a hovel. What is the husband's original occupation?

Answer: (1 word)
Question 3 of 10
3. The Grimms' fairy tale "Old Sultan" is about an old faithful dog whose owners decide to put it down as he was no longer able to guard the family's property. In an attempt to save Sultan's life, his friend came up with a cunning plan. What animal was his friend? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. This fairy tale is about a princess who cannot speak or laugh for six years and she must sew six shirts out of starwort. Which fairy tale is it? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. The moral of the fairy tale "King Thrushbeard" is that, if you are being over proud and snobbish, it will not do be to your advantage. The princess made fun of all her suitors and she said about one prince, "he has a chin like a thrush's beak". From that time on he was known as King Thrushbeard. How was she punished for her arrogance? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. In the fairy tale "The Poor Miller's Boy and the Cat", what happens to the cat? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. "The Water of Life" is a fairy tale of three brothers separately searching for the water of life to save the life of their father. Two brothers are entombed into a mountain range, whereas the third brother is assisted in finding it. What creature does this? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. "The Worn-out Dancing Shoes" is about 12 princesses who danced every night until they wore out their shoes. They were locked in their chamber (together) and appeared to have no way out, yet each night their dancing shoes were worn out. The king proclaimed that anyone who could solve the mystery would be able to choose one of the princesses to marry and would become king. Many tried and did not succeed, but a soldier discovered the truth with the assistance of an old woman, by not drinking wine and by using a coat of invisibility. True or False?


Question 9 of 10
9. The scene is a poor woodcutter and his son. The son goes away to further his education but the money runs out. Home again, the son helps his father out woodcutting. Whilst out in the woods the son finds something; what is it? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. The brothers Grimm have a story very similar to "Sleeping Beauty". Which one is it? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. In the Grimms' fairytale "Brother and Sister", being ill treated by their stepmother they run into the forest. Their stepmother was a witch who puts a spell on all the spring water in the forest so when the brother drank from it, he turned into what?

Answer: Fawn

A delightful story of loyalty between a brother and sister. Even though the brother is turned into a fawn, the sister never leaves him. During a hunting trip the fawn is seen by the king's men entering a cottage, being let in by a beautiful young girl.

The king lays a trap the next day and finds the sister, marries her and has a child. Unfortunately, the witch stepmother, overcome with envy, puts a spell on the sister and replaces her in the castle with her own daughter. All ends well when the king discovers the swap and he banishes the witch's daughter to the forest, where she is killed by wild beasts.

The witch is burnt to death. After the witch dies the brother is returned to human form. Of course they live happily ever after.
2. One of Grimms' fairy tales is about a greedy wife that wants more and more. Starting with a hovel, she is given a cottage, then a castle; her husband becomes a king, an emperor, a pope with a cathedral; lastly, she wants to be God. The request is granted and she ends back with a hovel. What is the husband's original occupation?

Answer: Fisherman

The fairy tale "The Fisherman and His Wife" is about a fisherman who catches a flounder. The flounder explains to him that he is an enchanted prince so the fisherman lets him go. The fisherman tells his wife, who demands he go back and ask the flounder to grant a wish for a cottage.

Not satisfied with the cottage, the wife makes her husband ask for a castle, then asks to be a queen and an empress. On it goes, until he story ends with, "'Go to her', said the flounder. 'She is back in the hovel again.' And there they are living to this very day."
3. The Grimms' fairy tale "Old Sultan" is about an old faithful dog whose owners decide to put it down as he was no longer able to guard the family's property. In an attempt to save Sultan's life, his friend came up with a cunning plan. What animal was his friend?

Answer: Wolf

The wolf came up with the plan of taking the peasant's baby from the fields and for Sultan to come to the rescue and return the baby to its parents. It worked a treat and Sultan was saved and honoured by the family.
4. This fairy tale is about a princess who cannot speak or laugh for six years and she must sew six shirts out of starwort. Which fairy tale is it?

Answer: The Six Swans

The king had seven children, six princes and one princess. The king was widowed and felt that the children might be mistreated by his new wife, so hid them in a castle. The new queen found them and changed the princes into swans. To undo the trance the princess was not to speak or laugh for six years, and had to sew six shirts for the princes out of starwort. Obviously she did, and there was a happy ending.

Starwort is used to describe any plant that has a star-shaped flower, including water plants, and others such as an aster and chickweed.
5. The moral of the fairy tale "King Thrushbeard" is that, if you are being over proud and snobbish, it will not do be to your advantage. The princess made fun of all her suitors and she said about one prince, "he has a chin like a thrush's beak". From that time on he was known as King Thrushbeard. How was she punished for her arrogance?

Answer: Forced to marry the first beggar to come to the palace

Her father the king forced her to marry the first beggar to come to the palace, who turned out to be a minstrel. The princess tried a number of jobs to earn money for food, such as basket weaving and spinning, selling pots at the market, none were successful.

Therefore, her husband got her a job at a castle as the cook's assistant. On a day of celebration at the castle King Thrushbeard grasped her hand to dance. The princess, being embarrassed by the way that she had treated the king, tried to run away.

Then King Thrushbeard revealed himself as the minstrel she had married and they were happy ever after.
6. In the fairy tale "The Poor Miller's Boy and the Cat", what happens to the cat?

Answer: It is turned into a princess

The miller sends out three boys to find a horse, and the one with the best horse will inherit the mill. The stable boy Hans is considered by the other two boys as a liability so they quickly leave him behind. He becomes lost in the forest and meets a cat. Before the cat will assist him he has to serve her for seven years, after which she will give him a horse. Hans did everything the cat wanted, and at the end of the time the cat took him back to the mill.

The other two boys were already there and had horses, one blind in one eye and the other lame. Three days later a coach with six carriage horses and a spare arrived at the mill.

Inside the carriage was a beautiful princess. The princess gave the spare horse to the miller and took Hans back to her palace.
7. "The Water of Life" is a fairy tale of three brothers separately searching for the water of life to save the life of their father. Two brothers are entombed into a mountain range, whereas the third brother is assisted in finding it. What creature does this?

Answer: A dwarf

When the first brother meets the dwarf he is rude, so the dwarf puts a spell on him, entombing him into a mountain. The second brother meets the same fate. On the other hand, the third brother is polite, and in return receives the information of the location of the water of life. Not only does he receive the water of life, but he also wins the heart of a princess.
8. "The Worn-out Dancing Shoes" is about 12 princesses who danced every night until they wore out their shoes. They were locked in their chamber (together) and appeared to have no way out, yet each night their dancing shoes were worn out. The king proclaimed that anyone who could solve the mystery would be able to choose one of the princesses to marry and would become king. Many tried and did not succeed, but a soldier discovered the truth with the assistance of an old woman, by not drinking wine and by using a coat of invisibility. True or False?

Answer: True

The soldier met an old woman who told him not to drink the wine, to pretend to be asleep, and to use the coat to become invisible. The soldier did this and followed the princesses. During the trips he took evidence so that he could prove it to the king.

The princesses left the castle through a secret passageway from their chambers. They walked to the lake where 12 princes met them and rowed them over to a castle where they danced until their shoes where worn out. The soldier followed them for three days and then informed the king, earning marriage to the eldest princess.
9. The scene is a poor woodcutter and his son. The son goes away to further his education but the money runs out. Home again, the son helps his father out woodcutting. Whilst out in the woods the son finds something; what is it?

Answer: A spirit in the bottle

"The Spirit in the Bottle" is a fairy tale about finding a spirit in a bottle which is not a good spirit, and it threatens to kill the son. The son tricks the spirit to get back in the bottle. The spirit is desperate to get out and enters into another agreement to give treasures instead of death.

The son risks it and lets the spirit out of the bottle, and is rewarded with a rag that cures wounds as well as turning metal into silver.
10. The brothers Grimm have a story very similar to "Sleeping Beauty". Which one is it?

Answer: Briar Rose

After being finally blessed with a child, the king and queen threw a banquet. They only invited 12 of the 13 fairies. After 11 fairies had given the child their gifts, the 13th fairy burst into the party and put a spell on the baby. The spell was she would prick her finger and die at the age of 15.

The 12th fairy could not remove the spell, but could change it from death to sleeping for 100 years. Sure enough, at 15 the spell happened and everyone fell asleep, and around the castle grew a briar rose. Over the years princes tried to get through the briar, and finally one did, then he kissed the princess and everyone woke up.
Source: Author ClaudiaCat

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