Weekly knowledge off quiz: Fairy Tales
Jun 1, 2012, 1:23 PM | Updated: Oct 11, 2024, 1:33 pm
With this week’s release of Snow White and the Huntsman, we decided to stage a knowledge off on Fairy Tales.
1. The Snow White character appears in two fairy tales – The most famous being Snow White and the Seven Dwarves. What’s the name of the other story?
A. Snow White and the Shepard Boy
B. Snow White and the Four Doppelgangers
C. Snow White and Coal Black
D. Snow White and Rose Red
E. Snow White’s Last Stand
2. Animals are in many of “Grimm’s Fairy Tales.” Which one of these creatures is NOT featured in any of the tales’ titles?
A. Geese (The Golden Goose)
B. Spiders
C. Cats (Cat and Mouse in Partnership)
D. Foxes (The Fox and the Horse)
3. In the original telling of the Grimm Brothers’ “Frog Prince”, the frog does not become a prince after a princess kisses him. Instead, he turns into a prince after she does what?
A. Strokes him
B. Squeezes him
C. Punches him
D. Throws him against a wall
4. In the movie version of Pinnochio, Geppetto finds himself in the belly of a whale. In the fairy tale, though, he was in the belly of what?
A. A cow
B. A dinosaur
C. A shark
D. An elephant
E. A fat frat guy named Chugs
5. When the little girl everyone knows as Little Red Riding-Hood first appeared in English, she was given a more conventional name. Her name was:
A. Cherry
B. Piper
C. Biddy
D. Sandy
E. Doug
Listen to how Luke, Dave and Tom scored:
Answers: 1. D, 2. B, 3. D, 4. C, 5. C
