Where Fairy Tales Come From

What this quiz asks

• Hans Christian Andersen, author of The Little Mermaid, came from which country?
• What were the first names of the Brothers Grimm who published the famous tale collection?
• In the Grimms' tale The Frog King, what turns the frog back into a prince?
• In Perrault's Puss in Boots, what grand title does the cat invent for his poor master?
• In the first 1812 edition of the Grimms' Snow White, the jealous queen is Snow White's own mother.
• In the Thousand and One Nights, Scheherazade tells her stories to which king?
• Select ALL of these tales that were written by Hans Christian Andersen.
• The name Rapunzel comes from what?
• In the earliest known version of Aladdin, is the story set in China?
• Select ALL of these animals that are among the Grimms' Town Musicians of Bremen.
• Charles Perrault's 1697 collection became famous under which nickname, shown on its frontispiece?
• In the Grimms' version of Cinderella, what are the slippers she wears on the final day of the festival made of?
• In Charles Perrault's 1697 version, Little Red Riding Hood is saved by a hunter at the end.
• Andersen's The Emperor's New Clothes was inspired by a medieval tale from which country?
• In what year was the famous Little Mermaid statue unveiled in Copenhagen harbour?
• International Children's Book Day is held every year on the birthday of which author?
• Order these fairy tale collections by first publication, from earliest to most recent.
• The story of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves appears in the oldest surviving Arabic manuscripts of the Thousand and One Nights.
• Giambattista Basile's Pentamerone, with early versions of Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty, was written in what language?
• The geographer Strabo recorded an early Cinderella-like tale where an eagle drops a girl's sandal before a pharaoh. What was her name?