Test your Grimms' Fairy Tales knowledge.
1:
The Grimms both studied:
A) Medicine
B) Law
C) History
D) Science
2:
What money were the Grimms featured on in Europe in the late 1990s?
A) Euros
B) Pounds
C) Deutschmarks
D) Francs
3:
In the original fairy tales, a second Snow White appears in a story with her sister:
A) Rose Red
B) Sky Blue
C) Moss Green
D) Sun Gold
4:
In the original story, the Frog Prince's curse was broken when the princess:
A) Kissed him
B) Gave him food
C) Finally believed he was a prince
D) Threw him against a wall
5:
The Grimms also wrote:
A) A German dictionary
B) A travelogue of their trip to France
C) Religious and philosophical works
D) A volume on the origins of their fairy tales
6:
The Grimms protested the abolition of their current German:
A) Monarchy
B) Constitution
C) Legal system
D) Import/export standards
7:
The first version of a Cinderella story appeared in:
A) England
B) France
C) China
D) India
8:
In the original version of their story, which hero(es) did not survive?
A) Hansel and Gretel
B) Red Riding Hood
C) Sleeping Beauty
D) Snow White
9:
Which fairy tale is believed to have some basis in historical fact?
A) Cinderella
B) Hansel and Gretel
C) The Pied Piper
D) Red Riding Hood
10:
Who directed the recent film based loosely on the life of the Brothers Grimm?
A) Tim Burton
B) Ron Howard
C) Quentin Tarantino
D) Terry Gilliam
Brothers Grimm
The Brothers Grimm (die Brüder Grimm or die Gebrüder Grimm), Jacob (1785–1863) and Wilhelm Grimm (1786–1859), were German academics, linguists, cultural researchers, lexicographers and authors who together specialized in collecting and publishing folklore during the 19th century. They were among the best-known storytellers of folk tales, and popularized stories such as "Cinderella" ("Aschenputtel"), "The Frog Prince" ("Der Froschkönig"), "The Goose-Girl" ("Die Gänsemagd"), "Hansel and Gretel" ("Hänsel und Gretel"), "Rapunzel", "Rumpelstiltskin" ("Rumpelstilzchen"),"Sleeping Beauty" ("Dornröschen"), and "Snow White" ("Schneewittchen"). Their first collection of folk tales, Children's and Household Tales (Kinder- und Hausmärchen), was published in 1812.
Wilhelm Grimm (left) and Jacob Grimm in an 1855 painting by Elisabeth Jerichau-Baumann
Aesop's Fables
Aesop's Fables or the Aesopica is a collection of fables credited to Aesop, a slave and storyteller believed to have lived in ancient Greece between 620 and 560 BCE. Of diverse origins, the stories associated with Aesop's name have descended to modern times through a number of sources. They continue to be reinterpreted in different verbal registers and in popular as well as artistic media.
A detail of the 13th-century Fontana Maggiore inPerugia with the fables of The Wolf and the Crane andThe Wolf and the Lamb
Sub- under
Subnormal
OFFENSIVE less intelligent than most other people
Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes (/ˈʃɜrlɒk ˈhoʊmz/) is a fictional character created by British author and physician Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. A London-based "consulting detective" whose abilities border on the fantastic, Holmes is known for his astute logical reasoning, his ability to adopt almost any disguise, and his use of forensic science to solve difficult cases.
Sherlock Holmes
