Q 01/05

What were the first names of the two Grimm brothers?

A) Hans and Ludwig

B) Johann and Wolfgang

C) Karl and Friedrich

D) Jacob and Wilhelm

Answer · why

D) Jacob and Wilhelm

Jacob was born in 1785 and Wilhelm in 1786; a younger brother illustrated the children's editions.

Q 02/05

In which town were the Grimm brothers born?

A) Kassel

B) Göttingen

C) Marburg

D) Hanau

Answer · why

D) Hanau

It lay in the Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel; the family moved to Steinau when Jacob was six.

Q 03/05

What is the German title of the Grimms' famous collection, first published in 1812?

A) Kinder- und Hausmärchen

B) Deutsche Sagen

C) Volksmärchen der Deutschen

D) Des Knaben Wunderhorn

Answer · why

A) Kinder- und Hausmärchen

Children's and Household Tales; it grew from 86 stories to more than 200 across seven Large editions.

Q 04/05

How many tales were in the first volume of the Grimms' collection in 1812?

A) 36

B) 86

C) 50

D) 12

Answer · why

B) 86

A second volume of 70 more followed in 1814, and the final 1857 edition ran to more than 200.

Q 05/05

How many tales did the seventh and final 1857 edition contain?

A) 211

B) 156

C) 300

D) 100

Answer · why

A) 211

That was 200 numbered folk tales plus a handful of legends.