Q 01/05

The Brothers Grimm published the first volume of their Children's and Household Tales in which year?

A) 1812

B) 1837

C) 1857

D) 1885

Answer · why

A) 1812

The collection grew from 86 stories to more than 200 across seven editions; the last, in 1857, is the version most people know.

Q 02/05

Which massive scholarly project did the Grimms begin in 1838 and leave unfinished at their deaths?

A) An atlas of German dialects

B) A German dictionary

C) A translation of the Bible

D) A history of the Holy Roman Empire

Answer · why

B) A German dictionary

The Deutsches Wörterbuch was completed by other scholars only in 1961; Jacob also gave his name to Grimm's law in linguistics.

Q 03/05

Charles Perrault's 1697 collection of Cinderella, Puss in Boots and Sleeping Beauty carried what subtitle?

A) Stories for Good Children

B) Tales of the Nursery

C) Tales of Mother Goose

D) Tales of the Fairies

Answer · why

C) Tales of Mother Goose

The full title was Histoires ou contes du temps passé, avec des moralités; Perrault was a member of the Académie française.

Q 04/05

Hans Christian Andersen was born in 1805 in which Danish city?

A) Copenhagen

B) Aarhus

C) Aalborg

D) Odense

Answer · why

D) Odense

He moved to Copenhagen at 14 to try acting; his 156 fairy tales have been translated into more than 125 languages.

Q 05/05

The term 'fairy tale' (conte de fées) was coined in the late 17th century by which French writer?

A) Madame d'Aulnoy

B) Charles Perrault

C) Madame de Beaumont

D) Jean de La Fontaine

Answer · why

A) Madame d'Aulnoy

She first used it in her 1697 collection; the genre itself had been marked out earlier by the Italians Straparola and Basile.