Q 01/05

The word 'folklore' was coined in 1846 by which Englishman?

A) William Thoms

B) Andrew Lang

C) James Frazer

D) Joseph Jacobs

Answer · why

A) William Thoms

He proposed it as a good Saxon compound to replace 'popular antiquities'.

Q 02/05

Who expanded Antti Aarne's 1910 folktale classification into the standard European system?

A) Vladimir Propp

B) Stith Thompson

C) Alan Dundes

D) Bruno Bettelheim

Answer · why

B) Stith Thompson

The Aarne-Thompson index gives every tale type a number, so Cinderella is ATU 510A wherever it is told.

Q 03/05

Besides verbal, material and customary traditions, folklorists recognise a fourth genre devoted to what?

A) Children's games and rhymes

B) Internet memes and jokes

C) Religious ritual and liturgy

D) Regional cooking and recipes

Answer · why

A) Children's games and rhymes

Childlore includes playground rhymes, counting-out games and the rules of tag, passed from child to child rather than from adults.

Q 04/05

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

A) 1859

B) 1785

C) 1837

D) 1812

Answer · why

D) 1812

Jacob and Wilhelm, born in Hanau, also began the definitive German dictionary in 1838.

Q 05/05

Which of these tales was NOT popularised by the Grimms' collection?

A) The Little Mermaid

B) Hansel and Gretel

C) Rumpelstiltskin

D) The Frog Prince

Answer · why

A) The Little Mermaid

That one is a literary tale by Hans Christian Andersen; the Grimms gave us Cinderella, Snow White and Hansel and Gretel among others.