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1/20 questions
In Hansel and Gretel, what is the house of the witch made of?
Jelly
Stone
Gingerbread
Popcorn
Hansel and Gretel are siblings who are abandoned in a forest and fall into the hands of a witch who lives in a gingerbread, cake, and candy house. The witch, who has cannibalistic intentions, intends to fatten Hansel before eventually eating him. However, Gretel saves her brother by pushing the witch into her own oven, killing her, and escaping with the witch's treasure. Set in medieval Germany, "Hansel and Gretel" has been adapted into various media, including the opera Hänsel und Gretel by Engelbert Humperdinck, which was first performed in 1893.
Source: Wikipedia
2/20 questions
The legend of Robin Hood is centered on which forest?
Black
Lincoln
Forest of Dean
Sherwood
Sherwood Forest is a royal forest in Nottinghamshire, England, famous because of its historical association with the legend of Robin Hood. The area has been wooded since the end of the Last Glacial Period (as attested by pollen sampling cores). Today Sherwood Forest National Nature Reserve encompasses 1,049.6 acres surrounding the village of Edwinstowe, the site of Thoresby Hall. When Domesday Book was compiled in 1086, the forest covered perhaps a quarter of Nottinghamshire (approximately 19,000 acres) in woodland and heath subject to the forest laws.
Source: Wikipedia
3/20 questions
Which American folklore figure rode a giant blue ox named Babe?
Paul Bunyan
John Henry
Johnny Appleseed
Pecos Bill
Paul Bunyan is a giant lumberjack in American folklore who has long been the hero of the American logging camps. His exploits, which revolved around the tall tales of his superhuman labors, were told by the fires of bunkhouses in the northern camps from Wisconsin to Maine, from Minnesota to Oregon, to Washington and California for decades. Customarily accompanied by Babe, the Blue Ox, his character originated in the oral traditions of North American loggers, and at one time, all lumberjacks believed or pretended to believe, that this great man really lived and was the pioneer in the lumber country. Some of the older men even claimed to have known him or members of his crew. His supposed grave is even marked in Kelliher, Minnesota.
Source: Legends of America
4/20 questions
How many dwarfs did Snow White have to help her?
Three
Six
Seven
Nine
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, an American animated musical film released in 1937, established Walt Disney as one of the world’s most innovative and creative moviemakers. In the forest, Snow White discovers a cottage inhabited by seven eccentric dwarfs, who warmly welcome her into their home after she offers to cook and clean for them.
Source: Encyclopedia Britannica
5/20 questions
What creature is said to live in the forests of Northern California?
Pooka
The Mothman
Bigfoot
Wendigo
Bigfoot, Sasquatch, Yeti, Yeren, Yowie; this creature adorns many names and an elusive history. In 1958, the legend began when journalist Andrew Genzoli featured a letter sent in from one of his readers regarding Bigfoot in the Humboldt Times. The letter clearly stated that loggers, at the time, were coming across mysteriously humongous footprints — unman-like footprints — in Northern California. Almost nine years after the first sighting of Bigfoot in Willow Creek, the footage was released that visibly showed a creature roaming the same area. The footage was subject to various tests from many experts to determine its authenticity. To this day, there's no official decision on whether the video is real or fake; thus leaving room for imagination. Nevertheless, the Bigfoot obsession grew amongst Californians and the legend strung a series of similar sightings.
Source: California.com
6/20 questions
Which of these is a popular creature in Irish mythology?
Leprechaun
Cyclops
Gorgon
Ogre
Throughout centuries, Irish mythological creatures have peppered the stories passed on from generation to generation. A leprechaun is perhaps the commonly known Irish mythological creature. It is a type of fairy in folklore; leprechauns are generally depicted as solitary creatures in green garb. They are also known to be shoemakers who hide pots of gold at the end of rainbows.
Source: Ireland Before You Die
7/20 questions
Who wants to eat Little Red Riding Hood in the famous fairy tale?
Ogre
Wolf
Dragon
Witch
Little Red Riding Hood is a fairy tale about a young girl who wears a red cloak and encounters a wolf on her way to visit her ailing grandmother. Depending on the version of the story, the girl is either eaten by the wolf or saved by a woodsman or hunter. Despite the grisly outcome in some versions, the tale is considered a classic of children’s literature.
Source: Britannica
8/20 questions
Camelot is the castle of which legendary folk hero?
William Wallace
Vlad the Impaler
Robin Hood
King Arthur
Camelot is a legendary castle associated with King Arthur, serving as the capital of his realm in British folklore. It is depicted as the site where Arthur held court with the renowned Knights of the Round Table, embodying ideals of chivalry and noble governance. While the earliest references to Arthur date back to the sixth and seventh centuries, the concept of Camelot emerged in the twelfth century through French literary adaptations. Scholars generally regard Camelot as a fictional location, though it may have been inspired by real places in southern England and Wales, such as Winchester, Caerleon, and Cadbury Castle.
Source: EBSCO
9/20 questions
What American folk hero introduced apple trees to the Midwest?
David Crockett
Pecos Bill
Johnny Appleseed
Paul Bunyan
Johnny Appleseed is a folk hero based on frontier nurseryman John Chapman, who established orchards throughout the American Midwest. While the legend of Johnny Appleseed suggests that his planting was random, there was actually a firm economic basis for Chapman's behavior. He established nurseries and returned, after several years, to sell off the orchard and the surrounding land.
Source: Biography.com
10/20 questions
Who climbs a beanstalk in a classic fairy tale?
Jack
Jim
Lucy
Benny
"Jack and the Beanstalk" is an English fairy tale. In the story, Jack, a poor country boy, trades the family cow for a handful of magic beans, much to the dismay of his widowed mother. However, that very night, the beans grow into a massive, towering beanstalk reaching up into the clouds. Jack climbs the beanstalk and finds himself in the castle of an unfriendly giant.
Source: Wikipedia
11/20 questions
The myth of "Pandora's Box" belongs to what mythology?
Norse
Greek
Celtic
Aztec
Pandora's story comes to us from ancient Greek mythology, specifically a set of epic poems by Hesiod, called the Theogony and Works and Days. Written during the 7th century BC, these poems relate how the gods came to create Pandora and how the gift Zeus gave her ultimately ends the Golden Age of humankind. A "Pandora's box" is a metaphor in our modern languages, and the proverbial phrase refers to a source of endless complications or trouble arising from a single, simple miscalculation.
Source: Thought Co
12/20 questions
John Henry is an Appalachian folk hero associated with what type of work?
Farming
Logging
Railroad construction
Mining
John Henry is an American folk hero associated with railroad construction in the Appalachians. An African American freedman, he is said to have worked as a "steel-driving man"—a man tasked with hammering a steel drill into rock to make holes for explosives to blast the rock in constructing a railroad tunnel. According to legend, John Henry's prowess as a steel driver was measured in a race against a steam-powered rock drilling machine, a race that he won only to die in victory with a hammer in hand as his heart gave out from stress.
Source: Wikipedia
13/20 questions
In fairy tales, Rumpelstiltskin could turn straw into which item?
Emeralds
Diamonds
Silver
Gold
"Rumpelstiltskin" is a German fairy tale. It was collected by the Brothers Grimm in the 1812 edition of Children's and Household Tales. The story is about a little imp who spins straw into gold in exchange for a girl's firstborn child. The name Rumpelstilzchen in German means literally "little rattle stilt", a stilt being a post or pole that provides support for a structure. A rumpelstilt or rumpelstilz was consequently the name of a type of goblin, also called a pophart or poppart, that makes noises by rattling posts and rapping on planks.
Source: Wikipedia
14/20 questions
According to folklore, what vegetable wards off vampires?
Cauliflower
Garlic
Onion
Celery
A persistent belief is the power of garlic is to ward off vampires. Probably the most popular theory of the origin of the vampire is the disease porphyria, a term for several diseases which are all caused by irregularities in the production of heme, a chemical in the blood. Some forms of this disease cause sufferers to be sensitive to light and leads to disfigurement of the skin, including erosion of the lips and gums. These factors could have led to the corpse-like, fanged appearance that we associate with vampires and their dislike of sunlight. Interestingly, people who suffer from porphyria also have an intolerance to foods that have a high sulfur content… such as garlic.
Source: Toronto Garlic Festival
15/20 questions
What artifact did the Greeks allegedly use to win the Trojan War?
A large ballista
A tunneling machine
A siege hook
A wooden horse
The Trojan War is a legendary conflict between the early Greeks and the people of Troy in western Anatolia, dated by later Greek authors to the 12th or 13th century BCE. The war stirred the imagination of the ancient Greeks more than any other event in their history and was celebrated in the Iliad and the Odyssey of Homer. The ensuing war lasted 10 years, finally ending when the Greeks pretended to withdraw, leaving behind them a wooden horse of large proportions with a raiding party concealed inside. When the Trojans brought the horse into their city, the hidden Greeks opened the gates to their comrades, who then sacked Troy.
Source: Encyclopedia Britannica
16/20 questions
Trolls belong to what folklore?
Nordic
Greek
Egyptian
Celtic
Troll is a collective term for several types of human-like beings in Nordic folklore and fairy tales with roots in Norse mythology. Both appearance and characteristics vary, and trolls are usually both dangerous and stupid. Trolls include colossal jotner and giants (evil giants), or small goblins, dwarfs, and other underground mythical creatures. The trolls often live in inaccessible and untouched nature, for example in caves in the mountains, the forests, or the sea.
Source: Visit Norway
17/20 questions
The Phoenix is a mythical creature that looks like what animal?
Bird
Snake
Lion
Wolf
The Phoenix is a famous mythical creature characterized by a large, eagle-like bird that is believed to be immortal for its ability to regenerate. Unlike other birds, it lives from 300 up to 1,000 years before it reaches the end of its life cycle. As it approaches its death, it combusts and is consumed by flames at the highest degree, which turns its whole body into ash from which a new phoenix is born.
Source: Kids Konnect
18/20 questions
Which large, ape-like creature is said to live in the Himalayas?
Centaur
Yeti
Sphinx
Pegasus
The Abominable Snowman, or Yeti, is a legendary creature that lives in the mountains. Usually, it is portrayed as a tall, hairy, apelike being that walks on two legs. The Abominable Snowman is said to live among the snowy peaks of the Himalayas. A similar monster called Bigfoot is said to live in the wilderness of western North America.
Source: Britannica
19/20 questions
In Jewish folklore, an artificial being brought to life is called what?
Golem
Dybbuk
Kibbutz
Sabbath
Golem refers in Jewish folklore to an artificial humanoid being endowed with life. It can also refer to someone or something (such as a robot) resembling such a being. The Hebrew ancestor of the word golem means “shapeless mass,” and the original mythical golems started as lumps of clay that were formed into figures and brought to life by means of a charm or a combination of letters forming a sacred word. In the Middle Ages, golems were thought to be the perfect servants; their only fault was that they were sometimes too literal or mechanical in fulfilling their masters’ orders.
Source: Merriam-Webster
20/20 questions
Which of these creatures is reputed to be the king of serpents?
Dragon
Basilisk
Cerberus
Centaur
The basilisk is a mythical creature most often depicted as a reptile and is reputed to be the king of serpents. One of the most feared of all mythological beasts, a basilisk is said to have the power to cause death with a single glance. In this aspect, it bears a similarity to the Gorgons of Greek mythology.
Source: New World Encyclopedia
