Fairy Tale Characters Trivia
Fairy Tale Characters trivia explores the princes, witches, tricksters, and talking creatures who emerged from European folk traditions and later spread through books, theater, and film. Expect a family-friendly mix of easy laughs, recognizable favorites, and tougher questions that reward close knowledge of stories by writers such as the Brothers Grimm, Hans Christian Andersen, and Charles Perrault.
Easy Fairy Tale Characters Trivia
13 questions
These easy Fairy Tale Characters trivia questions are great for beginners and kids around age 12 and under.
Question 1
Which fairy tale girl lives with seven dwarfs?
Answer: Snow White
In the Brothers Grimm tale, Snow White lives with seven dwarfs.
Question 2
What fairy tale character is famous for wearing a red hood?
Answer: Little Red Riding Hood
Little Red Riding Hood is recognized by her red hooded garment.
Question 3
Who loses a glass slipper at the royal ball?
Answer: Cinderella
Cinderella is the fairy tale heroine who loses a glass slipper at the royal ball.
Question 4
In Disney's version, Sleeping Beauty is also called what?
- A.Princess Aurora
- B.Princess Belle
- C.Princess Ariel
- D.Princess Jasmine
Answer: Princess Aurora
Sleeping Beauty is also called Princess Aurora in Disney's version.
Question 5
Which fairy tale girl is known for extraordinarily long hair?
Answer: Rapunzel
Rapunzel is the girl with extraordinarily long hair.
Question 6
Who is the villain in Little Red Riding Hood?
Answer: The Big Bad Wolf
The Big Bad Wolf appears is the villain in Little Red Riding Hood.
Question 7
Which two children find a candy house in the woods?
Answer: Hansel and Gretel
Hansel and Gretel are the two children who find a candy house in the woods.
Question 8
What wooden puppet wants to become a real boy?
Answer: Pinocchio
Pinocchio is a wooden puppet who wants to become a real boy.
Question 9
Which fairy tale heroine is a sea princess in Hans Christian Andersen's tale?
Answer: The Little Mermaid
The Little Mermaid is a sea princess in Hans Christian Andersen's tale.
Question 10
Who climbs a giant beanstalk?
Answer: Jack
Jack climbs a giant beanstalk in Jack and the Beanstalk.
Question 11
Which storybook girl tastes porridge in the house of three bears?
Answer: Goldilocks
Goldilocks tastes porridge in the house of three bears.
Question 12
How many pigs build separate houses in the well-known tale?
- A.Four
- B.Seven
- C.Three
- D.Two
Answer: Three
The Three Little Pigs build three separate houses.
Question 13
Which fairy tale character can only be defeated when someone guesses his name?
Answer: Rumpelstiltskin
Rumpelstiltskin is the character whose name must be guessed.
Fairy Tale Characters Family Trivia
12 questions
These family Fairy Tale Characters trivia questions are built for mixed-age game nights, classrooms, and groups.
Question 1
Who published a literary version of Cinderella in 1697?
Answer: Charles Perrault
Charles Perrault is credited with publishing a literary version of Cinderella in 1697.
Question 2
Which famous pair published Kinder- und HausmÀrchen in 1812?
Answer: Brothers Grimm
The Brothers Grimm published Kinder- und HausmÀrchen in 1812.
Question 3
Who first published The Little Mermaid in 1837?
Answer: Hans Christian Andersen
Hans Christian Andersen first published The Little Mermaid in 1837.
Question 4
The fairy tale Sleeping Beauty inspired an 1890 ballet by which composer?
Answer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Sleeping Beauty inspired Tchaikovsky's 1890 ballet The Sleeping Beauty.
Question 5
Who voiced Ariel in Disney's 1989 film The Little Mermaid?
Answer: Jodi Benson
Jodi Benson voiced Ariel in Disney's 1989 animated film The Little Mermaid.
Question 6
In Disney's 2015 live-action Cinderella, who played Cinderella?
Answer: Lily James
Lily James played Cinderella in Disney's 2015 live-action film.
Question 7
Who directed Disney's 2015 Cinderella?
Answer: Kenneth Branagh
Kenneth Branagh directed Disney's 2015 Cinderella.
Question 8
Which actress played Belle in Disney's live-action Beauty and the Beast released in 2017?
Answer: Emma Watson
Emma Watson played Belle in Disney's live-action Beauty and the Beast, released in 2017.
Question 9
What is the title of the 1998 movie that retells the Cinderella story?
Answer: Ever After
Ever After is a Cinderella retelling that was released in 1998.
Question 10
Which 1997 novel by Gail Carson Levine puts a fresh spin on fairy-tale fun?
Answer: Ella Enchanted
Ella Enchanted is a novel by Gail Carson Levine published in 1997.
Question 11
On which TV network did Once Upon a Time premiere in 2011?
Answer: ABC
Once Upon a Time premiered on ABC in 2011.
Question 12
Which Disney fairy-tale-inspired movie was released in 2013?
Answer: Frozen
Frozen was released by Disney in 2013.
Fun Fairy Tale Characters Trivia
13 questions
These fun Fairy Tale Characters trivia questions highlight surprising moments and playful facts for game-night groups.
Question 1
What exact phrase works like the ultimate cave password in Ali Baba's tale?
Answer: Open Sesame
In Ali Baba's story, the cave opens with the magic words 'Open Sesame.'.
Question 2
Which fairy tale features royal sisters mysteriously destroying footwear night after night?
Answer: The Twelve Dancing Princesses
The tale is The Twelve Dancing Princesses, whose shoes are worn out every night.
Question 3
Who uses music to lead rats out of Hamelin?
Answer: The Pied Piper
The Pied Piper leads the rats out of Hamelin with music.
Question 4
Which animal is NOT one of the Bremen Town Musicians: donkey, dog, cat, rooster, or goat?
- A.Goat
- B.Donkey
- C.Cat
- D.Rooster
Answer: Goat
The Bremen Town Musicians are a donkey, a dog, a cat, and a rooster, so goat does not belong.
Question 5
In The Emperor's New Clothes, what kind of outfit fools the ruler?
Answer: Invisible garments
The ruler is fooled by invisible garments in The Emperor's New Clothes.
Question 6
Which Hans Christian Andersen tale stars an icy title character?
Answer: The Snow Queen
The Snow Queen is one of the tales written by Hans Christian Andersen.
Question 7
On what holiday does Andersen's little match girl die?
Answer: New Year's Eve
In Andersen's tale, the match girl dies on New Year's Eve.
Question 8
How many legs does the steadfast tin soldier have?
Answer: One
The steadfast tin soldier is notable for having only one leg.
Question 9
The Ugly Duckling eventually grows up to be what graceful animal?
Answer: A swan
The Ugly Duckling grows up to become a swan.
Question 10
Thumbelina is famously how small?
Answer: No bigger than a thumb
Thumbelina is a tiny girl no bigger than a thumb.
Question 11
What tiny object is used to test royalty in The Princess and the Pea?
Answer: A single pea
The Princess and the Pea tests royalty with a single pea under many mattresses.
Question 12
In East of the Sun and West of the Moon, the enchanted prince appears as what animal?
Answer: A white bear
The enchanted prince in that tale is a white bear.
Question 13
Which fairy-tale husband bans his wife from opening one locked room?
Answer: Bluebeard
Bluebeard forbids his wife to open one locked room.
Funny Fairy Tale Characters Trivia
13 questions
These funny Fairy Tale Characters trivia questions highlight playful moments, odd facts, and inside jokes.
Question 1
Which runaway baked good keeps cardio motivation high by shouting, "Run, run, as fast as you can!"?
Answer: The Gingerbread Man
The Gingerbread Man is the escaping treat who shouts, "Run, run, is fast as you can!".
Question 2
In The Brave Little Tailor, what outrageous claim does the tailor brag about?
Answer: That he killed seven at one blow
The tailor's famous boast is that he killed seven at one blow.
Question 3
Who is the youngest brother in The Golden Goose?
Answer: Simpleton
Simpleton is identified is the youngest brother in The Golden Goose.
Question 4
In The Golden Goose, what absurd thing happens as the story goes on?
Answer: People stick to one another in a growing chain
A comic chain forms because people stick to one another in The Golden Goose.
Question 5
How do the Musicians of Bremen scare off the robbersâby polite negotiation or by making a giant noisy racket?
- A.By sneaking away silently
- B.By challenging them to a race
- C.A loud racket
- D.By offering the robbers dinner
Answer: By making a loud racket
The Musicians of Bremen frighten the robbers by making a loud racket.
Question 6
In Master Cat, what tiny creature does the ogre get tricked into becoming?
Answer: A mouse
Master Cat convinces the ogre to transform into a mouse.
Question 7
Which classic trickster pair features a fox sweet-talking a crow until the food drops?
Answer: Fox and Crow
In many European fables and tale traditions, the fox tricks the crow into dropping food.
Question 8
What sets off Chicken Little's immediate panic mode?
Answer: Something falls on her head
Chicken Little panics after something falls on her head.
Question 9
In Town Musicians of Bremen, which animal clocks in first as a member of the group?
Answer: The donkey
The donkey is the first animal to join the group in Town Musicians of Bremen.
Question 10
Who keeps booming the famous line "Fee-fi-fo-fum" in Jack and the Beanstalk?
Answer: The giant
The giant is the one who repeats "Fee-fi-fo-fum.".
Question 11
True or false: In The Master and His Pupil, a magical duel includes transformations into animals.?
Answer: True
The fact states that the magical duel includes transformations into animals.
Question 12
Which tale solves travel delays by introducing a ship that flies through the air?
Answer: The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship
The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship features a ship that can travel through the air.
Question 13
In The Nixie of the Mill-Pond, what disguise does the boy use?
Answer: A shepherd
The story includes a boy disguised is a shepherd.
Hard Fairy Tale Characters Trivia
14 questions
These hard Fairy Tale Characters trivia questions are for expert fans who want a real challenge.
Question 1
In what year was Charles Perrault's collection Histoires ou contes du temps passé published?
Answer: 1697
Perrault's Histoires ou contes du temps passé was published in 1697.
Question 2
Which exact title names Charles Perrault's 1697 fairy-tale collection?
Answer: Histoires ou contes du temps passé
The listed fact identifies Perrault's collection title is Histoires ou contes du temps passé, published in 1697.
Question 3
Which Grimm brother was born in 1786?
- A.Madame d'Aulnoy
- B.Wilhelm Grimm
- C.Jacob Grimm
- D.Charles Perrault
Answer: Wilhelm Grimm
Wilhelm Grimm was born in 1786.
Question 4
Name the Grimm brother whose birth year is 1786.?
Answer: Wilhelm Grimm
Among the two brothers, Wilhelm Grimm is the one born in 1786.
Question 5
Which Grimm brother arrived first, being born in 1785?
- A.Charles Perrault
- B.Madame d'Aulnoy
- C.Jacob Grimm
- D.Wilhelm Grimm
Answer: Jacob Grimm
Jacob Grimm was born in 1785.
Question 6
Who was born in 1785: Jacob Grimm or Wilhelm Grimm?
Answer: Jacob Grimm
Jacob Grimm was born in 1785.
Question 7
In the Brothers Grimm numbering system, what KHM number belongs to Little Red Cap?
Answer: KHM 26
Little Red Cap is listed is KHM 26 in the Brothers Grimm collection.
Question 8
Super-fan shelf check: Little Red Cap hides under which KHM label in Grimm?
Answer: KHM 26
The Brothers Grimm tale number for Little Red Cap is KHM 26.
Question 9
Under what title does Sleeping Beauty appear in the Grimms' collection?
Answer: Little Briar Rose
In Grimm's collection, Sleeping Beauty appears under the title Little Briar Rose.
Question 10
If you flip open Grimm looking for Sleeping Beauty, which title should you actually hunt for?
- A.Little Briar Rose
- B.Cendrillon
- C.Little Red Cap
- D.La Belle et la BĂȘte
Answer: Little Briar Rose
The Grimm title for Sleeping Beauty is Little Briar Rose.
Question 11
What is Cinderella called in Perrault's French title?
Answer: Cendrillon
The French title of Cinderella in Perrault is Cendrillon.
Question 12
What is the original French title of Beauty and the Beast?
Answer: La Belle et la BĂȘte
The original French title of Beauty and the Beast is La Belle et la BĂȘte.
Question 13
Who published the shorter version of Beauty and the Beast in 1756?
Answer: Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont
Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont published her shorter Beauty and the Beast version in 1756.
Question 14
The 1756 shorter Beauty and the Beast version is credited to which author?
Answer: Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont
The listed 1756 shorter version was published by Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont.
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