The Dark Fairy Tales Quiz
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Once upon a time, you took a quiz that told of stepsisters that dripped blood, cannibal queens and bludgeoned frogs. Welcome, my pretty, to the Dark Fairy Tales Quiz. Don't read these stories before bed.
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In the original tale, the Little Mermaid suffers how?
walking on her new limbs is incredibly painful
she has to cut her hair, too
human voices sound like shrieking birds
No cute little stumbles — the Little Mermaid feels excruciating pain when she walks.
Cinderella's stepsisters get what comeuppance at the end of the Grimms' version of the fairy tale?
They're both old maids for the rest of their lives.
They are banished from the kingdom.
Pigeons peck out their eyes.
How does the Evil Queen die in the Grimm version of Snow White?
She has a heart attack from seeing Snow White alive.
She wears very hot iron shoes that she dances in until she dies.
She accidentally eats the poison apple.
It's a little bit complicated as a plot device, but yes — the Queen is made to wear searing hot shoes and dance in them all night until she expires.
Rapunzel's prince suffers what fate in the Grimm version?
He has to marry the witch.
He falls on thorns that blind him, which is apparently a popular fairy tale punishment.
What character gets kidnapped, sentenced to prison and beat up in their fairy tale?
It's hard out there for a puppet.
What lessons does one reading of "Little Red Riding Hood" mean to teach?
that little girls shouldn't flirt
"Wolf" being a metaphor for licentious young men.
In the Grimm version of "Little Red Riding Hood," what happens at the end?
The Wolf eats Little Red Riding Hood and Grandmother.
Little Red Riding Hood and Grandmother are cut out of the Wolf's stomach.
And two days later, Little Red Riding Hood and Grandma are NOT fooled when another wolf tries the same trick.
What does the Evil Queen do with (what she thinks is) Snow White's heart?
It's actually the boar the Huntsman killed so. . .yay?
How does the Prince find Rapunzel at the end of the Grimm version?
So basically a single, starving mother's baby daddy finally shows up, and we're all supposed to sigh happily. Harrumph.
In "Pinocchio," Geppetto:
Beware the person who calls him "Polendina," (or cornmeal mush) for the color of his yellow wig.
What does Cinderella's stepmother make one daughter do in Cinderella?
cut off parts of her foot to fit the glass clipper
fake a pregnancy to trick the Prince
The plan ultimately fails.
Just a refresher: What does Rumpelstiltskin want from the miller's daughter?
But the joke will be on him when he realizes that infants sleep roughly an hour and half at a time.
How does the Sea Witch take the Little Mermaid's voice?
She scratches her throat until it bleeds.
She magics it out through her ears.
No magic involved, just a sharp knife.
In Hans Christian Anderson's original telling of "The Snow Queen," who is kidnapped by the queen?
Little Kay is stolen by the queen, but his sister Gerda melts the ice that creeps into his heart and body.
Charles Perrault wrote a fairy tale called "Blue Beard," wherein a wife is punished for what?
The evil Blue Beard tells his wife not to go into a small closet, but she does — and he attempts to murder her for the transgression.
Perrault also wrote a tale called "Donkey-Skin," which featured what extremely dark plot point?
A mad king is desperate to marry his daughter.
We won't leave you hanging — what does the "donkey skin" in the title refer to?
a trick the Princess plays to make her father sane
a disguise the princess must wear
a nickname for a jerk who wants to marry his daughter
Whenever you need to hide your unbelievable beauty, just slip on some donkey skin and everyone, it seems, will instantly believe you're a peasant.
What happens at the end of "The Little Mermaid"?
The prince marries someone else.
She gets a chance to become an immortal spirit.
Basically, the prince marries some other broad and the Little Mermaid MAYBE gets to not die.
In Grimm's tale of "Sleeping Beauty," who informs the Queen that she shall have a daughter within the year?
The frog makes no more appearances, so it's what we call an "undeserved" plot point, ultimately.
In Grimm's tale, why were Hansel and Gretel lost in the woods in the first place?
They fell asleep and got confused in the dark.
They were naughty and went out to play without permission.
Their parents abandon them there.
Too many mouths to feed, so Hansel and Gretel's dad and stepmom leave them in the woods.
How does Gretel trick the old witch?
She pretends a chicken bone is her finger, so the witch doesn't think she's fat enough to eat.
She gets her to crawl into the oven.
While Hansel is locked away faking fattening with a chicken bone, Gretel pushes the old witch into the fire.
Who else dies at the end of Hansel and Gretel?
Why does the Beast get so angry at Beauty's father in the original fairy tale?
He breaks into the house.
He steals roses from the Beast's garden.
He wears the Beast's clothes.
And it's all Beauty's fault, because she asked for a rose as a memento of her father's journey.
Beauty also has some rude sisters in the original. What happens to them?
They're turned to statues.
The Beast (now prince) also makes them retain "reason," so they're fully aware of how miserable it is to be a statue.
In a traditional telling of "The Three Little Pigs," what comeuppance does the wolf get?
He squeals "whee whee whee" all the way home.
The wolf climbs down the chimney to a boiling pot of water, where he's cooked for dinner.
In Perrault's version of "Sleeping Beauty," the story doesn't end with the princess waking up. What other obstacle must be maneuvered to live happily ever after?
They had to pay back taxes on the castle after everyone woke up.
The Prince's mother tries to eat Sleeping Beauty and her children.
They had to get a prenup hammered out.
Don't worry! The evil mother-in-law (who came from a family of ogres) dies in the end.
In the Grimm's "The Frog Prince," the frog demands what for granting a favor?
to sleep in the Princess' bed
Which is something you can only nicely ask, not demand.
In the version, how does the princess turn the frog into a prince?
She throws him against a wall.
Not as sweet as a kiss, that's for sure.
What is the Grimm's "The Rabbit's Bride" about?
a rabbit who tries to marry a girl against her will
a girl who falls in love with a rabbit
a prince who is turned into a rabbit
She tricks the rabbit into believing he killed her and runs away, so that's nice.
How does Pinocchio treat the Talking Cricket in the fairy tale?
He berates him endlessly.
He kills the cricket with a hammer. Good night, kids!
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