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All over the world there are extraordinary stories, some were even believed to be true once upon a time. As a kid you must have heard stories about magic and monsters, handsome princes and damsels in distress.

Take this quiz to see how much you know about myths, legends and fairy tales around the world.

 

 

 

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  1. Question 1 of 10
    1. Question

    Scotland has Nessie, the Loch Ness Monster, but in which country does the lake monster Ogopogo reside?

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    According to the legend Ogopogo is one to two feet in diameter with a length of 15 to 20 feet with horse or goat-like features. In 1926, seven years before Nessie came to the public attention, an editor of the Vancouver Sun wrote about sightings of the monster in the Okanagan Lake in British Columbia.

     

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    Sorry! It’s Canada. According to the legend Ogopogo is one to two feet in diameter with a length of 15 to 20 feet with horse or goat-like features.In 1926, seven years before Nessie came to the public attention, an editor of the Vancouver Sun wrote about sightings of the monster in the Okanagan Lake in British Columbia.

     

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    2. Question

    According to Irish and Scottish folklore, these seal-like creatures shed their skin once out of the water and turn into human beings.

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    The legend of the Selkie is told along the Western coast of Scotland and the stories reach as far down as Ireland. Selkies are seals in the water, but once on land, they remove their skin and become human. If an ordinary mortal sees a Selkie in human form, they will inevitably fall in love. The Selkie legend has several variations but it never ends happily.

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    Sorry! It’s the Selkie. The legend of the Selkie is told along the Western coast of Scotland and the stories reach as far down as Ireland. Selkies are seals in the water, but once on land, they remove their skin and become human. If an ordinary mortal sees a Selkie in human form, they will inevitably fall in love. The Selkie legend has several variations but it never ends happily.

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    3. Question

    Many of us might think of the tale of Sleeping Beauty as the one told by the Grimm Brothers in their Children’s and Household Tales or by the Disney franchise in 1959. But from which country did the story originate?

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    It’s France. The earliest written version of this fairy tale dates back to France in the 1340s and it is recorded in Le Roman de Perceforest. The story is significantly different from the one that we know today, with even elements of violence and rape.  

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    Sorry! It’s France. The earliest written version of this fairy tale dates back to France in the 1340s and it is recorded in Le Roman de Perceforest. The story is significantly different from the one that we know today, with even elements of violence and rape.  

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    4. Question

    Which Danish author wrote “The Emperor’s New Clothes”, “The Little Mermaid”, “The Nightingale”, “The Snow Queen” and “The Ugly Duckling”?

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    His fairy tales have been translated into more than 125 languages.

     

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    Sorry! It’s Hans Christian Andersen. His fairy tales have been translated into more than 125 languages.

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    5. Question

    Which fairy tale character, known as Rashin Coatie in Scotland, Zezolla in Italy and Yeh-hsien in China, also goes by another name?

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    No fewer than 700 variants of the Cinderella story have been collected. The earliest written version is the Chinese tale of Yeh-hsien, which dates from the ninth century. The version we know today — the one with the glass slipper — is actually a retelling by Charles Perrault.

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    Sorry! It’s Cinderella. No fewer than 700 variants of the Cinderella story have been collected. The earliest written version is the Chinese tale of Yeh-hsien, which dates from the ninth century. The version we know today — the one with the glass slipper — is actually a retelling by Charles Perrault.

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    6. Question

    What is a bunyip?

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    A bunyip is a mythological creature that lives in waterways, swamps and lakes in Australia. Aboriginals considered the bunyip to be an evil creature. The bunyip is thought to jump out of the water and eat humans and animals while making frightening howling noises. Descriptions of bunyips vary widely.

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    Sorry! It’s a mythological creature that lives in waterways, swamps and lakes in Australia. Aboriginals considered the bunyip to be an evil creature. The bunyip is thought to jump out of the water and eat humans and animals while making frightening howling noises. Descriptions of bunyips vary widely.

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    7. Question

    Trit-a-trot, Tom-tit-tot, Ricdin-Ricdon, and Whuppity-Stoorie, are all variations for Rumpelstiltskin. What is the literal meaning of the name “Rumpelstiltskin”?

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    Little rattle stilt. The name Rumpelstilzchen in German means literally “little rattle stilt”. (A stilt is a post or pole which provides support for a structure.) A rumpelstilt or rumpelstilz was the name of a type of goblin, also called a pophart or poppart that makes noises by rattling posts and rapping on planks. The meaning is similar to rumpelgeist (“rattle ghost”) or poltergeist, a mischievous spirit that clatters and moves household objects.

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    Sorry! It’s little rattle stilt. The name Rumpelstilzchen in German means literally “little rattle stilt”. (A stilt is a post or pole which provides support for a structure.) A rumpelstilt or rumpelstilz was the name of a type of goblin, also called a pophart or poppart that makes noises by rattling posts and rapping on planks. The meaning is similar to rumpelgeist (“rattle ghost”) or poltergeist, a mischievous spirit that clatters and moves household objects.

  8. Question 8 of 10
    8. Question

    Which country’s folklore and legends are known as the bylina stories?

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    Many of the bylina stories passed on orally, through story tellings. The oldest bylinas of the Kievan cycle were recorded mostly in the north of Russia. Originally they were poems.

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    Sorry! It’s Russia. Many of the bylina stories passed on orally, through story tellings. The oldest bylinas of the Kievan cycle were recorded mostly in the north of Russia. Originally they were poems.

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    9. Question

    The story of Aladdin or Ala Al-Din can be found in the collection “The Arabian Nights: Tales from a Thousand and One Nights” but in which country did the eponymous character grow up?

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    In the earliest version of the story Aladdin is a Chinese boy. While in the popular Disney animated film of 1992 he lives in the Middle East. The story is actually not part of the One Thousand and One Nights, or at least, not really. We associate it with that collection because the story has been added to the Nights in translation as a sort of honorary extra tale (or ‘orphan tale’). The Aladdin story was added to the collection by a French translator, Antoine Galland, in the early eighteenth century.

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    Sorry! It’s China. In the earliest version of the story Aladdin is a Chinese boy. While in the popular Disney animated film of 1992 he lives in the Middle East. The story is actually not part of the One Thousand and One Nights, or at least, not really. We associate it with that collection because the story has been added to the Nights in translation as a sort of honorary extra tale (or ‘orphan tale’). The Aladdin story was added to the collection by a French translator, Antoine Galland, in the early eighteenth century.

  10. Question 10 of 10
    10. Question

    Who came up with the famous opening words ‘Once upon a time?’

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    ‘Once upon a time’ has been dated back to Chaucer in the 14th century. While the French Marie-Catherine D’Aulnoy coined the term fairy tale in the late 17th century.

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    Sorry! It’s Chaucer. ‘Once upon a time’ has been dated back to Chaucer in the 14th century. While the French Marie-Catherine D’Aulnoy coined the term fairy tale in the late 17th century.

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