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1. Long before he appeared as a character in the movie "Shrek", Puss in Boots appeared in fairy tales collected in a number of European countries. In which country did the character (called "Il gatto con gli stivali") first appear in print?
2. The Brothers Grimm included "Schneewittchen", the story we now know as "Snow White", in their first collection of German fairy tales in 1812. What were the names of the seven dwarfs in this version?
3. "The Fox and the Stork" (also known as "The Fox and the Crane") is one of Aesop's fables. What moral did Aesop append to this cautionary tale?
4. What country is the origin of the popular folk tale character Momotaro, whose story dates from the Edo period (between 1603 and 1868)?
5. There have been many versions of the story of the three little pigs whose houses are attacked by a wolf. In the first printed appearance in English of the story (in the 1886 Halliwell-Phillipps collection "The Nursery Rhymes of England"), the three pigs unite to triumphantly defeat the wolf, who runs away.
6. The story illustrated by this stamp is "Mashenka and the Three Bears". In the original Russian folk tale, young Mashenka only encountered one bear. What is the name of the character we usually associate with meeting three bears?
7. This stamp illustrates the Russian folk tale "Repka", which demonstrates the importance of everyone working together to achieve success. What is the task they are trying to achieve?
8. The story of "The Pied Piper of Hamelin" is based on an actual historic event.
9. What was the name of the young Chinese boy who gets assistance from two genies, one trapped in a ring and one trapped in an oil lamp, to outwit an evil sorcerer (two, actually) and eventually become sultan?
10. In the series of stories called "The Sinbad Cycle", a wealthy sailor describes the adventures which led to his acquisition of wealth. In his second voyage, what legendary large bird did he trick into helping him acquire a fortune in diamonds?
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