Fairyland Trivia Quiz

Answer: Thumbelina

"Thumbelina" was a fairytale written by Hans Christian Andersen in 1835. It told of a tiny young girl and her adventures with mice and toads, butterflies and birds, until she eventually met and fell in love with Cornelius, the fairy prince.

Answer: A Midsummer Night's Dream

Puck was an impish fairy from "A Midsummer Night's Dream", a 1605 fantasy story told by William Shakespeare. "How now, spirit! Whither wander you?" Puck asked a fairy in Act 2, Scene 1. She replied, "Over hill, over dale, thorough bush, thorough brier, over park, over pale, thorough flood, thorough fire, I do wander everywhere. Swifter than the moon's sphere; and I serve the fairy queen, to dew her orbs upon the green."

Answer: Peter Pan

Peter Pan and Tinkerbell flew Wendy and her brothers "second star to the right, and straight on till morning" to a truly magical place called Neverland. The writer of the story, J. M. Barrie, introduced us to other characters including the Lost Children, Captain Hook, Tiger Lily and a crocodile which went "tick-tock".

Answer: Artemis Fowl

"Artemis Fowl" was a series of books written by Eoin Colfer and included the stories "The Seventh Dwarf", "The Arctic Incident" and "The Lost Colony". In his first book, "Artemis Fowl", which was published in 2001, we met the young twelve year old criminal Artemis Fowl II who kidnapped a fairy called Holly Short in return for a ransom of gold.

Answer: Pinocchio

"Pinocchio" was a story written by Carlo Collodi about a wooden puppet who always dreamed of being a real boy. The Blue Fairy promised to turn him into a real boy if he was very good, but as the story progressed, his nose grew longer and longer whenever he told a lie.

Answer: The Marvelous Land of Oz

Princess Ozma featured in "The Marvelous Land of Oz", the story which followed "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz", both written by L. Frank Baum. The story told of Tip, an orphaned boy who, along with a scarecrow called Jack Pumpkinhead and an animated sawhorse, escaped the clutches of the Wicked Witch called Mombi.

They travelled to the Emerald City to help restore Princess Ozma as the rightful ruler of the capital.

Answer: Cinderella

The Fairy Godmother gave Cinderella her wish to go to the ball, dressing her in a beautiful gown, glass slippers and making her a coach out of a pumpkin. Cinderella had to leave the ball before midnight as the wish came to an end and all was restored to as it was, a girl dressed in tatters.

Many countries have their own version of the Cinderella story, but one of the first was written by a French writer called Charles Perrault who called the character Cendrillon in his collection of short stories, "Histoires ou contes du temps passe" ("Stories and tales of the past").

Answer: The Nutcracker and the Mouse King

A young girl called Clara was the main character in "The Nutcracker", a famous Russian ballet with music composed by Tchaikovsky. It was a magical story about toys which came to life, a place called the Land of Sweets, and a festival in the Candy Castle hosted by the Sugar Plum Fairy. Clara woke up the following morning to find it was all a happy dream.

The ballet was taken from the book "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King" written by E. T. A. Hoffmann in 1816.

Answer: Ella Enchanted

"Ella Enchanted" was a 2004 film which starred Anne Hathaway. When Ella was born, Lucinda the fairy gave her an "obedience gift" which meant Ella had to follow orders, even if she thought they were wrong. Many adventures took place as Ella tried to break the curse. The film was loosely based on the 1997 book called "Ella Enchanted" written by Gail Carson Levine.

Answer: Fern Gully

Crysta was the lead character in an animated musical film, "FernGully: The Last Rainforest". She was a fairy who lived in a rainforest with others, but became curious about humans who were destroying their home by employing lumberjacks to cut down trees.

She accidentally cast a spell on one of the humans, shrinking him down to her size. The film was adapted from the book "Fern Gully" written by Diana Young in 1992.