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Quiz about Rumpelstiltskin Mania
Quiz about Rumpelstiltskin Mania

Rumpelstiltskin Mania Trivia Quiz


'Rumpelstiltskin' was one of Grimm Brothers original 'Children's and Household Tales', published in 1812. The original fairy tales were written in German and more tranquil than the 1857 horrific translation.

A multiple-choice quiz by mini70. Estimated time: 3 mins.
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Author
mini70
Time
3 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
359,757
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
7 / 10
Plays
814
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Question 1 of 10
1. What sort of creature was Rumpelstiltskin? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. Where did the miller's family live? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. The miller's daughter had to spin what into gold? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. What did the miller's daughter reward Rumpelstiltskin with on the first night of spinning up gold? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. What did the king promise the miller's daughter on the third night? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. What did Rumpelstiltskin demand of the miller's daughter on the third night? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. After the miller's daughter became queen, how soon did she have a child? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. How many days does Rumpelstiltskin give the queen to guess his real name so she could keep her child? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. How does the queen find out Rumpelstiltskin's name? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. In the end of the 1812 version, what happens to Rumpelstiltskin? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. What sort of creature was Rumpelstiltskin?

Answer: An imp

Rumpelstiltskin was an imp, or strange little man with magical powers, who lived alone in the Woods. He helped the miller's daughter who would someday have a baby that Rumpelstiltskin wanted.
2. Where did the miller's family live?

Answer: A small village

The miller's family lived in a small village, also near the woods where Rumpelstiltskin lived. They were very poor peasants; however, the miller told the King how gifted his daughter was.
3. The miller's daughter had to spin what into gold?

Answer: straw

The miller's daughter had no idea how to make straw into gold, although her father boasted she could. The King demanded that she turn the straw into gold, and locked her up in a room full of straw and a spinning wheel.
4. What did the miller's daughter reward Rumpelstiltskin with on the first night of spinning up gold?

Answer: A necklace

She rewarded Rumpelstiltskin with her necklace the first night and rewarded him a ring on the second night. They were the only things she had at hand.
5. What did the king promise the miller's daughter on the third night?

Answer: To make her his wife

The king also promised he would behead the miller's daughter if she didn't produce the gold the next morning. The king was quite greedy and ruthless, he thought he could continue to acquire lots of gold.
6. What did Rumpelstiltskin demand of the miller's daughter on the third night?

Answer: Her firstborn child

The miller's daughter had nothing to give Rumpelstiltskin on the third night, so she agreed to the strange promise of her firstborn child, unaware of her future. Rumpelstiltskin only wanted her first child.
7. After the miller's daughter became queen, how soon did she have a child?

Answer: A year later

A year after, the new queen brought a beautiful child into the world,
and she forgot the promise. However, the next day Rumpelstiltskin appeared into her room and demanded to keep her child.
8. How many days does Rumpelstiltskin give the queen to guess his real name so she could keep her child?

Answer: Three days

Rumpelstiltskin gives the queen three days to guess his real name. He did have some empathy. The queen, in anguish, tries to think of every name imaginable.
9. How does the queen find out Rumpelstiltskin's name?

Answer: She hires a messenger to follow Rumpelstiltskin in the woods

The queen's messenger follows Rumpelstiltskin into the woods and sees him dancing around a fire chanting aloud his name. Rumpelstiltskin likes to make rhymes and songs which have his name in it.
10. In the end of the 1812 version, what happens to Rumpelstiltskin?

Answer: He runs away never to return

In the 1812 version of 'Rumpelstiltskin', the angry imp runs away never to return to the queen. In the 1857 version, Rumpelstiltskin tears himself into half and falls into a chasm in the ground and disappears.
Source: Author mini70

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