What X Did Next Trivia Quiz

Answer: Goldilocks

The tale of the three bears was first set down by English poet Robert Southey in the 1830s. In his version the intruder was an old woman and the bears were three bachelors. The bears later became a father, mother and baby and the old woman was transformed into a little girl, who was known by various names before "Goldilocks" was adopted.

Answer: Androcles

The tale of the escaped slave Androcles (originally Androclus), who treats an injured lion that later refuses to kill him in Rome's Circus Maximus, is attributed to a lost work by the poet Apion, who was born in the first century BC. Later versions include a 1912 play by George Bernard Shaw in which Androcles is a Christian tailor.

Answer: Rumpelstiltskin

The tale of Rumpelstiltskin was collected by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm and published in 1812. The imp's original name of Rumpelstilzchen means "little rattle stilt" in German.

Grimalkin is a familiar of one of the Three Witches in "Macbeth" and Rumpleteazer and Griddlebone feature in "Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats" by TS Eliot.

Answer: We aren't told his name

"The Emperor's New Clothes" by Hans Christian Andersen was first published along with "The Little Mermaid" in 1837. The song "The King's New Clothes" by Frank Loesser features in the 1952 movie "Hans Christian Andersen" starring Danny Kaye.

Answer: Pied Piper of Hamelin

The legend of the Pied Piper of Hamelin dates back to the Middle Ages. After the mayor refuses to pay the full amount agreed for ridding the town of rats the piper returns and lures away the children of the town with his playing. The story appears in the writings of Goethe and the Brothers Grimm and is the subject of a poem by Robert Browning.

Answer: Cinderella

Many features of the Cinderella story, including the pumpkin, the glass slipper and the fairy godmother, were introduced by the seventeenth century French writer Charles Perrault.

Grizabella, "the glamour cat", features in the musical "Cats", Barbarella, originally a comic book character created by Jean-Claude Forest, was portrayed by Jane Fonda in a 1968 film adaptation, and a fustanella is a traditional men's pleated skirt originating in the Balkans.

Answer: Wolf

The tale of Little Red Riding Hood was first published by Charles Perrault. His version of the story ended with Red Riding Hood being eaten by the wolf, but in later versions she and her grandmother are rescued by a woodcutter who cuts the wolf open.

Answer: Hansel and Gretel

The German tale of Hansel and Gretel was collected by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm and first published in 1812. The opera "Hansel and Gretel" by Engelbert Humperdinck was first performed in 1893 and remains a Christmas favourite.

Answer: Maleficent

Charles Perrault's version of "Sleeping Beauty" was published in 1697, but the story is much older than that. The evil fairy who curses the princess to whose christening she was not invited was given the name "Maleficent" in the 1959 Walt Disney film. She was played by Angelina Jolie in the 2014 live action film "Maleficent".

Answer: The Ugly Duckling

The tale of the "Ugly Duckling", who grows up to be a beautiful swan, was written by Hans Christian Andersen and was first published in 1843.

A puffling is a baby puffin.