Cuentos de Hadas (Fairy Tales) Quiz

Answer: Caperucita Roja

This Brothers Grimm story (first published by French story teller Charles Perrault) is about a young girl, who is crossing the woods to visit her grandmother, and a big bad wolf.

The words I chose for the wrong answers translate as:

"Azul" is "blue"
"Amarilla" is "yellow"
"Añil" is "indigo"

Answer: Blancanieves

"Snow white" ("blanca", white and "nieves", snow) is the story of a young princess who is deeply hated and hunted by her witch-stepmother and her friendship with the seven dwarves. Let's not forget the handsome prince.

The wrong answers translate as:

"Lluviosa" is "Rainy"
"Ventosa" is "Windy"
"Soleada" is "Sunny"

Answer: La Sirenita

This story of "The Little Mermaid" (from "sirena", mermaid) is about a sea-princess willing to give up her life in her ocean kingdom, her fish tail and her voice, for the love of a human prince.

The wrong answers translate as:

"La Abeja" is "The Bee"
"La Mariposa" is "The Butterfly"
"La Margarita" is "The Daisy"

Answer: La pequeña cerillera

"The Little Match Girl" ("Cerillera" from "cerilla", match, also called "La niña de los fósforos" in Spanish) is the very sad story of a little girl who lights the matches she sells in the streets in order to stay warm and sees the most beautiful dreams as she's dying from hypothermia.

The words in the wrong answers translate as:

"modista" is "dressmaker"
"jardinera" is "gardener"
"camarera" is "maid"

Answer: La Bella Durmiente

"Sleeping Beauty" ("bella", beautiful and "durmiente" from "dormir", to sleep) is a story by the Brothers Grimm, usually called "The Little Briar Rose", and Charles Perrault. It is about a princess under a magic spell which keeps her asleep for one hundred years and the prince who wakes her up.

The words I have used in the wrong answers translate as:

"Bailadora" is "Dancer"
Princesa" is "Princess"
"Señorita" is "Miss, young woman".

Answer: La princesa y el guisante

This Hans Christian Andersen story is that of a young princess whose royal descent becomes evident when a small pea prevents her from sleeping, even though it is under layers of mattresses.

The words I have used in the wrong answers translate as:

"manzana" is "apple"
"cebolla" is "onion"
"frijol" is "bean"

Answer: La Cenicienta

The story of "Cinderella" ("Cenicienta" from "ceniza", ash) is that of a young orphan girl, cruelly mistreated by her stepmother and her daughters, whose unexpected presence at a ball in the palace results in her meeting the handsome prince.

The wrong answers translate as:

"La Cocinera" is "The Cook"
"La Novia" is "The Fiancée"
La Hijastra" is "The Stepdaughter"

Answer: El traje nuevo del emperador

Hans Christian Andersen's "The Emperor's New Clothes" is the story of a vain emperor who is surrounded by flatterers and minions and how a small child is the only one who dares speak the truth.

The words I have used in the wrong answers translate as:

"Rey" is "King"
"Caballero" is "Knight"
"Principe" is "Prince"

Answer: El pescador y su mujer

"The Fisherman and his Wife" is the story of a poor fisherman and his greedy wife who, met with good fortune, wants to become equal to God.

The words I have used in the wrong answers translate as:

"hija" is "daughter"
"madre" is "mother"
"hermana" is "sister"

Answer: El ruiseñor

"The Nightingale" is a story about the Emperor of China who chose the ticking of a bejeweled mechanical nightingale over the song of a real one in his gardens, and how the real nightingale returned to sing for him when he was sick.

The wrong answers translate as:

"La águila" is "The eagle"
"El canario" is "The canary"
"El cuervo" is "The crow"