Memorize these and recognize 29.4% of all Fairy Tales clues.
| # | Answer | Count | Sample Clue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rumpelstiltskin | 9 | This guy who could spin straw into gold had a name from German mythology from a type of goblin |
| 2 | Rapunzel | 6 | She would have been popular in the '60s; she was always letting her hair down |
| 3 | Cinderella | 6 | In the Grimms' version of this character's fairy tale, she wears golden slippers, not glass |
| 4 | the mouse | 4 | He talked the lion out of eating him & later returned the favor by gnawing on the ropes that bound the lion |
| 5 | a frog | 4 | When the king's daughter dropped her golden ball down the well, this animal retrieved it |
| 6 | Snow White | 3 | She lives with 7 miners who at one point think she's dead |
| 7 | Gretel | 3 | She ate the window pane of the witch's cottage |
| 8 | Goldilocks | 3 | "Breaking & entering, porridge theft; charge of cruelty to animals probably won't stick" |
| 9 | inside the wolf | 3 | At the end of the Grimm version, the huntsman got Little Red Riding Hood & grandma out of here |
| 10 | the tortoise | 2 | In some versions, he's quoted as saying "Slow & steady wins the race" |
| 11 | the stepmother | 2 | In "Hansel & Gretel" it was this person who made their father abandon them in the woods |
| 12 | the fox | 2 | After unsuccessfully trying to reach grapes on a vine, he walked away concluding that they were sour |
| 13 | the blood of an Englishman | 2 | In "Jack & the Beanstalk", what the ogre smelled |
| 14 | Sleeping Beauty | 2 | "Gifts" given to her were said to include getting all the things she could wish for & dying from a spindle wound |
| 15 | Bremen | 2 | A statue of the 4 "town musicians", a dog, cat, rooster and donkey, stands in this German town |
| 16 | Aladdin | 2 | This guy wasn't the first to rub his magic lamp, his mother was |
| 17 | "The Emperor's New Clothes" | 2 | "A vain leader is swindled by con men who claim to make beautiful garments that are invisible to the unwise or incompetent" |
| 18 | "Jack and the Beanstalk" | 2 | "A kid trades his cow for some magic beans & before you know it, a huge vine grows up to the clouds where an angry giant lives" |
| 19 | The Three Billy Goats Gruff | 2 | In this folk tale, the title barnyard trio faces off against a troll under a bridge |
| 20 | the peacock | 2 | After pretending to be one of these, the jay was told it is not only fine feathers that make fine birds |
| 21 | sour grapes | 2 | 2-word phrase for something disparaged because it's beyond one's reach, from an Aesop fable |
| 22 | a leprechaun | 2 | In an Irish tale, clever Tom captures this title magical creature who promises to bring him wealth, but deceives him instead |
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