Fairytale Quiz Tour

Get to know even better with this Fairytale Quiz Tour

Be surprised by the many wonderful fairytales!

Name: Marerijk

This Fairytale Quiz Tour leads you through Efteling’s Fairytale Forest. You will come across marvellous stories and fairytales along the way. Pay close attention to find the answers to the quiz questions. Reading the story in the large book of fairytales at each fairytale depiction might also be helpful. Some of the questions are based on general knowledge. Have fun and good luck!

We begin this Fairytale Quiz Tour at the entrance to the Fairytale Forest, the Witches’ Gate (alongside the Steam Carousel). Walk to ’s castle, take the gateway to the left and climb the castle steps to the sleeping princess.

Sleeping Beauty’s cook likes to work with herbs. You can see them around the kitchen.

1) Of the ingredients below, which three are not herbs?

Curry Star Anise Basil Salt Marjoram Mint Pepper Rosemary Dill Sage Parsley

If you carry on walking back down below, you will arrive at the Gnome Village, where the toadstools are home to the world’s oldest gnomes.

2) Music is coming from some of the toadstools. Where does the gnome who makes the music live?

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Keep following the path until you come to the fairytale of The Six Servants.

3) What are the names of The Six Servants?

1. ______

2. ______

3. ______

4. ______

5. ______

6. ______

4) Which servant is in the middle on top of the building opposite Long Neck?

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2 Walk further, past the musical toadstools, and follow the brick path up to .

5) What can you see on the tiles in Grandmother’s house?

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6) Who wrote the fairytale of Little Red Riding Hood?

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Continue along down the brick path and keep to the right. To your left you will see The Red Shoes dancing. Follow the path past the Troll King and the Talking Parrot from the fairytale The Naughty Princess, until you reach ’s tall tower.

7) What can you see on the weathervane on top of the tower roof?

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8) What is rapunzel?

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Continue the tour past the fairytale of , until you reach the fairytale of The Dragon. Pause there and answer the following question.

9) What is The Dragon guarding?

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Carry on until you arrive at the fairytale of The Wolf and the Seven Kids.

10) What animal is hiding under the bed?

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11) Where does the smallest kid hide when the wolf is at the door?

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Continue straight ahead and you will arrive at the fairytale of . Watch out! The witch will come outside if you try to open the gate and take some sweets from her gingerbread house!

12) What did Hansel push through the bars of his prison for the witch to feel?

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3 Follow the signs to Mother Holle’s well.

13) What did the hard-working daughter receive as a reward for helping Mother Holle?

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14) And what did the lazy daughter get?

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Walk to the left past Mother Holle’s house, where she is making it snow, and enter the Ersteling Inn.

15) What aroma can you smell in the inn?

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16) What is special about the table?

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Leave the inn and keep to the left. Walk past the donkey to ’s castle.

17) How was Snow White brought back to life?

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A little further along and to your left you will find the fairytale of .

18) How many of her own daughters does Cinderella’s stepmother have?

______daughter(s)

Continue walking to the fountain with the golden ball, depicting the fairytale of . Take a moment to relax on the Herauten Plein and absorb everything you’ve seen and heard.

19) How many heralds with trumpets can you see on the Herauten Plein?

______herald(s)

Walk through the gateway and follow the signs to the fairytale of .

20) Who wrote the fairytale of The Indian Water Lilies?

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4 21) What instruments are the frogs playing?

1. ______

2. ______

3. ______

4. ______

Once you are outside again, you will see a giant lying down in front of you… Listen to him snoring. Read about Tom Thumb’s adventure in the large book of fairytales next to the giant.

22) What other name is given to the giant’s boots?

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If you continue along, you will come across , who is singing out loud and unaware that he is being listened to…

23) What is lying on the floor of Rumpelstiltskin’s house?

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24) What is Rumpelstiltskin making in his house?

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The next fairytale you will visit is .

25) What appears in the smoke when the girl lights her four matches?

1. ______

2. ______

3. ______

4. ______

When you leave the fairytale of The Little Match Girl, follow the path to the palace from The Emperor’s New Clothes. This emperor is so vain that he spends more time trying on clothes than he does ruling. One day, two tailors offer their services to design a robe for the emperor.

5 26) What do the tailors make for the emperor?

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Further along the path you will find Fairytale Tree. He is 13 metres tall and a number of forest creatures live with him.

27) Which animals can you see? Name three of them.

1. ______

2. ______

3. ______

In the distance you can hear the flute from the fairytale of The Gardener and the Fakir.

28) What happens when the Fakir plays his flute?

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When you are ready, follow the path until you see the beautiful palace of the Emperor of China to your right. This is the fairytale of The Chinese Nightingale. Enter the palace.

29) What caused the emperor to become sick?

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You have now reached the end of a beautiful, interesting and undoubtedly informative tour of the Fairytale Forest, which has included all of its fairytales.

Perhaps you can also answer one last question:

30) When did the Fairytale Forest first open?

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Now that you are fully up to date on all of the fairytales and their extra facts and figures, you must be convinced that fairytales do come true!

Enjoy the rest of the World of Wonders!

6 Answers 1) Curry, salt and pepper 2) In the hollow tree trunk in the Gnome Village 3) Long Neck, Bullet Eye, Goose Bumps, Jumping Legs, Big Ears and Hill Belly 4) Bullet Eye 5) Ducks 6) , followed by the 7) A bird 8) The plant also known as corn salad 9) The treasure 10) A cat 11) In the grandfather clock in the left corner of the room 12) A stick instead of his finger 13) Gold 14) Tar 15) The aroma of cinnamon 16) It is a magic table on which food magically appears 17) Her coffin falls and the shock dislodges the piece of poisoned apple from her throat 18) Two daughters 19) Six heralds 20) Queen Fabiola of 21) Maracas, Trumpet, Double Bass and Banjo 22) Seven League Boots 23) Straw 24) Gold 25) 1. A warm fire 2. A festive dinner table with roast goose 3. A Christmas tree with a thousand candles 4. Her dear grandma 26) Nothing 27) Squirrel, Rabbit, Woodpecker 28) The colourful tulips start to grow 29) The real nightingale was forgotten when the emperor received a mechanical nightingale, which has since broken. The emperor becomes sick from sorrow, because the real nightingale will not return. Only when Death himself appears does the real nightingale return and sing so beautifully that the emperor makes a full recovery. He finally realises how ungrateful he has been. 30) 1952

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