Faeries
Nymphs, nereids and undines are all examples of what type of spirit?
A) Fire Spirit
B) Water Spirit
C) Air Spirit
Water Spirit
What color was the apple that the evil stepmother/witch gave Snow White to eat?
A) red
B) yellow
C) white and red
white and red
The California Gold Rush began on January 24th of what year?
A) 1818
B) 1848
C) 1875
1848
Which of these facts describes the Berlin Wall?
A) Construction Began In 1961
B) Largely Constructed By Mennonites
C) The Longest Constructed Wall In The World
Construction Began In 1961
Which of the following is NOT a fruit?
A) Olive
B) Rhubarb
C) Tomato
Rhubarb
Made famous in a ballet, which fairy is normally seen in orchards, especially in the spring?
A) Titania
B) Tinkerbell
C) Sugar Plum Fairy
Sugar Plum Fairy
Who published the original "Rapunzel" fairy tale?
A) The Grimm Brothers
B) Aarne Thompson
C) Charles Dickens
The Grimm Brothers
James W. Marshall was a foreman working for John Sutter, a Sacramento pioneer, building what when he discovered gold?
A) A lumber mill
B) A tower
C) A church
A lumber mill
In Germany, you would likely say "Gute nacht" before doing what?
A) Paying a bar tab
B) Going on stage
C) Going To bed
Going To bed
The Leatherback sea turtle can grow to how many pounds?
A) 600 lbs
B) 800 lbs
C) 2,000 lbs
2,000 lbs
Sometimes thought of as scary, which fairy can be heard crying when there is going to be a death in the family?
A) Brownie
B) Banshee
C) Goblin
Banshee
"Beauty and the Beast" hails from what country?
A) Germany
B) France
C) Sweden
France
About how many people had arrived in California for the gold rush by 1855?
A) 40,000
B) 300,000
C) 1,000,000
300,000
What fruit is in Germany's famous "Black Forest Cake"?
A) Raspberries
B) Strawberries
C) Cherries
Cherries
What animal did Australian soldiers fight in 1932?
A) Crocodiles
B) Emus
C) Ostriches
Emus
What are the nymphs who look after trees called?
A) Brownies
B) Dryads
C) Gnomes
Dryads
How did the frog turn into a prince in the original telling of the Grimm Brothers' "Frog Prince"?
A) She kisses him
B) She throws him against the wall in disgust
C) She covered him with a bowl
She throws him against the wall in disgust
Early on, prospectors could work for six months in the goldfields and typically end up with how many years equivalent worth of wages from back home?
A) Three years
B) Six years
C) Fifteen years
Six years
What is New Year's Eve called in Germany?
A) Silvester
B) Jutengraf
C) Led Zeppelin
Silvester
What percentage of the world is allergic to cats?
A) 1%
B) 3%
C) 10%
10%
6. Which fairy is seen in swamps and leads people away from the safe paths?
A) Will-o-the-wisp
B) Green Jenny
C) Redcap
Will-o-the-wisp
In the Norwegian fairy tale "The Princess on the Glass Hill" (or "The Glass Mountain"), what three objects does the princess hold?
A) a sword, a crown, a staff
B) a ruby, a diamond, a emerald
C) golden apples
golden apples
From the East Coast, a sailing voyage around the tip of South America to get to California would take how long?
B) Five to eight months
C) Eleven months to a year
D) One month
Five to eight months
If you're hungry in Northern Germany and order "Eintopf", you're getting a bowl of what?
A) Seafood Stew
B) Sausage Loaf Stew
C) Onion And Mushroom Soup
Seafood Stew
What is a group of flamingos called?
A) Dazzle
B) Flamboyance
C) Brilliance
Flamboyance
8. Said to live in the seas around the islands of Scotland, what is the name of the fairy who can take off its animal skin and come ashore as a human?
A) Selkie
B) Jerome
C) Peck
Selkie
What is the literal meaning of the name "Rumplestiltskin"?
A) Crazy little man
B) Little name stealer
C) Little rattle stilt
Little rattle stilt
The most famous quote of the California Gold Rush was by newspaper publisher and merchant Samuel Brannan who strode through the streets of San Francisco, holding aloft a vial of gold, shouting what?
A) "Gold! Gold! Gold from the American River!"
B) “Gold! We are going to be rich!”
C) “Gold will soon pave the streets of California!”
"Gold! Gold! Gold from the American River!"
In what city is the Museum Ludwig, which houses many works by Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein?
A) Cologne
B) Hamburg
C) Dresden
Cologne
What did Mark Twain try to be before he became a worldwide famous writer?
A) Undertaker
B) Gold miner
D) Actuary
Gold miner