General Knowledge Quiz 248

Questions

1. Futuristic children's author Lyman Frank Baum (1856-1919) created?

   1. Willy Wonka
   2. The Wizard of Oz
   3. The Hobbit
   4. Ghostbusters

2. The Sugar Plum Fairy features in the ballet?

   1. Romeo and Juliet
   2. The Nutcracker
   3. Swan Lake
   4. A Midsummer Night's Dream

3. Flora, Fauna, and Merryweather are which three of?

   1. Yellow
   2. Green
   3. White
   4. Blue
   5. Red

4. Sandman, Somnos, Morpheus, and Rip Van Winkle are all associated with?

   1. Singing
   2. Hunting
   3. Sleeping
   4. Archery

5. What is the popular alias and interest of Robin Goodfellow?

   1. Thor
   2. Sweeny Todd
   3. Puck
   4. Hearth
   5. Crops
   6. Hair

6. 'La Fata dai Capelli Turchini' in Carlo Collodi's 1883 book Pinocchio, is in Disney's film?

   1. The Terrible Dogfish
   2. Blue Fairy
   3. Jiminy Cricket
   4. Geppetto

7. Which two of these are not typical suits in Tarot cards: Swords, Wings, Wands, Coins, Garlands, or Cups?

8. Prospero rescues Ariel from a tree where he was imprisoned by Sycorax in?

   1. The Tempest
   2. Death of a Salesman
   3. The Mousetrap
   4. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

9. Maleficent is the main villain of Walt Disney's 1959 film?

   1. The Jungle Book
   2. Sleeping Beauty
   3. Fantasia
   4. Bambi

10. HC Andersen's Tommelise originated (Where?) in 1835 and became (What?) in England in 1846?

    1. India
    2. USA
    3. Denmark
    4. Ikea
    5. Mercedes
    6. Thumbelina

11. What is a fizzy drink, spayed ferret, Kitty Pryde of X-Men, and an Austin-Healey sports car?

    1. Fanta
    2. Kia-Ora
    3. Sprite
    4. Red Bull

12. The unit of measurement replaced by the yard in 11th century England was the?

    1. Stick
    2. Mace
    3. Wand
    4. Spell

13. A popular old joke format entails the protagonist(s) being given (How many?

14. It is suggested that Professor Flitwick used fairies as Christmas lights at?

    1. Trafalgar Square
    2. Times Square
    3. Hogwarts
    4. On The Good Ship Lollipop

15. 'Fairy rings' (dark circles of grass in a field or lawn) are caused by?

    1. Moles
    2. Mushrooms
    3. Rotted treestumps
    4. Nobody knows

16. The Aarne-Thompson classification of c.2500 'plots' is used in analysis of?

    1. Folkloristics
    2. Conjuring
    3. Gardening
    4. Pantomime

17. Dawn in the USA, Dreft in Holland, and Yes in Sweden equate in the UK/Europe and Australia to?

    1. Jif
    2. Persil
    3. Omo
    4. Fairy

18. Igaluk (moon), Nanook (bears), and Nerrivik (sea/food provider) are mythological dieties/spirits of what mythology?

    1. Roman
    2. Greek
    3. Inuit
    4. Belgian

19. The 1979 Great Oil Sniffer Hoax prompted what French corporation to waste $150m developing an impossible 'gravity wave-based oil detection system'?

    1. Elf
    2. Hermes
    3. Renault
    4. L'Oreal

20. JM Barrie's creation 'Neverland' is associated with?

    1. Holidays
    2. Childhood
    3. Loans
    4. Chocolate

21. Leprechauns originate in the folklore of?

    1. Scotland
    2. Ireland
    3. Germany
    4. Brazil