Works by Andersen Quiz: 12 Trivia Questions and Answers

Works by Andersen Quiz: 12 Trivia Questions and Answers
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The Works by Andersen Quiz, which we invite you to take today, consists of 12 interesting questions on the best works of the great Danish storyteller. Will you be able to answer each of them correctly? Let's find out!

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1. What happens to Gerda in the flower garden of the woman who could conjure?

2. At what age does a mermaid first rise to the surface in one of Andersen's most famous fairy tales?

3. The plot of which Andersen tale is borrowed from a short story by Don Juan Manuel?

4. Based on which Andersen fairy tale did Igor Stravinsky create an opera of the same name in 1914?

5. Where did Thumbelina come from?

6. Where did the author say the story of the tale Auntie Toothache came from?

7. In which of Andersen's fairy tales does the main character show children dreams using an umbrella?

8. Why didn't the Steadfast Tin Soldier have one leg?

9. Which of Andersen's tales is the Grimm brothers' tale King Thrushbeard similar to?

10. The Tallow Candle is ...

11. Which of Andersen's tales begins "There was once a merchant who was so rich that he could have paved the whole street with gold, and would even then have had enough for a small alley"?

12. Which of Andersen's works is a short Christmas story?

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