S8 E4 - And They Quizzed Happily Ever After - a podcast by Quiz and Hers

Once upon a time, Hallie wrote six trivia questions about fairy tales. And she and Justin also talked about ballet, video games, and French history. And they quizzed happily ever after.

1:53: Q1 (Arts & Literature): The titular household object of what fairy tale sequel written by English author Charles Lutwidge Dodgson under a pseudonym was based on a real object, which remains displayed in Gloucestershire, England?

7:35: Q2 (Sports & Games): What series of action role-playing games, first published by Square Enix in 2002, includes fairytale characters like the little mermaid and Rapunzel in addition to many other characters who are already well-known in popular culture?

12:58: Q3 (Music): What ballet that premiered in St. Petersburg on January 15, 1890 and was based on a classic fairy tale was the second fairy tale-based ballet by the same composer, the first of which is one of the most popular ballets of all time?

18:59: Q4 (Times & Places): Historians believe that the beast of Beauty and the Beast is based on Petrus Gonsalvus, a man born with hypertrichosis, who was “gifted” to King Henry II of France at the age of 10.  After King Henry II died, what wife of his who was born in Florence and gave birth to 3 future kings, married Gonsalvus off to the daughter of a court servant who coincidentally shared her first name?

28:24: Q5 (Everything Else): The 7 dwarves from Snow White and the Seven Dwarves likely had what genetic condition, which translates to without cartilage molding and which causes the arms and legs to be shorter but the torso to be of normal length?

33:29: Q6 (Movies & TV): What 1984 English-language German film, based on the novel of the same name by Michael Ende, is about a  young warrior who is tasked with stopping a dark force called the Nothing from engulfing the fantasy world of Fantasia with the help of the luckdragon, Falkor?

Theme music: "Thinking it Over" by Lee Rosevere, licensed under CC BY 2.0

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