A Bunch of Fairies

1 What is the name of Shakespeare’s Queen of the Fairies?

2 Which British actress voiced the Fairy Godmother in Shrek 2?

3 Which film star’s figure was Disney’s Tinkerbell based on in Peter Pan?

4 First performed in 1692, who composed the opera The Fairy Queen?

5 Which play features fairies called Peaseblossom, Mustardseed and Cobweb?

6 Who replaced the deceased Kirsty Macoll on a 2005 reworking of the festive song Fairytale in New York?

7 Who penned the fairytale Hansel and Gretel?

8 Who voiced the Blue Fairy in the film A.I?

9 Who played the Green Fairy in the film Moulin Rouge?

10 Which company makes Fairy Liquid detergent?

11 Which racecourse hosts the Irish Grand National?

12 Which village near Bradford was at the centre of fake fairy photos in 1917?

13 Which George Orwell novel is sub-titled A Fairy Story?

14 Who created the characters of the Blue Fairy and Jiminy Cricket?

15 Which composition by Tchaikovsky features the Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy?

16 In which Disney film did a fairy sing Bibbidi Bobbidi Boo?

17 Which metal is said to be a fairy repellent?

18 Who played the fairy Tinkerbell in the film Hook?

19 Which sci- fi author said” Isn’t it enough to see a garden that is beautiful without having to believe there are fairies at the bottom of it too”?

20 Which children’s TV show featured a fairy called Mavis Cruet?

21 Which foodstuff was originally called fairy fluff?

22 In which Gilbert and Sullivan opera do fairies appear in the House of Lords?

23 In 1892, who penned the book Fairy Folk Tales of Ireland?

24 On which island is a female fairy that is attracted to human men known as a Lliannan-she?

25 In which countries are fairies that take the shape of birds known as Yosei?

Answers

1 Titania
2 Jennifer Saunders
3 Marilyn Monroe
4 Henry Purcell
5 A Midsummer Night’s Dream
6 Katie Melua
7 Brothers Grimm
8 Meryl Streep
9 Kylie Minogue
10 Proctor and Gamble
11 Fairyhouse
12 Cottingley
13 Animal Farm
14 Carlo Collodi
15 The Nutcracker Suite
16 Cinderella
17 Iron
18 Julia Roberts
19 Douglas Adams
20 Will O the Wisp
21 Candy floss
22 Iolanthe
23 WB Yeats
24 Isle of Man
25 Japan