Aladdin had help from the genie in the lamp. Alas for Wishy Washy – back to the laundry for him. But which of his washing powders contains enzymes to help remove the stains?

• Soap flakes
• Non-biological
• Biological

Sleeping Beauty was asleep for a hundred years.  That was some nap. There is a medical condition which causes the sufferers to fall asleep at irregular and unexpected times.  What is it?

• Narcolepsy
• Apoplexy
• Snoozyitis

Poor old Cinders had no way of getting to the ball.  Fortunately the Fairy Godmother was on hand to turn a pumpkin into a glorious golden carriage.  What gives the pumpkin its orange colour?

• Alpha-male
• Beta-carotene
• Delta Goodrum

Jack climbed the giant beanstalk and fooled the giant.  But what about poor old Buttercup, the cow who was sold for a handful of magic beans? Like many other ruminants, cows have four stomachs. The first stomach chamber is called the rumen where large amounts of food are stored and softened. After which it is regurgitated and chewed again. Eeeeuuck.  What is this process called?

• Chewing the fat
• Chewing the cud
• Chewing the toffee

Mother Goose is the tale of a goose that lays golden eggs. If only it were true…Gold is a fairly unreactive element but it can be dissolved by a mixture of one part nitric acid with three of hydrochloric acid.  This mixture was given its name because it dissolved gold, the King of Metals. What is it?

• Aqua scutum
• Aquaduct
• Aqua regia

Wendy & Co did their best but they just couldn’t match up to Peter Pan in the flying department. How fast could he travel to Neverland we wonder? Presumably not at the speed of sound - unlike our modern supersonic aircraft. The ratio of the speed of a body divided by the speed of sound is known as what?

• The Mach number
• The Richter scale
• Horsepower

Poor Snow White, poisoned with an innocent looking apple by her wicked step mother. Poisoning’s been in the news lately with the untimely death by poisoning of  Alexander Litvinenko with radioactive…

• Polonium – 210
• Carbon 60
• Liquid Oxygen

Deep in the dark forest the Babes in the Wood found a house made of gingerbread.  Ginger beer was one of the first carbonated soft drinks. It is made from root ginger, lemons, sugar, water and a fermenting agent.  What causes it to ferment?

• Hops
• Yeast
• Baking powder

Puss in Boots? Is the RSPCA Ok with that? Anyway, it would take more than a fancy pair of wellies to disguise a cat as a human.  Some features are a bit of a giveaway.  What does a Manx cat lack?

• Whiskers
• Fur
• A tail

Robinson Crusoe was castaway on a desert island with only Man Friday for company. Gerald Durrell, conservationist and author of ‘My Family and Other Animals’ spent his childhood on which island?

• Tofu
• Corfu
• Kung Fu