This Nursery Rhymes Trivia Is Wholesome… and Surprisingly Hard
1.
In the rhyme "All Around the Mulberry Bush", who chased the weasel?
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Monkey
2.
In the rhyme "Baa, Baa, Black Sheep", how many bags of wool are mentioned?
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3
3.
Finish the line from "The Farmer in the Dell": "Hi-ho..."?
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The Derry-O
4.
In the rhyme "Hey Diddle Diddle", who runs away with the spoon?
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The Dish
5.
In the rhyme "Hickory Dickory Dock", what time did the clock strike?
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1
6.
In the rhyme "Humpty Dumpty", where was Humpty Dumpty sitting?
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On A Wall
7.
Which nursery rhyme character had so many children she didn't know what to do?
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The Old Lady Who Lived In A Shoe
8.
In the nursery rhyme, what couldn't Jack Sprat's wife eat?
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Lean
9.
Who does an apple a day keep away?
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A Doctor
10.
What is the star like in "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star"?
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A Diamond
11.
What did the old woman in the shoe have too many of?
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Children
12.
What song asks you to "shake it all about"?
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Hokey Pokey
13.
Whose men tried to put "Humpty Dumpty" back together?
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The King
14.
Whom can one see at Banbury Cross ?
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A Fine Lady
15.
In this nursery rhyme, what does Wee Willie Winkie wear ?
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A Nightgown
16.
In the nursery rhyme "Rub-a-dub-dub", who, besides the candlestick maker, was in the tub?
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Butcher And Baker
17.
In the rhyme "One Two Buckle My Shoe", what word comes after "nine ten a big fat..."?
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Hen
18.
Who sat in the corner, eating a Christmas pie, putting in his thumb and pulling a plum ?
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Jack Horner
19.
Who went up the hill with Jack to fetch a pail of water ?
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Jill
20.
The pussy cat has been to London to look at whom?
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The Queen
21.
What did Yankee Doodle stick in his cap?
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A Feather
22.
Mary of the nursery rhyme "Mary, Mary Quite Contrary" grows what?
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A Garden
23.
What did Yankee Doodle ride to town on?
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A Pony
24.
Eeny, meeny, miny, moe, what do you catch by a toe?
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A Tiger
25.
When Georgie Porgie kissed the girls, what did they do?
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Cry
26.
What did London Bridge do?
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Fall Down
27.
What did Little Boy Blue do in the haystack?
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Fall Fast Asleep
28.
Mary's little lamb made the schoolchildren do what?
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Laugh And Play
29.
What blew off of the top of spaghetti when somebody sneezed?
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My Poor Meatball
30.
In the nursery rhyme "Hey Diddle Diddle", who had a fiddle?
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The Cat
31.
How many blind mice ran after the farmer's wife?
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Three
32.
How many fiddlers did Old King Cole call for?
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Three
33.
What color was Mary's little lamb?
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White
34.
What did "Old Mother Hubbard" go to cupboard for?
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To Get Her Dog A Bone
35.
How many dwarves did Snow White get associated with?
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Seven
36.
What did the farmer's wife use to cut off the tails of the "Three Blind Mice"?
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A Carving Knife
37.
In "Hush, Little Baby", what will the mother buy the baby if the diamond ring turns to brass?
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A Looking Glass
38.
Who did "Simple Simon" meet when he went to the fair?
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A Pieman
39.
What does "Little Miss Muffet" eat?
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Curds And Whey
40.
How did Georgie Porgie make the girls cry?
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He Kissed Them
41.
What did Yankee Doodle call the feather he stuck in his cap?
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Macaroni
42.
In "She Sells Seashells" where were the seashells sold?
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On The Seashore
43.
Going on a "Ring Around the Rosie" there's a pocket full of what?
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Posies
44.
What did the Knave of Hearts steal in the nursery rhyme "The Queen of Hearts"?
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Tarts
45.
In "The Farmer in the Dell" what stands alone?
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The Cheese
46.
In "Mary Had a Little Lamb", the lamb followed Mary where?
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To School
47.
"Red sky at night, shepherd's delight, red sky at morning ..."?
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Shepherd's Warning
48.
Who marched his men up to the top of the hill, then marched them down again?
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The Duke Of York
49.
In "The Farmer and the Dell", what does the rat take?
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Cheese
50.
Whose house is "Over the River and Through the Woods"?
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Grandmother's House
51.
When "This Old Man" played three, what did he play knick knack on?
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Knee
52.
Where did "Peter, Peter Pumpkin Eater" put his wife?
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Pumpkin Shell
53.
In "The Cat and the Fiddle", why did the dog laugh?
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Because He Saw Such Sport
54.
In the nursery rhyme "Jack and Jill", why did Jack and Jill go up the hill?
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To Fetch A Pail Of Water
55.
Who broke his crown in "Jack And Jill"?
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Jack
56.
What ran up the clock in "Hickory Dickory Dock"?
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Mouse
57.
What did little Jack Horner pull out from the pie in "Little Jack Horner"?
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Plum
58.
In the kids' song "Hush Little Baby", what will Mama buy if the mockingbird won't sing?
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A Diamond Ring
59.
How many men did the Grand Old Duke Of York march up a hill?
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Ten Thousand
60.
In "Bingo", who owned the dog named Bingo?
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A Farmer
61.
In the song "There was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly" what animal finally killed the old lady?
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A Horse
62.
What was Little Jack Horner eating in the nursery rhyme?
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His Christmas Pie
63.
In the nursery rhyme, what did "Jack Sprat" and his wife do?
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Licked The Platter Clean
64.
What time does the 10 o'clock scholar now come?
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Noon
65.
In "Little Boy Blue", where was the little boy sleeping under?
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A Haystack
66.
In "Hey Diddle Diddle", what jumped over the moon?
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Cow
67.
In "Little Bo Peep", what does Little Bo Peep lose?
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Her Sheep
68.
In "Three Little Kittens", what did the kittens lose?
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Their Mittens
69.
What was Fuzzy Wuzzy?
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A Bear
70.
According to Mary Poppins, what helps the medicine go down?
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A Spoonful Of Sugar
71.
What color is Miss Mary Mac all dressed in?
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Black
72.
In what nursery rhyme does the cheese stand alone?
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Farmer In The Dell
73.
In "A Tisket A Tasket", what color is the basket?
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Green And Yellow
74.
What are little girls made of?
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Sugar And Spice
75.
What did the Itsy Bitsy Spider climb up?
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The Water Spout
76.
The song "If You're Happy and You Know It" tells you to do what?
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Clap, Stomp And Shout
77.
Who were the mice chasing, in the song "Three Blind Mice"?
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The Farmer's Wife
78.
In what song did she "cut off their tales with a carving knife"?
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Three Blind Mice
79.
Which rhyme is used to pick one person or object out of several?
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Eeny Meeny Miny Moe
80.
Which song contains the line "go eat worms"?
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Nobody Likes Me
81.
What is the ending to this line in a children's song: "I'm bringing home a baby..."?
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Bumblebee
82.
In the song that begins "Sing a Song of Sixpence", how many blackbirds were baked in a pie ?
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24
83.
What grand old Duke had ten thousand men and marched them up to the top of the hill ?
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York
84.
In "Little Boy Blue" what is little boy blue doing?
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Sleeping
85.
What did the "Farmer in the Dell" take?
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A Wife
86.
What did the Knave of Hearts do to the Queen of Hearts' tarts in the nursery rhyme?
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Stole Them
87.
When the ants were marching one by one, what did the little one stop to do?
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Suck His Thumb
88.
In "Hey Diddle Diddle" who laughed to see such a sport?
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The Little Dog
89.
In "The Farmer In The Dell", what did the cat take?
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The Rat
90.
When the ants were marching two by two, what did the little one stop to do?
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Tie His Shoe
91.
In the "Owl and the Pussycat" they took some honey and lots of money and wrapped it in a what?
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A Five Pound Note
92.
What do you mark the cake with in the nursery rhyme "Pat-a-Cake"?
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A "B"
93.
In "Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary", what silver things did Mary grow in her garden?
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Bells
94.
What did "Betty Botter" need for her batter?
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Butter
95.
When "Little Boy Blue" must blow his horn, which animal is in the corn?
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Cow
96.
In "This Little Piggy", what did the second little piggy do?
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Stayed Home
97.
In "Sing a Song of Sixpence", how many blackbirds were baked in a pie?
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Twenty-Four
98.
After I buckle my shoe, open the door and pick up sticks, what's next?
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Lay Them Straight
99.
Who put the cat in the well in the nursery rhyme "Ding Dong Bell"?
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Little Johnny Flynn
100.
In the nursery rhyme "Pop! Goes the Weasel", how much does a spool of thread cost?
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A Penny
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