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Nursery Rhymes
Nursery rhymes mix catchy rhythm with strange little stories. This quiz explores how these short verses entertain children while hinting at deeper themes and historical traditions.
1 .
When was Mother Goose's Melody or Sonnets For The Cradle published?
1761
1781
1801
1821
This influential work was published by John Newberry
2 .
According to the nursery rhyme, who was quite contrary?
Bobby Shaftoe
Jill
Mary
The farmer's wife
"Mary, Mary, quite contrary - how does your garden grow?"
3 .
Which event is the rhyme Ring a Ring o' Roses said to denote?
The English Civil War
The Great Fire of London
The Great Plague
The Hundred Years War
Most folklorists reject that theory for many reasons, most notably that it did not appear until the middle part of the 20th Century and that the symptoms of the Plague do not match those described in the rhyme
4 .
Sing A Song Of Sixpence referred to how many dozen blackbirds?
1
2
3
4
"Four and twenty" = 24 = 2 dozen
5 .
In which year was the earliest known collection of nursery rhymes published?
1694
1744
1794
1844
Tommy Thumb's (Pretty) Song Book was published in London in 1744
6 .
In which part of England did Little Jack Horner allegedly live?
Cumberland
Nottinghamshire
Somerset
Yorkshire
He's thought to be based on Thomas Horner. The story goes that Horner was sent to London with a Christmas pie containing deeds to a dozen manors as a gift to Henry VIII. Horner opened the pie and helped himself to the deeds of Mells in Somerset
7 .
In the rhyme Ding Dong Dell, who or what was in the well?
Baby
Doggy
Pussy
Tommy
She was put there by little Johnny Flynn
8 .
Which nursery rhyme subject was unsuccesfully helped by the monarch's horses?
Cock Robin
Humpty Dumpty
London Bridge
Tom Thumb
"All the King's horses and all the King's men
Couldn't put Humpty together again"
Couldn't put Humpty together again"
9 .
For what did Old Mother Hubbard go to the cupboard?
Bone
Bread
Meat
Water
"To fetch her poor doggy a bone"
10 .
In which garment did Wee Willie Winkie travel the streets?
Coat So Grey
Nightgown
Silk shirt
Woollen jumper
"Wee Willie Winkie runs through the town,
Up stairs and down stairs in his nightgown"
Up stairs and down stairs in his nightgown"
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