1. Who was the original Mother Goose? Charles Perrault of France historians cannot agree on the identity of Mother Goose Elizabeth Goose of Boston Jean Loret of France

2. When is Mother Goose Day? April 1 May 1 October 31 September 30

3. Which famous Impressionistic composer wrote the ballet music "Mother Goose"? Frederick Chopin Johann Sebastian Bach Richard Wagner Maurice Ravel

4. Mother Goose became popular in England when John Newbery published "Mother Goose’s Melody" in 1765. The editor of this book is widely believed to have been an Irish writer, the author of "The Vicar of Wakefield" and "She Stoops to Conquer". Who was he? Oscar Wilde Oliver Goldsmith WIlliam Butler Yeats Jonathon Swift

5. Nursery rhymes are often thinly disguised descriptions of real people and historical events. "The Grand Old Duke of York" is commonly believed to relate to the War of the Roses – the struggle for the English crown between the Houses of York and Lancaster. Who was the Duke of York? Richard Plantagenet Edward IV Henry VI Andrew I

6. Some scholars have claimed that "Little Miss Muffet" represents a particular queen and the spider represents John Knox, a Scottish religious reformer and founder of Presbyterianism. Which queen is said to be "Little Miss Muffet"? Lady Jane Grey Mary I of England (“Bloody Mary”) Mary Queen of Scots Elizabeth I of England

7. One of the most common "urban legends" is that the nursery rhyme "Ring Around the Rosey" or "Ring-a-Ring o' Roses" is about an epidemic of which disease? bubonic (black) plague smallpox malaria cholera

8. Which of the following nursery rhymes is said to have been written as a protest against an export tax on fleece imposed in Britain? Little Bo Peep Sing a Song of Sixpence Mary had a Little Lamb Baa, Baa, Black Sheep

9. In 1714 George I ascended the throne of England. However, a political group called the Jacobites supported the son of the deposed James II's claim to the throne. Which of the following nursery rhymes is NOT a political commentary of (alleged) Jacobite origin? Hark, Hark, the Dogs do Bark Georgey Porgey, Pudding and Pie Jim and George were Two Great Lords There was a Crooked Man

10. Which of King Henry VIII's ministers is said to be immortalised in the nursery rhyme "Little Boy Blue" because of his failure to secure Henry's divorce from his first wife? Thomas Cranmer Thomas Cromwell Thomas Wolsey Thomas More