Mother Goose's Worst Nightmare Multiple Choice Quiz

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1. Master Horner dined in a shell which was beside a large ringing clock with a mouse inside of it. Which of these rhymes does NOT include the characters or places being described in a new scenario?

Answer: Pop Goes the Weasel

"One O'Clock Horner"

Little Jack Horner hid in a shell,
Made from pumpkin which tasted so swell.
The clock soon stuck one,
So Jack and the mouse did run
Back into his corner
To eat a ripe plum!

2. Mary and her little lamb were creating havoc in a shoe way over on Drury Lane. Which of these rhymes does NOT include the characters or places being described in a new scenario?

Answer: Polly Put the Kettle On

"Lamb Boo-oo-oo"

Mary and her woolly lamb
Never went to school today.
Instead they crept inside a shoe
While the Old Woman was away!

On Drury Lane that shoe looked grand.
It was right next door to the Muffin Man.
Then Mary's lamb broke the rules there, too,
When it chased the children and shouted, "B-oo-oo-oo!"

3. Inside a bus there were four and twenty blackbirds listening to the Tucker boy who was singing as the wheels went round, round, round! Which of these rhymes does NOT include the characters or places being described in a new scenario?

Answer: Wash the Dishes

"Tommy Tucker's Blackbird Snooze Bus"

Sing a song of bread and butter
For a boy named Tommy Tucker,
While four and twenty blackbirds
Don't want you to ... eat them for your supper!

They all rode inside a silly bus.
No birds in a pie baked golden brown.
It cost Tommy just a sixpence
For them to watch the wheels go round.

Then soon it started raining
So the wipers went swish, swish, swish
Tommy Tucker had no knife to spread
Butter on to his bread, the way he wished.

Soon all of those blackbirds
No longer made a sound
They'd fallen asleep on the bus
And they barely make a sound.

Tommy Tucker pushed the bus's horn
So it would beep, beep, beep;
And the four and twenty blackbirds
Were fast roused from their sleep!

4. Jill was joyfully watching a bovine jumping over the moon, while a musical arachnid was getting a sudden shower. Which of these rhymes does NOT include the characters or places being described in a new scenario?

Answer: Hickety Pickety

"No Hill for Jack and Jill"

Hey diddle diddle
Who's playing the fiddle?
A cow jumped over the moon, at will.
Jack sat by the spout
While rain washed the spider out.
Water here is easier than climbing that hill!

Hey diddle diddle,
Jane wrote down a riddle
The little dog laughed at Jane's silly tune.
Jack filled up the pail
Then it started to hail
So the dish ran away with the spoon.

Hey diddle diddle
In the spout, at the middle,
The spider just wiggled about.
Soon, the rain again fell
Filling the hilltop's well
And the spider, again, was flushed out!

5. Rather than falling all of the time, this egg was strolling between the silver bells and the cockle shells in Mary's garden. The egg soon made girls cry because of a kiss. Which of these rhymes does NOT include the characters or places being described in a new scenario?

Answer: She Sells Seashells

Humpty Dumpty, looking slumpy,
Strolled where a garden did grow.
It had cockle shells and silver bells
And pretty maids all in a row.

Humpty Dumpty, acting grumpy,
Kissed the girls and made them cry
Mary, Mary quite contrary
Told Dumpty to beat it, or he would fry!

6. A very nimble boy named Jack was sharing a breakfast of curds and whey as he sailed along in a pea green boat. Which of these rhymes does NOT include the characters or places being described in a new scenario?

Answer: A Diller a Dollar

"Jack and Miss Muffet in a Pea Green Boat"

Nimble Jack and Miss Muffet went out to sea
In a boat very green, as green as a pea.
They ate some of their curds and ate some of their whey,
Then Jack jumped over the candlestick, on this wonderful day.

Jack tied the boat to a tree on the shore, this is true.
Little Miss Muffet then screamed, "What's that bug on you?"
A spider frightened Miss Muffet, who then ran away
So Jack ate up the rest of the curds and whey.

7. The butcher, baker and candlestick-maker were riding six white horses on their way to a town, when they met a man with a lot of wives. Which of these rhymes does NOT include the characters or places being described in a new scenario?

Answer: A Farmer Went Trotting Upon His Grey Mare

"Getting the Goods in St. Ives"

They'll be comin' round the mountain, when they come,
The butcher, baker and candlestick-maker are on the run!
On six white horses they did ride,
While meeting a man with seven wives,
They'll be comin' round the mountain, when they come.

They'll be heading t'ward the water, when they come,
Their tub is moored at St. Ives' dock, in the sun!
They will jump back in the tub
While yelling Rub a Dub Dub
They'll be heading t'ward the water, when they come!

They'll load up the tub with goodies, when they come,
Forty nine sacks, three hundred forty three cats, we're not done!
Two thousand and one kits too
That's more than just a bit to chew!
They'll load up the tub with goodies, when they come!

8. John was missing a shoe but still had both of his stockings on. Chances were that his shoe was in the same place as the missing herd of sheep so he asked Simon if he might know where to look. Which of these rhymes does NOT include the characters or places being described in a new scenario?

Answer: Two Little Dicky Birds

"One Shoeless John"

Diddle Diddle Dumpling, my son John,
Met a pie man, while walking along,
He asked the pie man if he'd seen his shoe
The pie man said, "If you show me first your penny, I'll tell you!"

Well, John had no penny, he even had no cents,
When he saw a herd of sheep, over by the fence!
They were wagging their tails and tossing his shoe,
So he walked home behind them, what else could he do?

9. A rather merry old soul woke up, from a snooze under the haystack, with the sound of breaking branches overhead! Which of these rhymes does NOT include the characters or places being described in a new scenario?

Answer: Cry Baby Bunting

"King Cole Asleep In the Hay"

Little Boy Blue
With your horn, come and play.
Leave those cows in the corn,
As you watch the cradle sway!

Then the bough, it can break
Above King Cole's fine head
And his fiddlers three
Can play Rock a Bye Baby instead.

That merry old soul,
In the haystack can sleep,
While the baby falls and then lands,
In a meadow filled with sheep.

10. Instead of sitting in a saucer, a little girl was running upstairs and downstairs in a nightgown. She was on a quest to get some bags full of wool. Which of these rhymes does NOT include the characters or places being described in a new scenario?

Answer: Pease Porridge Hot

"Black Wool for Sally by 8 O'clock"

Baa Baa, Mister Black Sheep
Sally Walker needs your aid
She's only in a nightgown
That Wee Willie made.

She's running up and down the stairs
No master, dame or boy in sight
Please give her three bags of wool
So she'll stop weeping on this night.

She knows she has to do a trick.
Wee Willie said, before 8 o'clock is best.
I assure you that Sally Walker can point
To the east and to the west!

So, baa baa black sheep
Won't you help Sally with her quest?
Then she will point to you,
The one that she loves best!

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Mother Goose's Worst Nightmare Quiz

Our nursery rhyme characters have been running amok while Mother Goose was away. When she returned, she found very strange situations. Your job is to figure out which rhyme isn't part of the NEW rhyme's scenario. Special thanks to Agony, you're the BEST!

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