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The Ultimate Nursery Rhymes Quiz | Kid Lit General

This quiz is about well-known nursery rhymes. Questions in most cases refer to the hero of a mini-story. First letters are given as a hint. Example:Who would a-wooing go whether his mother would let him or not? Wasn't it a f___ ? Answer: frog.

A multiple-choice quiz by chrissie_26. Estimated time: 8 mins.

Author
chrissie_26

Time
8 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
52,881

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
15

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
12 / 15

Plays
4273

Last 3 plays: Guest 131 (15/15), ozfei (14/15), Scottie2306 (12/15).

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Question 1 of 15

1. Who sat in the corner, eating a Christmas pie, putting in his thumb and pulling a plum? Wasn't it Little Jack _______?

Answer: (One Word, starts with H)

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Question 2 of 15

2. Who was a merry old soul, called for his pipe, his bowl and his fiddlers three? Wasn't it Old King _____?

Answer: (One Word, starts with C)

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Question 3 of 15

3. If Monday's child is fair of face, what's Tuesday's child like then? Isn't it full of ______?

Answer: (One Word, starts with G)

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Question 4 of 15

4. Who went up the hill to fetch a pail of water? Wasn't it Jack and _____?

Answer: (One Word, starts with J)

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Question 5 of 15

5. Rub-a-dub-dub: who were the three men in a tub, apart from the candlestickmaker? Wasn't it the _______ and the baker?

Answer: (One Word, starts with B)

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Question 6 of 15

6. Where did the old woman live that, if she is not gone, lives there still? Wasn't it under the _____?

Answer: (One Word, starts with H)

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Question 7 of 15

7. What grand old Duke had ten thousand men and marched them up to the top of the hill? Wasn't it the Duke of _____?

Answer: (One Word, starts with Y)

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Question 8 of 15

8. Shall we all have tea? Have they all gone away? And who put the kettle on before Sukey took it off again? Wasn't it ______?

Answer: (One Word, starts with P)

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Question 9 of 15

9. Why had the pussy cat been to London? Wasn't it to look at the ______?

Answer: (One Word, starts with Q)

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Question 10 of 15

10. Who went to the cupboard to fetch her poor dog a bone? Alas when she got there the cupboard was bare and the poor dog had none. Wasn't it old Mother _______?

Answer: (One Word, starts with H)

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Question 11 of 15

11. Who sings for his supper and shall be given white bread and butter? Sure it was Little Tom _______?

Answer: (One Word, starts with T)

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Question 12 of 15

12. Who could eat no fat? Wasn't it Jack ______?

Answer: (One Word, starts with S)

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Question 13 of 15

13. Where did the old woman live who had so many children that she did not know what to do? Wasn't it in a _____?

Answer: (One Word, starts with S)

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Question 14 of 15

14. Who went to a pieman and wanted to taste his ware? Of course it must have been Simple ______?

Answer: (One Word, starts with S)

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Question 15 of 15

15. Who must fly away home because her house is on fire and all her children are gone? Oh sure it must be the ________?

Answer: (One Word, starts with L)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Who sat in the corner, eating a Christmas pie, putting in his thumb and pulling a plum? Wasn't it Little Jack _______?

Answer: Horner

2. Who was a merry old soul, called for his pipe, his bowl and his fiddlers three? Wasn't it Old King _____?

Answer: Cole

3. If Monday's child is fair of face, what's Tuesday's child like then? Isn't it full of ______?

Answer: Grace

4. Who went up the hill to fetch a pail of water? Wasn't it Jack and _____?

Answer: Jill

5. Rub-a-dub-dub: who were the three men in a tub, apart from the candlestickmaker? Wasn't it the _______ and the baker?

Answer: butcher

6. Where did the old woman live that, if she is not gone, lives there still? Wasn't it under the _____?

Answer: hill

7. What grand old Duke had ten thousand men and marched them up to the top of the hill? Wasn't it the Duke of _____?

Answer: York

8. Shall we all have tea? Have they all gone away? And who put the kettle on before Sukey took it off again? Wasn't it ______?

Answer: Polly

9. Why had the pussy cat been to London? Wasn't it to look at the ______?

Answer: Queen

10. Who went to the cupboard to fetch her poor dog a bone? Alas when she got there the cupboard was bare and the poor dog had none. Wasn't it old Mother _______?

Answer: Hubbard

11. Who sings for his supper and shall be given white bread and butter? Sure it was Little Tom _______?

Answer: Tucker

Alas, how shall he cut it without a knife, and how will he be married without a wife...

12. Who could eat no fat? Wasn't it Jack ______?

Answer: Sprat

Fortunately his wife could not eat the lean and so between them both they licked the platter clean.

13. Where did the old woman live who had so many children that she did not know what to do? Wasn't it in a _____?

Answer: shoe

Poor children. They got broth without any bread and were whipped before they were put to bed.

14. Who went to a pieman and wanted to taste his ware? Of course it must have been Simple ______?

Answer: Simon

Bad luck for Simple Simon: he was asked first to show his penny but had not any.

15. Who must fly away home because her house is on fire and all her children are gone? Oh sure it must be the ________?

Answer: Ladybird

Nursery rhymes occur in variants, as most folk songs do as well.
Ladybug is US English; ladybird is British English.

Source: Author chrissie_26

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