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Quiz about Once Upon a Time
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Once Upon a Time Trivia Quiz


The children of Father Time are hidden in a rhyme. Find out who they are in once upon a time. Please don't be harsh on me, if the rhymes aren't what they ought to be.

A multiple-choice quiz by pollucci19. Estimated time: 3 mins.
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Author
pollucci19
Time
3 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
332,124
Updated
Aug 19 23
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Very Easy
Avg Score
10 / 10
Plays
2530
Awards
Top 20% Quiz
Last 3 plays: RedRobin7 (10/10), Guest 24 (8/10), lolleyjay (10/10).
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Question 1 of 10
1. Once upon a time in hickory dickory flower
Three blind mice counted the minutes in the hour.

How many minutes are there in an hour?
Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. Once upon a time four and twenty was a bird
Now if Monday is the first which one is the third?

If Monday is the first day of the week, what day would be the third?
Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. Once upon a time the owl and pussycat had this fear
"If we sail for twelve whole months, we'll be gone one whole _____".

What length of time is equal to twelve months?
Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. Once upon a time Mary washed her fleece in starch
But soldiers like it best when their feet begin to _____.

What is the next month AFTER February?
Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. Once upon a time Humpty Dumpty grew some feet
He collected seven days, said he was feeling _____.

What length of time, that rhymes with the missing word, is equal to seven days?
Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. Once upon a time when Jack and Jill were Texans
They didn't want a minute, they wanted sixty _____.

What does a minute have sixty of?
Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. Once upon a time the cow sat on the moon.
Donald Duck's nieces are April, May and _____.

What is the sixth month of the year?
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Question 8 of 10
8. Once upon a time Tommy Tucker had a cousin
There are not twenty hours in a day but there are two dozen.

How many hours are there in a day?
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Question 9 of 10
9. Once upon a time little Miss Muffet got a fright
She says "AM" is the day-time and "PM" is the _____.

What is the opposite of day?
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Question 10 of 10
10. Once upon a time the Three Wise Men did speak
But didn't tell their fortnight joke because it was too _____.

How many weeks are in a fortnight?
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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Once upon a time in hickory dickory flower Three blind mice counted the minutes in the hour. How many minutes are there in an hour?

Answer: 60

The approved international symbol for minute is "min".
2. Once upon a time four and twenty was a bird Now if Monday is the first which one is the third? If Monday is the first day of the week, what day would be the third?

Answer: Wednesday

Wednesday comes after Tuesday but before Thursday. In the rhyme 'Solomon Grundy', Solomon got married on a Wednesday.
3. Once upon a time the owl and pussycat had this fear "If we sail for twelve whole months, we'll be gone one whole _____". What length of time is equal to twelve months?

Answer: Year

There is no approved international symbol for the word 'year', however, it is not uncommon to use an abbreviation such as "y" or "yr".
4. Once upon a time Mary washed her fleece in starch But soldiers like it best when their feet begin to _____. What is the next month AFTER February?

Answer: March

March has thirty one days. In the northern hemisphere it is the start of spring but in the southern hemisphere it is the start of autumn (fall).
5. Once upon a time Humpty Dumpty grew some feet He collected seven days, said he was feeling _____. What length of time, that rhymes with the missing word, is equal to seven days?

Answer: Week

Once upon a time (1929), in the USSR, they used to have a five day week. They changed it in 1931 to a six day week. Then in 1940 they made it a seven day week. How confusing would that have been?
6. Once upon a time when Jack and Jill were Texans They didn't want a minute, they wanted sixty _____. What does a minute have sixty of?

Answer: Seconds

The international symbol for a second is "s". It is sometimes shown as the abbreviation "sec".
7. Once upon a time the cow sat on the moon. Donald Duck's nieces are April, May and _____. What is the sixth month of the year?

Answer: June

June has thirty days. It is the start of summer in the northern hemisphere and winter in the southern hemisphere.
8. Once upon a time Tommy Tucker had a cousin There are not twenty hours in a day but there are two dozen. How many hours are there in a day?

Answer: 24

A day is usually the measure of time it takes for the earth to make a single rotation around the sun.
9. Once upon a time little Miss Muffet got a fright She says "AM" is the day-time and "PM" is the _____. What is the opposite of day?

Answer: Night

Miss Muffet is not really right. "PM" is an abbreviation for two Latin words, 'post meridiem', which mean 'after noon'. "AM", on the other hand, is for 'ante meridiem', which means 'before noon'.
10. Once upon a time the Three Wise Men did speak But didn't tell their fortnight joke because it was too _____. How many weeks are in a fortnight?

Answer: 2

A fortnight is equal to fourteen days. The name, fortnight, comes from an Old English word that means fourteen nights.
Source: Author pollucci19

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This quiz is part of series Commission #13:

Repetition is a clever memory aid! And our authors in the Author Lounge took that lesson to heart in November 2010 with a Commission asking them to repeat their quiz titles throughout their quizzes. After all, repetition is a clever memory aid!

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  2. Time After Time Average
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  4. Frankly, My Dear, I Don't Give a ... Average
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  6. I Am What I Am Tough
  7. Get Out of My Head! Easier
  8. LOUD and CLEAR Very Easy
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  10. Thank You, I Will Average
  11. Did You Hear That? Average
  12. Shh! What Was That Noise? Tough

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