Inventions
Philo Farnsworth, 1927
TV
Who cuts off the mice's tails in the nursery rhyme "Three Blind Mice"?
The farmer's wife
He kissed the girls, made them cry and then ran away
Georgie Portie
Mahal kita.
Philippines (Duh!)
Hamburgers
USA
Willis Carrier, 1902
air conditioning
What does Jack jump over in the nursery rhyme "Jack Be Nimble"?
Candlestick
He had ten thousand men and marched them up and down the hill
The Grand Old Duke of York
Ich liebe dich
Austria, Germany, Liechtenstein, Switzerland
Von Trapp Family to Hitler: Ich liebe dich but I have to leave you.
Ackee and Saltfish
Jamaica
Fred W. Wolf, 1913
refrigirator
In the nursery rhyme "Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary", what type of shells help Mary's garden grow?
cockle
Her London bridge is falling down
My Fair Lady
Ana uhibbuka
Egypt, Morocco, Qatar, United Arab Emirates
Bulgogi
Korea
Henry W. Seeley, 1882
electric flat iron
What is the boy doing under the haystack in the nursery rhyme "Little Boy Blue"?
Sleeping
His name is my name, too!
John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt
Eu te amo
Brazil, Portugal (Rocio to Pastel de Nata: Ue te amo but why can't I have you?)
Wiener Schnitzel
Austria
Ralph Benjamin, 1946
computer mouse
Who were the three men in the nursery rhyme "Rub a Dud Dub"?
Butcher, Candlestick Maker and Baker
He was born on Monday, christened on Tuesday, but dead and buried by the weekend
Solomon Grundy
Ya lyublyu tebya
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia
Russia to Ukraine: Ya lyublyu tebya so I gotta have you!
Pot-au-Feu
(Pot-in-the-fire)
France