"Twinkle, twinkle, little star, how I wonder what you ___."
are
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Little Miss Muffet
Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star and the Alphabet Song share the exact same tune.
TRUE
In "Hey Diddle Diddle," what instrument does the cat play?
The fiddle
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There Was an Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe
"Baa, baa, black sheep, have you any wool? Yes sir, yes sir, three bags ___."
full
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Humpty Dumpty
A pentatonic scale โ the kind we used in our nursery rhyme compositions โ has seven notes
FALSE โ a pentatonic scale has five notes
According to popular theory, "Ring a Ring o' Roses" describes symptoms and remedies from which historic disease outbreak?
The Great Plague (Black Death)
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Incy Wincy Spider
"Jack and Jill went up the hill, to fetch a pail of ___."
water
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Baa Baa Black Sheep
In ABAC form, the first phrase (A) and the third phrase (also A) are the same.
TRUE
"Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary" is widely believed by folklorists to be a coded reference to which Tudor queen, nicknamed for her religious persecutions?
Mary I of England ("Bloody Mary")
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London Bridge is Falling Down
"Hickory dickory dock, the mouse ran up the clock. The clock struck one, the mouse ran ___."
down
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Hickory Dickory Dock
"Row, Row, Row Your Boat" cannot be sung as a round.
FALSE โ it's one of the most famous rounds in English
"Jack and Jill" is sometimes said to be linked to the execution of which pair of French royals during the Revolution?
King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette
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Jack & Jill
"Sing a song of sixpence, a pocket full of ___."
rye
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Hey, Diddle Diddle
All nursery rhymes were originally written just for children.
FALSE โ many began as folk songs, riddles, or even political satire for adults
According to one popular theory, which nursery rhyme character may have been based on a large cannon used during the English Civil War?
Humpty Dumpty (the cannon reportedly defended Colchester and fell from the city wall)
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Ring Around The Rosy