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Quiz about A Little Mouse With Clogs On
Quiz about A Little Mouse With Clogs On

A Little Mouse With Clogs On Trivia Quiz


See how well you do on this quiz about "A Windmill in Old Amsterdam", a favourite childhood song of mine.

A multiple-choice quiz by retiredangel. Estimated time: 3 mins.
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Author
retiredangel
Time
3 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
354,734
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
8 / 10
Plays
351
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Question 1 of 10
1. This little mouse lived in which country? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. Why was this little mouse and his family so happy to live where they did? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. What kind of accommodation did this little mouse live in? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. According to the song, where was the mouse seen? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. The mouse's footwear made a clip-clippety-clop noise. What was he wearing to make that sound? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. The mouse got lonesome so what did he do? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. The little mice were so happy what did they sing every morning? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. According to the song, "First they had triplets and then they had quins", and then they had twins! So how many children did they have? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. What happened to their children? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. The little mouse lived in Old Amsterdam, so what language did he and his family probably sing in? Hint





Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. This little mouse lived in which country?

Answer: Holland [Netherlands]

Holland is famous for its cheese, tulips and windmills.
2. Why was this little mouse and his family so happy to live where they did?

Answer: It was so snug and so nice

The mouse lived in a windmill, so snug and so nice. There's nobody there now but a whole lot of mice!
3. What kind of accommodation did this little mouse live in?

Answer: windmill

He lived in a windmill. Holland still has over a 1000 windmills, so plenty of space for mice families!
4. According to the song, where was the mouse seen?

Answer: stair

"I saw a mouse! Where? There on the stair!" I could have seen him elsewhere, but in the song he was on a stair.
5. The mouse's footwear made a clip-clippety-clop noise. What was he wearing to make that sound?

Answer: clogs

The Dutch are well known for their traditional wooden clogs, usually painted in bright colours. Clogs produce a different sound to tap shoes.
6. The mouse got lonesome so what did he do?

Answer: took a wife

"It's hardly surpri-sin'" he took him a wife!
7. The little mice were so happy what did they sing every morning?

Answer: How lucky I am, living in a windmill in old Amsterdam

Words and music for this amusing song were by Ted Dicks and Myles Rudge.
8. According to the song, "First they had triplets and then they had quins", and then they had twins! So how many children did they have?

Answer: 10

Triplets is three, quins is five and twins is two, making ten in all.
9. What happened to their children?

Answer: They got married

The daughters got married and so did the sons. Mice can have babies at five weeks old so old windmills can get pretty crowded!
10. The little mouse lived in Old Amsterdam, so what language did he and his family probably sing in?

Answer: Dutch

People in Holland [Netherlands] speak mainly Dutch, but many speak English too.
Source: Author retiredangel

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