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Quiz about Mother Goose Learns Some Spanish

Mother Goose Learns Some Spanish! Quiz

Hola! I'm going to give you some lines from Nursery Rhymes, but replace one of the English words with a Spanish word. The Spanish word will be in ALL CAPS. See if you can figure out what English word has been replaced! Buena Suerte! (Good Luck!)

A multiple-choice quiz by alaspooryoric. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
alaspooryoric

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
340,707

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Very Easy

Avg Score
10 / 10

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Question 1 of 10

1. "Hey, diddle, diddle, the cat and the fiddle, / The VACA jumped over the moon."

What is "vaca" in English? Hint

cow

horse

dog

pig

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Question 2 of 10

2. "There was an old woman who lived in a ZAPATO; / She had so many children she didn't know what to do".

What is a "zapato" in English? Hint

boat

tree

shoe

pumpkin

3. "Rub a dub dub, / Three men in a tub, / And who do you think they be? / The butcher, the PANADERO, / The candlestick maker. / Turn 'em out, knaves all three."

What is a "panadero" in English? Hint

carpenter

teacher

baker

farmer

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Question 4 of 10

4. "Jack and Jill went up the hill / To fetch a pail of AGUA".

What is "agua" in English? Hint

milk

sand

oats

water

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Question 5 of 10

5. "Humpty Dumpty sat on a PARED, / Humpty Dumpty had a great fall; / All the King's horses and all the King's men / Couldn't put Humpty together again".

What is a "pared" in English? Hint

wall

hill

horse

fence

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Question 6 of 10

6. "Hickory, dickory, dock, / The mouse ran up the RELOJ".

What is a "reloj" in English? Hint

boot

clock

ladder

pole

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Question 7 of 10

7. "Little Jack Horner sat in a corner, / Eating his Christmas pie; / He put in his PULGAR, and took out a plum, / And said, 'What a good boy am I!'"

What is a "pulgar" in English? Hint

fork

finger

thumb

spoon

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Question 8 of 10

8. "A dillar, a dollar, / A ten o'clock ESCOLAR, / What makes you come so soon? / You used to come at ten o'clock, / And now you come at noon".

What is an "escolar" in English? Hint

scholar

police officer

mailman

soldier

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Question 9 of 10

9. "Wee Willie Winkie runs through the PUEBLO, / Upstairs and downstairs, in his night-gown".

What is a "pueblo" in English? Hint

bank

crowd

town

street

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Question 10 of 10

10. "Georgie Porgie, pudding and pie, / Kissed the MUCHACHAS and made them cry".

What are "muchachas" in English? Hint

teachers

cooks

girls

puppies

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. "Hey, diddle, diddle, the cat and the fiddle, / The VACA jumped over the moon." What is "vaca" in English?

Answer: cow

Perhaps, you have heard of Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca, the Spaniard who explored the Gulf Coast and Southwestern parts of the current-day United States. His last names--Cabeza de Vaca--mean "head of cow" or "cow's head".

2. "There was an old woman who lived in a ZAPATO; / She had so many children she didn't know what to do". What is a "zapato" in English?

Answer: shoe

You can make many other words about shoes with the word "zapato". A "zapatero" is a shoemaker or dealer. A "zapatilla" is a slipper or pump. "Zapateo" is the motion of tapping one's feet. A "zapateado" is a Spanish tap dance.

3. "Rub a dub dub, / Three men in a tub, / And who do you think they be? / The butcher, the PANADERO, / The candlestick maker. / Turn 'em out, knaves all three." What is a "panadero" in English?

Answer: baker

The "panadero" (baker) bakes "pan" (bread) in the "panaderia" (bakery). Remember to pronounce the "a" in "pan" as you would the "a" in "wand" (as in a "magic wand"). Just so you know, a butcher is a "carnicero", and a candlestick maker is a "cerero".

4. "Jack and Jill went up the hill / To fetch a pail of AGUA". What is "agua" in English?

Answer: water

The word "agua" comes from the same word in Latin that English speakers use to create words referring to the water of the sea. For example, "aquatic" means "something associated with water or the ocean" and "aquamarine" means "a color similar to that of ocean water, a greenish blue".

5. "Humpty Dumpty sat on a PARED, / Humpty Dumpty had a great fall; / All the King's horses and all the King's men / Couldn't put Humpty together again". What is a "pared" in English?

Answer: wall

Have you ever noticed that the word "egg" ("huevo" in Spanish) never occurs in the nursery rhyme? However, anyone who draws a picture of Humpty Dumpty always draws him as something that looks like an egg. Most likely this nursery rhyme was originally a riddle. If the answer to the riddle is "an egg", the exact reason why that is the answer has been lost in time.

6. "Hickory, dickory, dock, / The mouse ran up the RELOJ". What is a "reloj" in English?

Answer: clock

In Latin America and parts of Spain, "reloj" is pronounced "ray-lo"; the "j" is silent. A "reloj despertador" is an alarm clock. "Reloj" can also refer to a watch. A "reloj de pulsera" is a wrist watch.

7. "Little Jack Horner sat in a corner, / Eating his Christmas pie; / He put in his PULGAR, and took out a plum, / And said, 'What a good boy am I!'" What is a "pulgar" in English?

Answer: thumb

Interestingly, the Spanish word for "inch" is "pulgada". This lends credence to the claim that the measurement referred to as an "inch" was originally the width of a man's thumb.

8. "A dillar, a dollar, / A ten o'clock ESCOLAR, / What makes you come so soon? / You used to come at ten o'clock, / And now you come at noon". What is an "escolar" in English?

Answer: scholar

Notice the similarities between "escolar" and "scholar" and "estudiante" and "student". These words in both Spanish and English share the same Latin roots.

9. "Wee Willie Winkie runs through the PUEBLO, / Upstairs and downstairs, in his night-gown". What is a "pueblo" in English?

Answer: town

There is a town in the state of Colorado called "Pueblo". Basically, the town was simply given the name "Town".

10. "Georgie Porgie, pudding and pie, / Kissed the MUCHACHAS and made them cry". What are "muchachas" in English?

Answer: girls

A "muchacha" is a girl, and a "muchacho" is a boy. Notice how many nouns referring to females end with the letter "a" while many nouns referring to males end with the letter "o".

Source: Author alaspooryoric

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