Proverbs For Kids - Part 3 Trivia Quiz

Answer: Bee

To have a "bee in your bonnet" is to be preoccupied or obsessed with an idea, often at the expense of other things.

Answer: angels

This saying suggests that rash or inexperienced people will attempt things that wiser people are more cautious of.

Answer: mother

This saying suggests that often a need or problem encourages creative efforts to meet the need or solve the problem.

Answer: easy

This saying (which refers to the eating of, rather than the making of pie) describes a task or experience that is pleasurable and simple.

Answer: cheek

This saying refers to something that is said in an ironic manner, not meant to be taken seriously.

Answer: Read

This saying refers to trying to understand what is meant by something that is not explicitly or openly written or otherwise communicated.

Answer: play on

Spoken by Duke Orsino, this is the first line from Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night".

Orsino is asking for more music because he is frustrated that his romantic interest in Countess Olivia is not being reciprocated. He muses that an excess of music might cure his obsession with love, in the same way that eating too much removes one's appetite for food.

Answer: brass

This saying suggests that where there are dirty jobs to be done there is money to be made.

Answer: Fly

This saying hints that there is a small but irritating flaw that spoils the whole.

Answer: heart

This saying suggests that the lack of something increases the desire for it.