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Nursery Rhymes - Trivia Style Trivia Quiz

Nursery rhymes and children's stories form the backdrop for this mixed trivia quiz.

A multiple-choice quiz by tralfaz. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
tralfaz

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
149,381

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
5 / 10

Plays
1108

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. Little Miss Muffet loved her curds and whey. That is until she found out that curds were made from this enzyme that comes from cow stomachs. Hint

tyrosine

tryptophan

thymidylate

rennet

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Question 2 of 10

2. Goldilocks should have known what she was in for. On the front of the house were 3 name plates for the Ursus family - one really big, one really small, and one just the right size. Which name was NOT on a name plate? Hint

americanus

arctos

striatus

spelaeus

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Question 3 of 10

3. Jack Sprat could eat no fat. As a result, he suffered from a deficiency of this vitamin. Hint

peridoxine

tocopherol

folic acid

ascorbic acid

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Question 4 of 10

4. Snow White and the Seven Dwarves decided to form a hip-hop band. Not only did they win the Grammy for best new artist (thereby insuring they would never have another hit), they also won for best __________ . Hint

quintet

sextet

octet

septet

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Question 5 of 10

5. There was an old woman who lived in a shoe. Then she moved to France and bought a split-level what? Hint

chaussure

chemise

jupe

casquette

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Question 6 of 10

6. Cinderella had beautiful glass slippers. Of course, her fairy god-mother used only the highest quality of glass from this Italian city famous for its glass-making.

Answer: (Made up of many islands)

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Question 7 of 10

7. I was going to St. Ives, so I needed a map for this area of England. Hint

Sussex

Yorkshire

Kent

Cornwall

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Question 8 of 10

8. Two bits, four bits, six bits, a dollar. A little math and we realize a bit is 12 1/2 cents. When was the last year the United States minted a half cent piece? Hint

1879

1888

1857

1861

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Question 9 of 10

9. Mary had a little lamb - at least for a year. After that, the nursery rhyme would be: Mary had a little _____________ .

Answer: (Don't be gender specific)

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Question 10 of 10

10. Twinkle, twinkle little star. How I wonder what you are. Hint

A lump of burning coal

A hole in a curtain

The soul of a dead hero

A ball of gas

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Little Miss Muffet loved her curds and whey. That is until she found out that curds were made from this enzyme that comes from cow stomachs.

Answer: rennet

Rennet is taken from the fourth stomach of newly slaughtered calves. Its active ingredient is chymosin (also known as rennin).

Answer: striatus

Ursus arctos - Brown (Kodiak) bear. Ursus spelaeus - Cave bear, Ursus americanus - Common black bear. Tamias stiatus - Eastern chipmunk.

3. Jack Sprat could eat no fat. As a result, he suffered from a deficiency of this vitamin.

Answer: tocopherol

Peridoxine (B6), Folic Acid (B9), and Ascorbic Acid (C) are all water soluble vitamins. Tocopherol (E) is a fat soluble vitamin.

Answer: octet

An octet is a group of 8 people. Hopefully you didn't forget about Miss White and put septet (7 people).

5. There was an old woman who lived in a shoe. Then she moved to France and bought a split-level what?

Answer: chaussure

These are all French words for clothes. Chaussure - shoe, jupe - skirt, chemise - shirt, casquette - cap.

6. Cinderella had beautiful glass slippers. Of course, her fairy god-mother used only the highest quality of glass from this Italian city famous for its glass-making.

Answer: Venice

In medieval time, glass makers in Venice were segregated to a separate island so that their secrets of glass-making could not get out.

7. I was going to St. Ives, so I needed a map for this area of England.

Answer: Cornwall

Cornwall forms the southwest corner of England and is famous for its tin mines. The eldest son of the English monarch is given the title "Duke of Cornwall".

8. Two bits, four bits, six bits, a dollar. A little math and we realize a bit is 12 1/2 cents. When was the last year the United States minted a half cent piece?

Answer: 1857

After 1857, the US mint replaced the half-cent and large cent with one coin (the small cent). The US has also minted at various times 2-cent, 3-cent, and 20-cent coins.

9. Mary had a little lamb - at least for a year. After that, the nursery rhyme would be: Mary had a little _____________ .

Answer: mutton

Roasted with garlic (Yum). After a year, all sheep are no longer lambs but muttons. Since they are normally 2 years old when made into food, "leg of lamb" or "lamb chops" are normally misnomers.

10. Twinkle, twinkle little star. How I wonder what you are.

Answer: A ball of gas

All of these were theories as to what stars were. We now know that a star is made up of hydrogen gas being converted to helium by nuclear fusion.

Source: Author tralfaz

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