Schoolyard Taunts, Rhymes and Songs 2 Quiz

Answer: London and France

'I see London, I see France, I see (your name here)'s underpants!' This dates from World War II. There was no trade in luxury goods between England and the continent, and things like fancy underwear became scarce. Londoners often resorted to the black market. Seeing someone with a new pair of underwear probably meant they'd gotten them illegally from occupied France.

Answer: In a garbage can

'I'm Popeye the Sailor Man, I live in a garbage can...' Though the rhyme was later adapted to include the popular cartoon character, the rhyme dates from the American Civil War. When president Lincoln ordered a naval blockade of the South, many sailors found themselves sitting on ships for months at a time. Conditions would become terrible, and sailors often referred to ships on the blockade as 'garbage bins (cans).'

Answer: A tiger

'Eeny, meeny, miney, moe, catch a tiger by the toe.' This rhyme has been around since the 19th century in several variations, some of them racist. Also, there is an urban legend that US General Douglas MacArthur originated the rhyme, however, it is incorrect.

Answer: bubblegum

'Bubblegum, bubblegum, in a dish, how many pieces do you wish?' This dates from the late 1800s, when European powers divided up the Third World like children dividing up candy (I'm being sarcastic).

Answer: Jupiter

Girls go to Jupiter to get more stupider (my wife says girls go to college to get more knowledge, but she has girl germs). This dates from the 1960's, when more and more women started going to college, at a time when many thought they needed to concentrate on their role as wife and mother.

Answer: Hanging clothes

'My mother and your mother were hanging clothes. My mother punched your mother in the nose. What color was the blood?' Spell out the color, last one picked is on your team.
This dates from the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire, in which hundreds of poor working women perished. The nosebleed refers to the resultant factory safety laws that were like a punch in the nose to rich industrialits.

Answer: Weepers

This will sometimes stand up in court, by the way.

Answer: Chicago

Chicago. This is a reference to the fire engines that combated the Great Chicago Fire.

Answer: Your mother's

The origins of this rhyme are unknown.

Answer: Belly itcher

In case you haven't guessed by now, I made up all the interesting facts. Every one of these is just a silly rhyme. Oh yeah? You and what army?