ROUND 9 - Children's Rhymes
Below are the first letters of each word in some children's rhymes. What are they? (Many rhymes have slightly different words depending on who is singing them - I have gone for the most well known version here.)
Question 1
HDD
TMRUTC
TCSO
TMRD
HDD
Hickory dickory dock!
The mouse ran up the clock;
The clock struck one,
The mouse ran down,
Hickory, Dickory, Dock!
Question 2
LMM
SOHT
EHCAW
ACAS
WSDBH
AFMMA
Little Miss Muffet,
Sat on a tuffet,
Eating her curds and whey;
Along came a spider,
Who sat down beside her,
And frightened Miss Muffet away.
Question 3
RARTG
LATB
OSTS
TYUT
Round and round the garden,
Like a teddy bear;
One step, two step,
Tickle you under there!
Question 4
IWSCUTS
DCTRAWTSO
OCTSADUATR
IWSCUTSA
Incey Wincey Spider climbed up the spout,
Down came the rain and washed the spider out,
Out came the sun and dried up all the rain,
Incey Wincey Spider climbed up the spout again.
Question 5
BBBS
HYAW
YSYS
TBF
OFTM
AOFTD
AOFTLBWLDTL
Baa, baa, black sheep,
Have you any wool?
Yes sir, yes sir;
Three bags full:
One for the master,
And one for the dame,
And one for the little boy who lives down the lane.
Question 6
JAJ
WUTH
TFAPOW
JFDABHC
AJCTA
Jack and Jill
Went up the hill
To fetch a pail of water;
Jack fell down and broke his crown,
And Jill came tumbling after.
Question 7
OTGODOY
HHTTM
HMTUTTTOTH
AHMTDA
AWTWUTWU
AWTWDTWD
AWTWOHU
TWNUND
Oh the grand old Duke of York,
He had ten thousand men,
He marched them up to the top of the hill
And he marched them down again.
And when they were up, they were up,
And when they were down, they were down,
And when they were only halfway up,
They were neither up nor down.
Question 8
TTLS
HIWWYA
UATWSH
LADITS
TTLS
HIWWYA
Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How I wonder what you are,
Up above the world so high,
Like a diamond in the sky;
Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How I wonder what you are.
Question 9
HDSOAW
HDHAGF
ATKHAATKM
CPHTA
Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall,
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall;
All the king's horses and all the king's men
Couldn't put Humpty together again.
Question 10
IYHAYKICYH
IYHAYKICYH
IYHAYKI
AYRWTSI
IYHAYKICYH
If you're happy and you know it, clap your hands,
If you're happy and you know it, clap your hands.
If you're happy and you know it and you really want to show it,
If you're happy and you know it, clap your hands.
Round 10 - Musical Instruments
Combine the musical instrument in the picture with the answer to the clue!
Example:
A popular chocolate egg famous for having a plastic toy inside.
The answer is : Mr. Wiskinder Surprise
(Mr. Wiskin & Kinder Surprise)
I'd give half a mark for each part of the clue correct.
Question 1
Band of which Niall, Liam, Harry, Louis and Zayn were founder members.
Saxophone Direction
Question 2
A shrub with stiff hairs that release stinging chemicals when touched.
Clarinettle
Question 3
A form of cloth headgear designed to expose only part of the face, usually the eyes and mouth.
Cymbaliclava
Question 4
The capital city of England.
Cellondon
Question 6
An an American photographer, musician, animal rights activist, and entrepreneur. Founded a vegetarian food company.
Violinda McCartney
Question 7
Water-dwelling eight-legged segmented micro-animals, among the most resilient animals known.
Guitardigrade
Question 8
A document addressed to some official and signed by numerous individuals.
Trumpetition