NURSERY RHYME TIME

(e.g., What color is the hen that lays eggs for gentlemen? Answer: Black.)

FRESHMAN LEVEL

1. Who laughed when the cow jumped over the moon?

2. What time was it when the mouse first ran down the clock?

3. What did the old man do when he bumped his head?

GRADUATE LEVEL

4. Frère Jacques was asked, “Dormez-vous?” What does that mean?

5. What does the little teapot shout when it gets all steamed up?

6. Why does the man say that he has been “working on the railroad all the livelong day”?

PH.D. LEVEL

7. What happened to the letter that was dropped in “A Tisket, A Tasket”?

8. Who turned down an offer of marriage on a bicycle built for two?

Answers: 1. The little dog. 2. One. 3. He went to bed. 4. Are you sleeping? 5. “Tip me over and pour me out!” 6. “Just to pass the time away.” 7. A little boy picked it up and put it in his pocket. 8. Daisy.

— North America Syndicate