NURSERY RHYME CHARACTERS

Use the clue to identify the nursery rhyme character(s). (e.g., They went up a hill to get a pail of water. Answer: Jack and Jill.)

Freshman level

1. She lost her sheep and didn’t know where to find them.

2. He had a fall and couldn’t be put back together.

3. A big spider frightened her while she was eating her curds and whey.

Graduate level

4. He sat in a corner and ate his Christmas pie.

5. She went to the cupboard to get a bone for her dog.

6. He called for his pipe, his bowl and his three fiddlers.

Ph.D. level

7. He marched 10,000 men up to the top of a hill.

8. He lives on Drury Lane.

Answers: 1. Little Bo Peep. 2. Humpty Dumpty. 3. Little Miss Muffet. 4. Little Jack Horner. 5. Old Mother Hubbard. 6. Old King Cole. 7. The Grand Old Duke of York. 8. The Muffin Man.

— North America Syndicate