Memorize these and recognize 7.1% of all Rhyme Time clues.
| # | Answer | Count | Sample Clue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Humpty Dumpty | 12 | Gaze upon a representation of the tragic end of this character |
| 2 | Little Boy Blue | 9 | About this rhyme, the union doesn't feel that sleeping while the sheep & cows wander away should get you fired |
| 3 | Georgie Porgie | 9 | This juvenile must undergo counseling for making unwanted advances that made girls cry |
| 4 | Simple Simon | 7 | Last known sighting of this person of interest: talking with bakery salesman while on way to festival |
| 5 | Old Mother Hubbard | 7 | Her quest to find canine sustenance in a storage cabinet ends in vain |
| 6 | Little Miss Muffet | 7 | The diet of this title gal is seen here; mmm mmm! |
| 7 | Little Bo Peep | 7 | She's misplaced her flock, but don't fret, they're bound to come back on their own |
| 8 | Old King Cole | 6 | This title guy requested the items shown here |
| 9 | Little Jack Horner | 5 | Title guy with high self esteem whose famous act is shown here |
| 10 | Jack | 5 | His impressive hurdling skills include leaping over a taper |
| 11 | Jack and Jill | 5 | First aid administered to this pair injured while tumbling down hill during water retrieval |
| 12 | hodgepodge | 4 | It can be a heterogeneous mixture of stuff or a category on your favorite quiz show |
| 13 | a mai tai | 4 | Let's go tropical with this Polynesian-style cocktail made with rum, Curacao & fruit juices |
| 14 | the Three Blind Mice | 4 | Multiple traumas! The wife of a rural man had a carving knife... were these title rodents' tails packed in ice?! |
| 15 | Mean queen | 4 | A cruel royal female |
| 16 | willy-nilly | 3 | This hyphenated term means haphazard or disorganized |
| 17 | Wee Willie Winkie | 3 | This nursery rhyme character's name goes back to the Jacobites' satiric nickname for the Prince of Orange |
| 18 | true blue | 3 | This rhyming synonym for "unwaveringly loyal" is also colorful |
| 19 | The Knave of Hearts | 3 | He "brought back the tarts and vowed he'd steal no more" |
| 20 | The Fly | 3 | This insect saw Cock Robin die, "With my little eye, I saw him die" |
| 21 | the fair | 3 | When Simple Simon meets the pieman, he's headed to this event |
| 22 | the Dream Team | 3 | Nickname for the 1992 U.S. men's Olympic basketball squad |
| 23 | Swiss Miss | 3 | Varieties of this hot cocoa mix include unicorn marshmallows & marshmallow lovers |
| 24 | St. Ives | 3 | Talk about mother-in-law trouble: on the way to this town, I met a man with 7 wives |
| 25 | Polly | 3 | She "put the kettle on" so we'll have tea |
| 26 | plain Jane | 3 | Ms. Doe without her makeup |
| 27 | mutton glutton | 3 | Someone who gorges himself on sheep meat |
| 28 | Jack Sprat & his wife | 3 | This family "Invents New Diet: Only Eat Fat or Lean" |
| 29 | Jack Sprat | 3 | This guy is on a strict "no fat" diet; his wife is on a "no lean" diet |
| 30 | flower power | 3 | Hippies advocated this nonviolent strategy to promote peace & love |
| 31 | bed head | 3 | Untidy hairstyle upon waking up |
| 32 | a mouse house | 3 | Mickey or Minnie's mansion |
| 33 | a green bean | 3 | A verdant frijole |
| 34 | a cookbook | 3 | In a "Twilight Zone" episode, "To Serve Man" was the title of one of these |
| 35 | Tom Tom the Piper's son | 3 | He learned to play music when he was young; later he turned to pilfering porkers |
| 36 | the moon | 3 | The Police: "Giant steps are what you take" doing this; "I hope my legs don't break"—wait, isn't gravity lower up there? |
| 37 | Cree | 3 | Seen here is a member of this fur-trading people of central Canada |
| 38 | Tom, Tom | 3 | This person was whipped after stealing a pig; some consider it cruel & unusual punishment |
| 39 | weird beard | 2 | Odd-looking hair growth on your chin |
| 40 | Vinegar | 2 | Jack, of Jack & Jill, had his head patched with this & brown paper |
| 41 | tree | 2 | A larch |
| 42 | toad road | 2 | An amphibian avenue |
| 43 | The Queen of Hearts | 2 | Got a knave here... stole this royal woman's tarts... the king "beat the knave full sore"; the knave's crashing! Clear! |
| 44 | The Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe | 2 | She fed her many children "broth without any bread" |
| 45 | the farmer's wife | 2 | The SPCA has filed a lawsuit against this person who cut off the tails of 3 visually impaired mice |
| 46 | The butcher, the baker & the candlestick maker | 2 | These "3 Knavish Businessmen Discovered Together in Tub" |
| 47 | Shake 'N Bake | 2 | This seasoned coating mix from Kraft comes in varieties like crunchy pretzel & Parmesan crusted |
| 48 | Saturn's patterns | 2 | Designs made by a god whose name is remembered in a weekend day |
| 49 | salt vault | 2 | Where to hide your sodium chloride |
| 50 | rice price | 2 | Paddy grain cost |
These appear 8+ times. Memorize these first.
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