Baby shower
Nursery rhyme quiz
Everyone knows the first line. The fourth line is another matter. Guests finish ten classic nursery rhymes, easiest first, and a wrong answer knocks them off the ladder. Parents-to-be, take notes: you'll be singing these for years.
Play it live
Questions on the TV, guests answer from their phones, the reveal and the scores are automatic. Free for up to 15 guests.
Set up a live gameFree printable
A print-ready PDF in US Letter or A4, plus matching signs for the gifts, cards, favors and drinks.
How to play
- 1Line up multiple-choice questions from easiest to hardest. Each one is a rung.
- 2Everyone answers every question.
- 3A wrong answer, or no answer, knocks a guest off the ladder.
- 4Once per game the room can ask the room: show how everyone is voting before answers lock.
- 5Each rung is worth more than the last. The last guests standing take the most points.
Running it for your group
- A small group
- With a few guests, let everyone who falls off keep answering for fun. Bragging rights only.
- A big room
- The ladder is built for a big room: everyone answers every question, and the screen counts who's still standing. Save the ask-the-room lifeline for a hard rung near the top.
- Guests on a video call
- Remote guests climb the same ladder as the room. The standing count on screen includes everyone.
The 10 questions
1.Twinkle, twinkle, little star, how I wonder what you…
Are · See · Say · Mean
2.Jack and Jill went up the hill to fetch a pail of…
Milk · Water · Apples · Sand
3.Humpty Dumpty sat on a…
Chair · Wall · Horse · Hill
4.Mary had a little lamb, its fleece was white as…
Milk · Cotton · Snow · Clouds
5.Hickory, dickory, dock, the mouse ran up the…
Clock · Stairs · Wall · Tree
6.Hey diddle diddle, the cat and the fiddle, the cow jumped over the…
Moon · Fence · Stars · Barn
7.Little Miss Muffet sat on a…
Chair · Tuffet · Wall · Rug
8.Old Mother Hubbard went to the cupboard to get her poor dog a…
Bone · Treat · Ball · Bowl
9.Little Jack Horner sat in the corner, eating his…
Porridge · Christmas pie · Pudding · Bread
10.Old King Cole called for his pipe, and he called for his bowl, and he called for his fiddlers…
One · Two · Three · Four
Questions people ask
- How do you play the nursery rhyme quiz?
- Read the start of each rhyme and the four endings. Guests pick the right one. Live, a wrong answer knocks a guest off the ladder and the last ones standing win.
- What happens if everyone gets one wrong?
- The room catches them: nobody falls on that rung, nobody scores it, and the climb goes on.
- Can we play this live instead of on paper?
- Yes. Put the questions on a TV or laptop, guests join from their phones with a QR code, and the answers are revealed on the big screen with scores kept for you. It's free for up to 15 guests.