Memorize these and you could recognize 7.1% of all Rhyme Time clues.
| # | Answer | Appearances | Sample Clue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Humpty Dumpty | 10 | While the rhyme doesn't mention summer, winter, or spring, it does say he "had a great fall" |
| 2 | Little Boy Blue | 8 | Another version has him asleep under a haycock |
| 3 | Georgie Porgie | 8 | He "kissed the girls & made them cry," but "when the boys came out to play," he ran away |
| 4 | Simple Simon | 7 | He said to the pieman, “Let me taste your ware” |
| 5 | Old Mother Hubbard | 7 | Her dog dies in the 2nd verse, probably from malnutrition |
| 6 | Little Bo Peep | 7 | A hold on her livestock she could not keep & so wound up playing pin the tail on the sheep |
| 7 | Little Miss Muffet | 6 | Reposing on a low stool, she imbibed coagulated milk |
| 8 | Old King Cole | 5 | Colchester, England was named for this legendary Celtic king immortalized in rhyme |
| 9 | Jack | 5 | Hurdler who was nimble & quick |
| 10 | Little Jack Horner | 4 | Though he ate like a slob, he nonetheless concluded, "What a good boy am I" |
| 11 | hodgepodge | 4 | A synonym for potpourri or miscellany |
| 12 | a mai tai | 4 | This fruit-garnished rum cocktail isn't indigenous to Hawaii but arrived there in 1953 |
| 13 | 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?! |
| 14 | Jack and Jill | 4 | Names shared by 2 blackbirds sitting on a hill & a boy & girl who went up a hill |
| 15 | willy-nilly | 3 | This term can mean "haphazardly" or have its original sense, "whether you want to or not" |
| 16 | Wee Willie Winkie | 3 | He rapped at the window & cried through the lock, "Are the children all in bed? For now it's 8 o'clock" |
| 17 | true blue | 3 | “Colorful” 1986 No. 1 album by Madonna |
| 18 | The Knave of Hearts | 3 | In "The Queen of Hearts" the King of Hearts beat him "full sore" |
| 19 | The Fly | 3 | "With my little eye, I saw him die," he said as witness to Cock Robin's murder |
| 20 | the fair | 3 | When Simple Simon met the pieman, he was going to this event |
| 21 | the Dream Team | 3 | In the title of an '89 film, Michael Keaton & his mental patient pals were collectively known as this |
| 22 | Swiss Miss | 3 | This cocoa brand will "warm the heart" |
| 23 | St. Ives | 3 | "As I was going to" this place, "I met a man with seven wives" |
| 24 | Polly | 3 | We'll have tea if she puts the kettle on |
| 25 | plain Jane | 3 | No one would apply this term for a drab or unattractive woman to actress Seymour |
| 26 | Jack Sprat & his wife | 3 | "Betwixt the two of them, they licked the platter clean" |
| 27 | Jack Sprat | 3 | He & his wife have gone down in rhyme history as platter lickers |
| 28 | flower power | 3 | The pacifistic influence of the 1960s hippie movement |
| 29 | a mouse house | 3 | A rodent residence |
| 30 | a green bean | 3 | A legume of emerald hue |
| 31 | a cookbook | 3 | The type of tome penned by Paul Prudhomme |
| 32 | Tom Tom the Piper's son | 3 | "The pig was eat &" he "was beat" |
| 33 | 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? |
| 34 | glee | 3 | Oolong joy |
| 35 | Cree | 3 | Seen here is a member of this fur-trading people of central Canada |
| 36 | a weird beard | 3 | A strange goatee |
| 37 | Vinegar | 2 | After "Jack fell down & broke his crown", he "went to bed to mend his head" using brown paper & this liquid |
| 38 | tree | 2 | A larch |
| 39 | toad road | 2 | An amphibian avenue |
| 40 | The Queen of Hearts | 2 | She "made some tarts, all on a summer's day" |
| 41 | the queen | 2 | "Little girl, little girl, where have you been? Gathering roses to give to" her |
| 42 | The Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe | 2 | She fed her many children "broth without any bread" |
| 43 | The butcher, the baker & the candlestick maker | 2 | They were the "Three Men In A Tub" |
| 44 | Shake 'N Bake | 2 | Varieties of this brand of seasoned coating mix from Kraft include Tangy Honey Glaze & Original Pork |
| 45 | Saturn's patterns | 2 | Designs made by a god whose name is remembered in a weekend day |
| 46 | salt vault | 2 | A place to store sodium chloride |
| 47 | rice price | 2 | $1.99 for a box of Uncle Ben's |
| 48 | ran away | 2 | "When the boys came out to play, Georgie Porgie" did this |
| 49 | Pumpkin | 2 | The old woman lived in a shoe and Peter Peter's wife lived in one of these |
| 50 | Porridge | 2 | A cereal cooked in water or milk & eaten for breakfast; Baby Bear's was "just right" |