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"Mother" is a part of every answer. Can you guess them?
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In the United States, it's the
second Sunday in May
Mother's Day
Author of fairy tales and
nursery rhymes
Mother Goose
Went to the cupboard, to give
the poor dog a bone
Mother Hubbard
Gaia, by another name
Mother Earth
The mother of your spouse
Mother-in-law
Kolkata nun who won the
Nobel Peace Price in 1979
Mother Teresa
Rich vein of precious ore
Mother lode
Leader of a nunnery
Mother superior
Necessity is the …
Mother of invention
One's native language
Mother tongue
The main alien spacecraft
Mothership
Main circuit board of a computer
Motherboard
"Comes to me speaking words
of wisdom, let it be"
Mother Mary
Inner shell layer of some molluscs
Mother of pearl
Cinderella had an evil one
Stepmother
Cinderella had a fairy one
Godmother
Матушка Россия
Mother Russia
Enemy of Beowulf
Grendel's mother
British royal who died in 2002
Queen Mother
One of Daenerys Targaryen's
many nicknames
Mother of Dragons
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40 Comments
CountryDaisy
+1
Level 23
May 12, 2013
I remembered "Enemy of Beowulf" because my Lit. teacher made us analyze the one line, "Grendel came greedily loping" over and over again, so it's been stuck in my head ever since then! >.
potatopierogi
+1
Level 71
Jan 6, 2018
I read it this year and still didn't remember...for some reason I kept thinking of the dragon
IsleAuHaulte
+1
Level 92
Feb 18, 2020
Great way to make someone loathe the class you're teaching. I hope someone (or many ones) pointed that out to her.
DonTheLamplighter
+16
Level 87
Oct 4, 2017
Old Mother Hubbard

Went to the cupboard

To get her poor daughter a dress

When she got there

The cupboard was bare

And so was her daughter, I guess

IsleAuHaulte
+3
Level 92
Feb 18, 2020
So that's how Rover got involved in that story.
cornflakesfu
+4
Level 89
Feb 18, 2020
Maybe next time try the closet instead of the cupboard if you're looking for clothes ;)
roleybob
+3
Level 73
Jan 12, 2018
Mothering Sunday for Mother's Day, or are they 2 different things in the US?
RobNobody
+2
Level 80
Jan 16, 2018
Looking it up (because I'd never heard of it), the US doesn't have Mothering Sunday. It's a religious holiday that takes place on the third Sunday in Lent, while the US Mother's Day is a secular holiday on the second Sunday in May.
samiamco
+3
Level 68
Jan 27, 2018
Well actually, assuming roleybob is from the UK, he's right: In the UK (and Ireland, I think?), while Mothering Sunday's date is calculated off the lunar calendar as described, it is exactly analogous to Mother's Day in the US, and therefore (IMHO, that is ;-) should be accepted.
roleybob
+5
Level 73
Feb 15, 2018
I am indeed from the UK - I've been led to believe that it started off as Mothering Sunday which was a religious holiday during which Christians were supposed to visit their mother church (not sure how this differs from their normal church), and was later appropriated as a way for gift card shops to make more money (still on the same date)
Saintscat3
+2
Level 66
Sep 23, 2025
the mother church is where you were baptized.
OfficerDibble
+3
Level 86
Feb 18, 2020
It does say 'in the US', where I believe it's never known as Mothering Sunday, so I don't really see why it should be allowed.
xyzzy
+6
Level 72
Feb 19, 2020
What the heck is a Daenerys Targaryen
roleybob
+5
Level 73
Feb 19, 2020
She's the Mother of Dragons
Yanni47
+5
Level 80
Feb 19, 2020
Given how many times a singular answer is a type-in for a plural answer, I'm surprised - and gutted - that 'dragon' wasn't accepted.
Sifhraven
+1
Level 76
Sep 29, 2025
Yea I have never seen the show, but do recognise the name. And had a vague memory of dragons, thought of Dragon Mother which basically means the same as Mother of Dragons, after a small surprise it didn't work and thinking well there goes my only guess, luckily I did try adding an s and was very surprised it was accepted, because I figured if dragon alone wasn't accepted it is unlikely dragons is the answer.
MayaB
+5
Level 73
Feb 19, 2020
To be precise, she's Daenerys of the House Targaryen, the First of Her Name, The Unburnt, Queen of the Andals, the Rhoynar and the First Men, Queen of Meereen, Khaleesi of the Great Grass Sea, Protector of the Realm, Lady Regent of the Seven Kingdoms, Breaker of Chains and Mother of Dragons
whatmeworry
+1
Level 71
May 13, 2020
You could make a quiz of GoT, SoFaI nicknames.
AayushD
+1
Level 77
May 10, 2020
Game of Thrones
AayushD
+2
Level 77
May 10, 2020
And also A Song of Fire and Ice
halpie
+2
Level 80
Feb 19, 2020
Anyone else have to sing out "Let it Be" to figure out Mother Mary?
Jeanettemartin
+1
Level 58
Feb 19, 2020
I thought it was "mother Leary"..lol
Phil
+1
Level 57
May 10, 2020
Where's African-American expression?
Jacktheguy
+3
Level 93
May 10, 2020
You mean Samuel L. Jackson expression. Also the word is not at all exclusive to African-Americans.
Chutney
+2
Level 64
May 10, 2020
word used predominantly by Samuel L. Jackson
SpartanLlama
+1
Level 79
May 10, 2020
haha true
SpartanLlama
+1
Level 79
May 10, 2020
Can just Dragons be accepted
Jacktheguy
+1
Level 93
May 10, 2020
It is accepted.
blazeee
+1
Level 28
May 11, 2020
im pretty sure its called a convent not a nunnery
Walacama
+2
Level 83
May 11, 2020
Interchangeable. Nunnery was probably the vulgar use originally. Also, Convent is not exclusive to nuns, it can be a place for priests, monks, nuns, friars, etc... So Nunnery here is more specific and appropriate for the question.
kogatora
+3
Level 96
Aug 4, 2020
I tried reverend mother but I think that is the form of address rather than the title.
Andrew169
+1
Level 77
Jan 26, 2023
I got all of them, but I had to think about Beowulf for a minute. Thanks!
Muncie
+1
Level 75
Feb 22, 2025
Didn't the queen mother die in 2022, not 2002?
Dontforget
+1
Level 76
Apr 13, 2025
Queen mother was Elizabeth I and she died in 2002. She was the mother of Elizabeth II who died in 2022.
EcceHomo
+8
Level 85
Sep 9, 2025
This is not true. Elizabeth I was the Virgin Queen, the last Tudor monarch, died 1603, daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn.

The Queen Mother was Queen Elizabeth II's mother, wife of King George VI, QE2's dad. She had no regnal number because she was Queen Consort (married the king when he was heir).

Alexquiz17
+1
Level 94
Sep 28, 2025
She was also called Elizabeth
EcceHomo
+2
Level 85
Sep 29, 2025
Yes, she was indeed. Just not Elizabeth I.
Nyackjohn
+2
Level 80
Oct 2, 2025
Матушка Россия??? WTF. Guess what? Not a lot of people read Cyrillic in the Western Hemisphere. I wouldn't write a question for Cyrillic readers in any language that uses the Latin alphabet or in Kanji for those who read Arabic, or Greek for those who read Hebrew. Way out of line.
HemmoAU
+2
Level 57
Oct 7, 2025
Git gud?
WillemLAif
+1
Level 81
Nov 2, 2025
Is the Cyrillic text not itself a hint? Even, if you can't read it. There are not that many Cyrillic writing places with a mother something as a somewhat commonly known nickname.
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