When are two apples alike?
Answer: When pared.
What is the difference between a blind man and a sailor in prison?
Answer: One cannot see to go and the other cannot go to sea.
Why is a plum-cake like the ocean?
Answer: Because it contains so many currants.
What pudding makes the best cricketer?
Answer: A good batter.
When is a sailor not a sailor?
Answer: When he’s aboard.
Why is the snow different from Sunday?
Answer: Because it can fall on any day in the week.
What trade would you mention to a short boy?
Answer: Grow sir (grosser).
What tree is nearest the sea?
Answer: The beech.
Why is a game of cards like a timber-yard?
Answer: Because there are always a great many deals in it.
Why is a tight boot like an oak tree?
Answer: Because it produces a corn (acorn).
Why is a city in Ireland likely to be the largest city in the world?
Answer: Because each year it is Dublin (doubling).
What is the easiest way to swallow a door?
Answer: Bolt it.
Why is a dancing-master like a tree?
Answer: Because of his bows (boughs).
Name a word of five letters from which if you take two but “one” remains.
Answer: Stone.
Games for All Occasions by Mary E. Blain