Fun
& Games
From "Outside Jokes" book
of wildlife cartoons
(Copyright: Betty C. Grace)
(Reprinted by permission
of artist)
Editor's Note:
Copies of the "Outside Jokes" book are on
sale through:
The Nature Shop, Missouri Department of Conservation
P.O. Box 180, Jefferson City, MO 65102-018
or call toll free: 887-521-8632
Crossword
Puzzles
When you have completed the puzzles, you can
click here to find
the answers!
Puzzle
#1
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3. studies past sites
5. show appreciation
6. claimed
8. a prize medal
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1. way
of viewing
2. college grounds
4. inhabitants
7. type of metal
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Puzzle #2
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3. regular, ordinary
5. ease of doing
6. designs structures
7. before records
8. military movement
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1.
a showing of how
2. bone from past
4. build again
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Puzzle
#3
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2.
devices that throw
3. pleasing music (pl)
4. kitchen appliance
6. chooses direction
8. newly submitted
9. a low rank officer
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1.
established music
2. a musical work
5. stringed instrument
7. contest submission
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From
book reviews
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2.
made fun of
7. upset conditions
8. fed, helped grow up
11. not permitted
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1. highly surprised
3. a small hawk
4. mountain lion
5. having an affection
6. a possible bad break
9. national government
10. unclear, evasive
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Jokes
How do hens encourage their favorite sports teams?
They egg them on!
How does a physicist exercise?
By pumping ion! (To get this
one you need to know a little about atoms.)
How did the basketball court get wet?
The players dribbled all over
it!
What did the judge say when the skunk walked into the courtroom?
Odor in the court!
Why do seagulls fly over the sea?
Because if they flew over the
bay they would be bagels!
What did Geronimo say when he jumped out of the airplane?
"Me…!
Why did the boy tiptoe past the medicine cabinet?
Because he didn't want to wake
the sleeping pills!
More riddles - read 'em carefully...
Where did Abraham Lincoln live?
I'm not sure, but I have his
Gettysburg Address right here!
How do you make a Venetian blind?
By poking him in the eye!
Where did Saddam Hussain keep his CD's?
In a rack!
How can you go several days without sleep and not be tired?
Sleep at night!
How many acorns grow on the average Pine tree?
None, Pine trees don't have
acorns!
What can you hold in your left hand but not in your right?
Your right elbow!
What do they do with a tree when the chop it down?
They chop it up!
What is plowed but never planted?
Snow!
And our usual knock knocks
Knock. Knock.
Who's there?
Major.
Major who?
Major answer, didn't I?
Knock, knock.
Who's there?
Arthur.
Arthur who?
Arthur any cookies left in the jar?
Knock. Knock.
Who's there?
Minerva.
Minerva who?
Minerva(s) wreck from all these questions!
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