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February 2004 Vol.5 Issue 2
Fun
& Games
Trivia - Card
and Board Games
When you're done,
click here for the answers.
- What card game
was popular with gamblers in the Old West?
- What long-time
favorite board game calls for players to have good investment
skills to be a winner?
- This board game
requires players to sink ships that they cannot see.
- What two-player
ancient board game is supposedly a favorite with "egg-heads"?
- What's the popular
and old card game for kids where you don't want to be caught
holding the one card that gives the game its name?
- What adult card
game (that has its own column in newspapers) always has one
of its four players named as the "dummy"?
- You need to
have a good vocabulary and be an excellent speller to be a
winner in this board game.
- This card game
is one for lonely people.
- This two-player
board game was supposedly played around the warm stove in
old country stores.
- What multiple-player
board game played with marbles is named after a country in
the Orient?
Crossword Puzzle
When you have
completed the puzzles, you can click
here to find the answers!
Young
Saint Louis.com #1
| Across |
Down |
1.
the one just before
2. between two versions
7. given an assignment |
1.
plays drums, cymbals
3. try out for a role
4. made like original
5. balanced environment
6. a first performance |
Young
Saint Louis.com #2
| Across |
Down |
1.
lives beyond borders
5. drawn from a source
7. unlike any other
8. consistent with law
9. a martial art
10. way of looking at |
2.
a bringing to health
3. book dispenser
4. guilt or blame free
6. tracking ancestors |
Young
Saint Louis.com #3
| Across |
Down |
1.
French rolls
4. course of study
7. skimpy costume
8. the one just before
9. a vocal tone |
1.
purposeful event
2. separation of races
3. non-required courses
5. careful, restrained
6. Russian dish |
Young
Saint Louis.com #4
| Across |
Down |
1.
support, keep alive
6. right now, no delay
7. preserves trophies
8. put fish in lake
10. thrive, stay healthy |
2.
historic reputation
3. artificial bait
4. popular game fish
5. older, top players
9. hot, soup-like |
Know
about February?
| Across |
Down |
3.
holiday for lovers
4. chocolate is favored
5. when you care enough
6. Civil War president
9. pretty, but inedible |
1.
father of country
2. for exchanging cards
7. boys with crush
8. Valentine's symbol
9. flown for presidents |
Jokes - Let's
begin with a few riddles
Did you hear about
the restaurant on the moon?
Yeah, great food but no atmosphere!
What do you call
a scared dinosaur?
A nervous Rex!
Why are Teddy Bears
never hungry?
Because they are always stuffed!
Why is Dracula
so unpopular?
Because he's a pain-in-the-neck!
What did the snail
say when it climbed up on the turtle's back?
Wheee!
Have you seen these
bumper stickers?
Honk if you love peace and quiet
42.7 percent of statistics are
made up on the spot
COLE'S LAW: Thinly sliced cabbage
I've taken a vow of poverty;
to annoy me, send money
Monday is an awful way to spend
1/7th of your life
We do precision guesswork
The only cure for insomnia is
to get more sleep
I used to be indecisive; now
I'm not sure
Plan to be spontaneous - tomorrow
One regular joke
A man rushed into
the doctor's office and shouted, "Doctor, doctor! I think
I'm shrinking!" The doctor calmly responded, "Now
settle down. You'll just have to be a little patient!"
Our usual concluding
knock, knocks
Knock. Knock.
Who's there?
Rhoda.
Rhoda who?
Rhoda boat as fast as you can!
Knock. Knock.
Who's there?
Romeo.
Romeo who?
Romeo-ver to the other side of the lake!
Knock. Knock.
Who's there?
Dewey.
Dewey who?
Dewey have to keep telling all of these jokes?
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