July 2002     Vol.3 Issue 7

Fun & Games

Fun Sports Trivia

1. What popular American team sport reportedly had its early stars from Midwest farm boys who practiced using fruit containers?
2. What is the most popular team sport everywhere in the world but in the United States?
3. What individual sport currently has two sisters as the top players in the world?
4. What war was of importance in making this team sport the most popular American sport?
5. What individual sport supposedly involves more people in its conduct than any other sport in the country?
6. What great sports figure who liked to eat hamburgers and hot dogs had a candy bar named after him?
7. What individual sport had a great champion who called himself "the Greatest"?
8. What team sport needs a machine to keep its playing surface in shape?
9. What sport, popular with all ages, calls for use of "a driver", but does not require a vehicle to play?
10. What animal is required to play a sport that is so expensive that it is often called "the sport of kings"?

Note that the words used in Young Saint Louis.com crossword puzzles are all taken from the articles appearing in this month's issue. When you have completed the puzzles, you can click here to find the answers!

Young Saint Louis.com - July #1

Young Saint Louis.com - July #2

Fourth of July

School Jokes (It's okay - school's out!)

Teacher: Did they play tennis in ancient Egypt?
      Student: Sure, since the Bible tells how Joseph served in Pharaoh's court!

Teacher: Did the Native Americans hunt bear?
      Student: Not in the winter!

Teacher: Class, the next question I ask I want all of you to answer at once. Now, how much is seven plus five?
      Students: "At once!"

Teacher: Tommy, that's a bad cough you have there. What are you taking for it?
      Tommy: I don't know, teacher. What will you give me?

What are the small rivers that flow into the Nile?
      The juve-niles!

Student: My teacher was mad at me today because I didn't know where the Rockies were.
      Mother: Well, next time remember where you put things!

Teacher: Tommy, you missed school yesterday, didn't you?
      Tommy: Not very much!

Teacher: Tommy, why were you late today?
      Tommy: I overslept.
Teacher: It's three in the afternoon!

What was Camelot famous for?
      Its knight life!

Mother: How were the exam questions today?
      Student: Oh, they were easy.
Mother: Then, why do you look so unhappy?
      Student: The questions didn't give me any trouble, just the answers!

Student: Today, my teacher yelled at me for something I didn't do.
      Mother: What was that?
Student: My homework!

Other Jokes (Just as bad, or worse)

Pam: Does your dog have a license?
     Sam: No, she's not old enough to drive!

Pam: I lost my cat.
     Sam: That's too bad. Did you put an ad in the paper?
Pam: That wouldn't help. My cat can't read!

There was a lady going to Disneyland. She saw a sign on the highway that said, "Disneyland left." So she turned around and went home.

A policeman spotted a man driving a car with a tiger sitting next to him. The police officer stopped the man and said. "It's against the law to have a tiger in your car. Take that tiger to the zoo." The next day, the officer saw the same man with the tiger still in his car. The officer said, "I thought I told you to take that tiger to the zoo!" The driver replied, "I did and he liked it. So today we're going to the beach!"

Let's end this torture with a couple of knock knocks

Knock. Knock.
     Who's there?
Turnip.
     Turnip, who?
Turnip the air conditioning, I'm smothering!

Knock. Knock.
     Who's there?
Stopwatch.
     Stopwatch who?
Stopwatch you're doing right now!