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June 2004     Vol.5 Issue 6

 

Fun & Games

Trivia - Bird Fun

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  1. What are a Kentucky Colonel’s favorite birds?
  2. Caught crooks are what kind of birds?
  3. What kind of birds show up each year on the same date in a famous old Spanish Mission in California?
  4. What kind of “birds” hang out at the Vatican?
  5. Which birds especially hate Thanksgiving Day?
  6. Which birds are supposed to be scared off by hanging old clothes in the cornfield?
  7. Hiding its head in the sand when frightened is said to be the behavior of what kind of bird?
  8. What birds have long been famous for going from ugly to beautiful as they grow up?
  9. “The early bird gets the worm” is likely to apply to what kind of red-breasted birds?
  10. What kind of bird is supposed to be the “bird of happiness?”

 

Crossword Puzzles

When you have completed the puzzles, you can click here to find the answers!

Young Saint Louis.com #1

Across Down
3. a response
6. practices
8. outdoor show
9. one of several
1. a replacement
2. provides commentary
4. doubtful, suspicious
5. the main one
7. daytime performance

 

Young Saint Louis.com #2

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4. to guarantee
5. make smaller
7. low risk
8. required
9. a cheater, liar
1. commitment
2. sells to public
3. stock collection
6. eraly infancy stage

 

Young Saint Louis.com #3

Across Down
7. a pioneer
8. a formal request
1. emerges from cocoon
2. taken apart
3. a string instrument
4. how one is known
5. put in new order
6. balance in nature
9. prose writing

 

Rhymes with June

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2. old fashioned favor
3. after short wait
4. sing softly
5. inflated
8. an ancient rime
9. mid day
1. dumb but tough
3. eating utensil
6. water bird
7. dried plum

 

Potter Puzzle Revisited

Across Down
3. wizard school
6. a house elf
9. rugular people
10. school's headmaster
11. Dumbledore's bird

1. Harry's "house"
2. evil villain
4. Harry's family
5. flying sport
7. serious student
8. Harry's owl

 

Some school jokes for openers

Father: Son, do you like going to school?
      Son: Dad, the going is fine and the coming home is okay, too. It’s the in between I don’t care for!

Mother: What was the first thing you learned in school?
      Daughter: How to talk without moving my lips!

Why did the pioneers cross the country in covered wagons?
      Because they didn’t want to wait forty years for a train!

What are you going to be when you get out of school?
      An old man!

Now some bug, bird, and animal jokes

What do you call an ant from overseas?
      Import-ant!

How many ants are needed to fill an apartment?
      Ten-ants!

Why should a polar bear be cheap to keep as a pet?
      It lives on ice!

Why do bees hum?
      Because they’ve forgotten the words!

What kind of bee can’t be understood?
      A mumble bee!

What’s another name for a clever duck?
      A wise quacker!

What happened when the owl lost its voice?
      It didn’t give a hoot!

What do you call an ant whose eaten your mother’s sister?
      An aunt-eater!

What do you get if you cross a centipede and a chicken?
      Enough drumsticks to feed an army!

And now some knock, knocks for a big finish!

Knock. Knock.
      Who’s there?
Carl.
      Carl who?
Carl get you there quicker than if you walk!

Knock. Knock.
      Who’s there?
Ben.
      Ben who?
Ben knocking at this door all day!

Knock. Knock.
      Who’s there?
Butter.
      Butter who?
Butter bring an umbrella, it looks like it might rain!

Knock. Knock.
      Who’s there?
Avenue.
      Avenue who?
Avenue heard the good news?

 

 

 


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