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May 2004 Vol.5 Issue 5
Fun
& Games
Trivia - Mammals,
Birds, Reptiles, and Fish in Sports
When you're done,
click here for the answers.
- What popular
songbird gives its name to the major league baseball team
in St. Louis?
- Chicago's NFL
team is named for what wild animals?
- A university
football team in Florida is named after what reptiles?
- Baltimore's
NFL team is named after large black birds. What are those
birds?
- The University
of Connecticut or UConn basketball team is named after what
domesticated animals?
- Denver's football
team is named after what kind of animals?
- In the St. Louis
area, a minor league hockey team is named after what animals
that live in water?
- Boston's hockey
team has a name similar to but different from Chicago's football
team. Can you give their animal name?
- Miami, Florida's
pro football team is named after what big marine creatures?
- The University
of Kentucky named its basketball team after what animals?
Crossword Puzzles
When you have
completed the puzzles, you can click
here to find the answers!
Young
Saint Louis.com #1
| Across |
Down |
3.surrounding
feeling
4. parts of engine
5. supported the event
7. large trash holder
9. requires two riders
10. cloudy, darkening |
1. assures
things work
2. stress causing
6. made larger
8. do wrong to someone |
Young
Saint Louis.com #2
| Across |
Down |
4. break through
7. uncomplicated
8. for qualifiers only
9. beyond belief
10. level of competition |
1. true to
life
2. play preparations
3. performed during day
5. the one just before
6. prehistoric reptile |
Really
hard words
| Across |
Down |
2. move across
4. police department
6. frugal, stingy
7. a crook or fraud
8. unforgetable feature
9. found everywhere
10. a trace, small part |
1. dismay,
confusion
3. snakelike
5. gluttonous |
Really
easy words
| Across |
Down |
2. quack, quack
6. bow wow
7. trumpets
10. baa, baa
12. neighs
13. ribbit, ribbit
14. hiss, hiss |
1. cock-a-doodle-doo
2. hee haw
3. meow, meow
4. roars
5. squeak, squeak
8. gobble, gobble
9. grunts
11. oink, oink |
Some school-related
jokes to start off with
Son: "Dad,
can you write in the dark?"
Dad: "I think so. What is
it you want me to write?"
Son: "Just your name on this report card!"
Teacher: "You
know you can't sleep in my class."
Boy: "I know, but maybe
if you were just a little quieter, I could!"
Teacher: "Why
are you late?"
Boy: "Because of a sign
down the street."
Teacher: "What does a sign have to do with your being late?"
Boy: "Because the sign says,
SCHOOL. GO SLOW!"
Some questions
a teacher hopes her pupils will never ask:
- Why does monosyllable
have five syllables?
- Why isn't phonetic
spelled the way it sounds?
- Why do we drive
on parkways and park on driveways?
- Why are there
interstate highways in Hawaii?
- Why doesn't glue
stick on the inside of its bottle?
- If vegetarians
eat vegetables, what do humanitarians eat?
- If nothing ever
sticks to TEFLON, how do they make TEFLON stick to the pan?
- How does the
guy who drives the snowplow get to work in the mornings?
- Is there another
word for synonym?
Dumb Riddles
What kind of house
weighs the least?
A lighthouse!
When is a ballplayer
like a judge?
When he sits on the bench!
What do you do
to a bad ping pong ball?
You paddle it!
Where do little
dogs sleep when they go camping?
In a pup tent!
What kind of running
means walking?
Running out of gas!
When is a door
not a door?
When it's ajar!
Why should you
never tell a clock a secret?
Because time will tell!
Our usual knock
knock finale
Knock. Knock.
Who's there?
Anita.
Anita who?
Anita nother minute to think this over!
Knock knock.
Who's there?
Ketchup.
Ketchup who?
Ketchup with ya later!
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