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Slide set: Conundrums and the answers (miscellaneous: Newton & Co., 82-83 slides, in/before 1899)

Set details  Slide listing  References to this set  
Individual slides contained in this set
No.
Slide title
Format
Image type
Production
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1
Why is a dog biting its tail like a good economist?
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2
What is that which the more you take from it the larger it becomes?
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Unknown
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3
Why is a Drunkard’s mouth like a good pair of shoes?
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4
Why does a coat get larger when you take it out of a carpet bag?
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Unknown
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5
Why is a diamond like a baby?
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6
Why is an old pocket handkerchief like an old ship?
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Unknown
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7
Where did Buonaparte stand when he landed at St Helena?
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Unknown
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8
Why is an angry person like a cottage loaf?
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Text
Unknown
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9
When are two kings like three miles?
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Unknown
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10
When are eyes not eyes?
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11
Why was the first day of Adam’s life the longest ever known?
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Unknown
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12
What makes a chemist a wit?
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13
When is a man thinner than a lath?
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Unknown
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14
What word contains all the vowels and in their proper order?
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15
What vegetable is anything but agreeable on board ship?
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16
When is a lover like a tailor?
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Unknown
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17
Why are fowls the most economical things farmers keep?
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Unknown
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18
What is that which is full of holes and yet holds water?
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Text
Unknown
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19
Why is a tight boot like a fine summer?
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Unknown
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20
When is a ship said to be in love?
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Text
Unknown
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21
Why are cowardly soldiers like butter?
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Unknown
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22
What is worse than raining cats and dogs?
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Unknown
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23
What part of a fish weighs most?
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Unknown
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24
What is that which goes from London to York without moving?
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25
Why is a dog’s tail a great novelty?
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Unknown
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26
What are we all doing at the same time?
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Unknown
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27
What time of the day was Adam born?
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Unknown
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28
What is the nick of time?
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29
When is a bar of iron like a bad note?
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Unknown
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30
Why is an author of fiction a natural curiosity?
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Unknown
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31
Why should a sailor know whether there is a man in the moon?
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Unknown
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32
Which is the hardest key to turn?
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Unknown
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33
Why should travellers avoid the 12.50 train?
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34
Why are horses little needed in the Isle of Wight?
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Unknown
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35
When has a man four hands?
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Unknown
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36
How many insects does it take to make a landlord?
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Unknown
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37
What does every one thirst after?
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Unknown
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38
What is the poetry of nature?
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Unknown
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39
Why is a clock always bashful?
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Text
Unknown
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40
Why is the letter K like a pig’s tail?
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Unknown
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41
When does a sculptor explode in convulsions?
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Unknown
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42
Why is a lawyer like a sawyer?
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Unknown
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43
When is a horse like a schoolboy?
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Unknown
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44
When are culprits like old books?
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Unknown
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45
What trade was the man who killed William Rufus?
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Unknown
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46
When is a soldier not half a soldier?
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Unknown
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47
Why is a lover like a knocker?
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Unknown
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48
Why are sheep in a fold like a letter?
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Text
Unknown
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49
Why is St Paul’s like a bird’s-nest?
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Text
Unknown
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50
Why is a cabbage run to seed like a lover?
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Text
Unknown
N/A
51
Why are lovers like apples?
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Single slip
Text
Unknown
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52
Why are hot-rolls like caterpillars?
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Unknown
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53
What is most likely to become a pretty woman?
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Text
Unknown
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54
Why does a railway porter cut a hole in your ticket?
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Unknown
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55
What ship carries the most passengers?
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Unknown
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56
Why are ladies like churches?
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Unknown
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57
Why is a ropemaker like a poet?
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Unknown
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58
Why is a gun like a jury?
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Text
Unknown
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59
Spell brandy with three letters?
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Unknown
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60
Where can happiness always be found?
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Unknown
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61
What are the best kinds of money?
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Unknown
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62
When are two apples alike?
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Unknown
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63
When is water like fat?
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Single slip
Text
Unknown
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64
When is your tooth not a tooth?
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Unknown
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65
When is a nosegay a fish?
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Text
Unknown
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66
What can’t dumb men crack?
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Unknown
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67
The snuggest fort in the world?
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Single slip
Text
Unknown
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68
What three letters turn a girl into a woman?
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Single slip
Text
Unknown
N/A
69
What tune can be made out of bank-notes?
Slipping slide:
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Text
Unknown
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70
On what toe does a corn never come?
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Text
Unknown
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71
Why does a duck go under water?
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Unknown
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72
Why does a duck come up out of the water?
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Single slip
Text
Unknown
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73
What fruit is like a statue?
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Text
Unknown
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74
What is most like a horse’s shoe?
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Unknown
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75
When is leather like rust?
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Text
Unknown
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76
Why is lying like a ragged coat?
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Unknown
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77
Why is a beggar like an attorney?
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Unknown
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78
Why is Queen Victoria like a hat?
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Unknown
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79
Why are pretty girls like fireworks?
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Unknown
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80
What is the centre of gravity?
Slipping slide:
Single slip
Text
Unknown
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81
Name me and you destroy me?
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Unknown
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82
Why is love like a duck’s foot?
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Single slip
Text
Unknown
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11A
Why is a good story like a church bell?
Slipping slide:
Single slip
Text
Unknown
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Lucerna ID  3010696

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 25 October 2022

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