What toe would you rather kiss than the Pope's? Mrs. Beecher S-towe.
Who was the first whistler, and what tune did he whistle? The wind,—"Over the Hills and Far Away."
Who wrote most, Dickens or Bulwer? Dickens. He wrote "All the Year Round," while Bulwer wrote "Night and Morning."
What countryman was Burns? A Scorchman.
What change of identity did the "Beggar's Opera" effect? It made Gay rich, and Rich gay.
When was the greatest destruction of poultry? When King Claudius of Denmark "did murder most foul."
Why are the abbreviations of degrees tacked on to a man's name? To show that he is a man of letters.
"Why," asked Moore, the poet, "is love like a potato?" Because it shoots from the eyes, "and," added Byron, "gets less by pairing."
If Falstaff had been musical what instrument would he have chosen after dinner? The sackbut.
Why is it almost certain that Shakespeare was a broker? Because no man has furnished so many stock quotations.