9. What word becomes shorter by adding a syllable to it?
10. If a stupid fellow was going up for a competitive examination, why should he study the letter P?
11. Why is buttermilk like something that never happened?
12. Why is the letter O the noisiest of all the vowels?
13. Why is a Member of Parliament like a shrimp?
14. Why is a pig a paradox?
15. Why is a bad half-dollar like something said in a whisper?
16. Why do black sheep eat less than white ones?
17. Why is a barn-door fowl sitting on a gate like a halfpenny?
18. Why is a man searching for the Philosopher’s Stone like Neptune?