The Puzzle King / Amusing arithmetic, book-keeping blunders, commercial comicalities, curious "catches", peculiar problems, perplexing paradoxes, quaint questions, queer quibbles, school stories, interesting items, tricks with figures, cards, draughts, dice, dominoes, etc., etc., etc.

by John Scott

When a man attains the age of 90 years, he may be termed XC-dingly old.

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Examination Gems.

A school examination room might not to a casual observer seem to be a very likely place to find entertainment. However, the answers often given by pupils are sometimes excruciatingly funny, as is proved by the following:—

Definitions.

Function.—“When a fellow feels in a funk.”

Quotation.—“The answer to a division sum.”

Civil War.—“When each side gives way a little.”

The Four Seasons.—“Pepper, mustard, salt and vinegar.”

Alias.—“Means otherwise—he was tall, but she was alias.”