Why is a cyclone like a waiter? (It carries everything before it.) Over a thousand riddles, puzzles and parlor games from 1896 — with a riddle-a-day and cards to stump your friends.

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4. To sing the three first lines from three popular songs, without pausing. 5. To act, to the best of her ability, the three sensations of…

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