178. Why is a passenger by the 12.50 train very likely to be too late?
179.
Nine less ten,
With fifty twice told,
Is what many feel
When they’are growing old.
180. What two letters give a word meaning to debate?
181. Behead an animal, transpose, and leave another animal.
182. What does the boy, in his first surprise, say to his water-wheel?
183. What is the political character of a water-wheel?
184. In what coin is its financial value estimated?
185. What is the water-wheel paradox?
186. I am a word of four letters: in me may be found, 1 a verb, 2 an animal, 3 a viscid liquid, 4 a science, 5 a conjunction, 6 a preposition.
PLANTS, FLOWERS, ETC.
187. Part of every animal and part of every vegetable.
188. A beast of burden and a poison.
189. A sweet substance and a cluster.
190. A weapon and part of the body.
191. A household article and what often forms part of it.