Q. What state is round on one side, high in the middle, and round on the other side?
A. Ohio. This one works a little better when spoken rather than read, but O is round, hi sounds like high and the last O is as round as the first.
Q. Shoe, door, sticks, straight.
What word comes next?
A. Hen. The words are the last in each phrase from the children's nursery rhyme.
One, two, buckle my shoe;
Three, four, Shut the door;
Five, six, Pick up sticks;
Seven, eight, Lay them straight:
Nine, ten, A big, fat hen;
A. Ohio. This one works a little better when spoken rather than read, but O is round, hi sounds like high and the last O is as round as the first.
Q. Shoe, door, sticks, straight.
What word comes next?
A. Hen. The words are the last in each phrase from the children's nursery rhyme.
One, two, buckle my shoe;
Three, four, Shut the door;
Five, six, Pick up sticks;
Seven, eight, Lay them straight:
Nine, ten, A big, fat hen;