Puns Quiz

What is a Pun?

• Words that sound the same but are spelled different 
• Play on words: a joke 
• An idiom 
• Pickle and onion mix

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Is this a pun?

• No 
• I don't know 
• Yes
• Maybe

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Is this a pun?
Lighting dances across the sky.

• True
• False

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Is this a pun?

• True
• False

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(answer with a pun)

Why do ghosts like to ride elevators?

• It lifts their spirits.

• It takes them to new heights.

• It beats floating.

• It takes their breath away.

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(answer with a pun)

I didn't like my beard at first...

• Then I did.

• Then it grew on me.

• So I shaved it off.

• But I realized it's nice.

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(make this a pun)

Broken pencils are...

• pointless

• not good

• wood

• worthless

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(make this a pun)

My friend's bakery burned down last night. Now his business is...

• ruined.

• toast.

• bankrupt.

• gone.

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(make this a pun)

I wondered why the baseball was getting bigger. Then it...

• hit me.

• dropped.

• got smaller.

• fell.

• turned into a moose.

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(what type of figurative language is used in this sentence?)

The best way to communicate with a fish is to drop them a line.

• allusion

• metaphor

• pun

• hyperbole

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