The 25 card set of 1898 Wills Conundrums trading cards offer punny riddles that only the young smoker of 1898 could appreciate. Each card front features an illustration and a riddle question with the answer printed on the back of the card.
There are variations to the card backs with some cards offering an album to collectors and others printed in different ink colors meaning a completist will have more than 25 cards to track down for this collection.
This set is among the first of many trading card sets distributed in Wills tobacco products for decades.
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1898 Wills Conundrums Checklist
Base Set – 25 Cards
| 1 | Why are balloons in the air like vagrants? |
| 2 | Why is a schoolboy being flogged like your eye? |
| 3 | Why is a plum cake like the ocean? |
| 4 | Why are sheep the most disspated animals? |
| 5 | Why ought Ireland to be the riches country in the world? |
| 6 | Why are sweets like racehorses? |
| 7 | Why is a dog’s tail like the heart of a tree? |
| 8 | When can a donkey be spelt with one letter? |
| 9 | What is it which a cat has, but no other animals? |
| 10 | Turn a ‘Star’ round, and what do you get? |
| 11 | What is the diference between a mouse and a pretty girl? |
| 12 | What is the difference between a spendthrift and a feather bed? |
| 13 | Why does an old maid wear cotton gloves? |
| 14 | When is a clock on the stairs dangerous? |
| 15 | Why is this man like Berlin? |
| 16 | What is the difference between a cook and her lover? |
| 17 | Why are pretty girls like fireworks? |
| 18 | Why is a mouse like a haystack? |
| 19 | Why are ‘Capstan’ cigarettes like 10000 pound? |
| 20 | What part of a fish weighs most? |
| 21 | What is the difference between a honeycomb and a honeymoon? |
| 22 | What is the difference between a school-master and a postage stamp? |
| 23 | Why is a policaman like a rainbow? |
| 24 | Which is the most awkward time for a train to start? |
| 25 | When is a soldier not half a soldier? |