My first quite tall in Egypt grows,
Above it hovers my second,
My whole I’m sure each sportsman knows,
And when cooked quite dainty reckoned.
Ans. Reed-Bird.
My first, what is it? Scholars know,
My second’s all the muses,
My whole, a bark, in the south doth grow,
And in fever oft we use it.
Quinine.
My first we say when we address a lady,
My second’s a destructive insect,
My whole is the greatest thing that ever lived.
Mammoth.

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My first is a score,
My second, if more
You wish to know, you will use;
My whole is a game
Of very good fame,
And when well played will not fail to amuse.
Twenty Questions.
My first is part of a wheel,
My second is half of a trifle “l............