Which is funnier: a gun or a knife?

Clue:  This is according to a guide to drawing comics

Answer:  A knife.  (The answer is in black text on the black background.  Highlight it to view.)

Citation:  Suck School of Comic Art, Suck.com, (Nov. 7, 1997)

Which character from children’s literature is funnier: Stuart Little or Peter Churchmouse?

Clue:  This is according to The Journal of Educational Research

Answer:  Stuart Little  (The answer is in black text on the black background.  Highlight it to view.)

Citation:  The Journal of Educational Research (1920), p. 518. 

True or False: Shakespeare’s “Prince Hal is less humorous than Falstaff.”

Clue:  This is according to a Shakespeare scholar.

Answer:  False.  “Prince Hal himself is no less humorous than Falstaff, while his wit has a dignity and a sarcastic edge not observable in the fat knight’s random and reckless sallies.”  (The answer is in black text on the black background.  Highlight it to view.)

Citation:  Richard Grant White, Studies in Shakespeare (1885), p. 29.

Which is funnier: a crow’s cawing or blue jay’s squawking?

Clue:  This is according to Beat poet Allen Ginsberg

Answer:  Blue jay squawking  (The answer is in black text on the black background.  Highlight it to view.)

Citation:  Allen Ginsberg, Spontaneous Mind: Selected Interviews, 1958-1996 (2001), p. 373.

What is funnier than laughing when you shouldn't be laughing?

Clue:  This is according to novelist Rick Hamilin.

Answer:  Nothing.  (The answer is in black text on the black background.  Highlight it to view.)

Citation:  Rick Hamilin, Reading Between the Lines (2006), p. 111.

Which is funnier: French toast or pancakes?

Clue:  This is according to someone dissatisfied with his job at a marketing company.

Answer:  French toast.  (The answer is in black text on the black background.  Highlight it to view.)

Citation:  John Kowalik, “Being John Kowalik,” JohnKowalik.com (April 25, 2007)

What is funnier than unhappiness?

Clue:  This is according to playwright Samuel Beckett

Answer:  Nothing  (The answer is in black text on the black background.  Highlight it to view.)

Citation:  Simon Critchley, Very Little—Almost Nothing: Death, Philosophy, Literature (2004), p. 184.

Which word is funnier: moist or supercalifragilisticexpialidocious?

Clue:  This is according to a book on gender differences entitled I’m With Stupid

Answer:  Moist  (The answer is in black text on the black background.  Highlight it to view.)

Citation:  Gene Weingarten and Gina Barreca, I’m With Stupid (2004), p. 171

Which is funnier: Tears or laughter?

Clue:  This is according to the book Love and Other Games of Chance

Answer:  Tears  (The answer is in black text on the black background.  Highlight it to view.)

Citation:  Lee Siegel, Love and Other Games of Chance (2003), p. 358

Who is funnier: Karl Marx or the Marx Brothers?

Clue:  This is according to James Agate

Answer:  The Marx Brothers.  (The answer is in black text on the black background.  Highlight it to view.)

Citation:  James Agate, A Shorter Ego: The Autobiography of James Agate (1945), p. 202

Which is funnier: satiric or non-committal humor?

Clue:  This is according to a scholar of Henry Fielding

Answer:  non-committal humor  (The answer is in black text on the black background.  Highlight it to view.)

Citation:  John Hames Peereboom, Fielding Practice (1984), p. 36.

Which number is funnier: four or five?

Clue:  This is according to the book Drawing on the Funny Side of the Brain

Answer:  Five, as "odd numbers are always funnier.”  (The answer is in black text on the black background.  Highlight it to view.)

Citation:  Christopher Hart, Drawing on the Funny Side of the Brain (1998), p. 107

Which is funnier: Yoga or Pilates?

Clue:  This is according to an artist

Answer:  Yoga  (The answer is in black text on the black background.  Highlight it to view.)

Citation:  Pam Rubert, “Pamdora’s Box,” Pamdora.com, (Jan. 30, 2005)

Who is funnier: Jackie Gleason or Art Carney?

Clue:  This is according to musican/comedian Steve Allen.

Answer:  Art Carney.  (The answer is in black text on the black background.  Highlight it to view.)

Citation:  Steve Allen, The Funny Men (1956), p. 154.

True or False: There is only one thing funnier than watching drunk people dig around in sand for fabulous prizes.

Clue:  This is according to The Recovering Sorority Girls’ Guide to a Year’s Worth of Perfect Parties

Answer:  False.  “Trust us—nothing is funnier than watching drunk people dig around in sand for fabulous prizes.”  (The answer is in black text on the black background.  Highlight it to view.)

Citation:  Deandra Brooks, The Recovering Sorority Girls’ Guide to a Year’s Worth of Perfect Parties (2005), p. 126.

Which cuisine is funnier: Swedish or Jewish?

Clue:  This is according to comedian Steve Allen

Answer:  Jewish.  “Jewish foods generally are funnier than their Swedish or French equivalents.”  (The answer is in black text on the black background.  Highlight it to view.)

Citation:  Steve Allen and Jane Wollman, How to Be Funny: Discovering the Comic You (1987), p. 50

Which word is funnier: house or condo?

Clue:  This is according to the book Drawing on the Funny Side of the Brain

Answer:  Condo, as it is “more specific”  (The answer is in black text on the black background.  Highlight it to view.)

Citation:  Christopher Hart, Drawing on the Funny Side of the Brain (1998), p. 107

Which is funnier: Mark Twain or any of his books?

Clue:  This is according to a Mark Twain biographer

Answer:  Mark Twain.  (The answer is in black text on the black background.  Highlight it to view.)

Citation:  Albert Bigelow Paine, Mark Twain: A Biography (1912), p. 661.

Which quotation is accurate?
A: "Clownfish are funnier than any other type of fish.”
B: "Clownfish are no funnier than any other type of fish.”

Clue:  This is according to a Disney Finding Nemo book

Answer:  B.  "Strictly speaking, clownfish are no funnier than any other type of fish. But it never hurts to have a few good jokes on hand.” —Don't Invite a Shark to Dinner and Other Lessons from the Sea (2003), p. 71  (The answer is in black text on the black background.  Highlight it to view.)

Citation:  Rod A. Martin, The Psychology of Humor (2007), p. 246.

Which flowers are funnier: chrysanthemums or petunias?

Clue:  This is according to a science fiction author.

Answer:  Petunias.  (The answer is in black text on the black background.  Highlight it to view.)

Citation:  Glenn Yeffeth, The Anthology at the End of the Universe (2005), p. 109