A cheese riddle was published in an 1869 newspaper:
Q: What looks like half a cheese?
A: The other half.
An apple version was published in a 1909 newspaper:
Q: What looks like half of an apple?
A: Why the other half, to be sure,
There have been non-food versions of the riddle as well, although the apple version is the most popular.
30 May 1869, The Daily Milwaukee News (Milwaukee, WI), “Fact, Fun and Sentiment,” pg. 4, col. 6:
What looks like half a cheese? The other half.
16 July 1909, The Alta Vista Journal (Alma, KS), “Round Grove Chips,” pg. 8, col. 3:
What looks like half of an apple? Why the other half, to be sure,
22 October 1961, Boston (MA) Sunday Herald, “Riddles,” sec. 2, pg. 6, cols. 5, 8:
What looks like half of an apple?
The other half.
Google Books
The Nutty Joke Book
By Charles Keller
Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall
1978
Pg. ?:
What looks like half a peanut?
The other half.
Google Books
Over 1500 Fantastic Jokes
By Guy Campbell and Paul Moran
London, UK: Dean
2002
Pg. 46:
What looks like half a cat?
The other half!
Twitter
Lauren Smith
@MsIB
Before I go ~ What looks like half apple?
The other half ~ Smile & U will have a good day!
6:09 AM - 22 Apr 2009
Google Books
The Silly Book of Weird and Wacky Words
By Andy Seed
London, UK: BLoomsbury Publishing Plc
2015
Pg. 4:
What looks like half a camel?
The other half.
Google Books
Belly Laugh Riddles and Puns for Kids:
350 Hilarious Riddles and Puns
By Sky Pony Editors
New York, NY: Sky Pony press
2016
Pg. ?:
Q: What looks like half of an apple?
A: The other half.
Urban Dictionary
what looks like half an apple
the other half
Bro: Yo what looks like half an apple
Homie: Yeah dawg
Bro: Aight man, the other half homes
by ZROSENEDI May 12, 2016
Reddit—Jokes
What looks like half an apple?
submitted March 31, 2017 by stfuWeirdo
The other half
Twitter
Laffy Taffy Jokes
@LaffyTaffyBot
What looks like half an apple? - The other half.
11:30 AM - 15 Jun 2017
Above, a 1934 plaque from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem. Discarded as trash in 2006. Now a Popeyes fast food restaurant on Google Maps.
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Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. Google Maps. Stolen and missing, 2021-2024.
Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.
Listen to Robert Emmerich introduce "The Big Apple," a hit song from 1937. Music written by Bob and performed by Tommy Dorsey's Clambake Seven with Bob on piano. Lyrics written by Buddy Bernier and sung by Edythe Wright. Audio provided by Dorothy Emmerich.
Also listen to a 1937 "The Big Apple" song by Ozzie Nelson and his Orchestra. See a 1929 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald and a 1931 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald.
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