WHAT KIND OF FOOL AM I?
Credit: GAMES Magazine - April, 2004
Jennifer Orehowsky

Each clue below leads to a name, title, or phrase containing a word that means "fool" or "funny person." For example, the answer to Fictitious nursery-rhyme author" would be  MOTHER GOOSE.

1. Larry, Curly, and Moe
2. Paltry sum of money
3. P. T. Barnum's comment on the gullible
4. Every class and circus has one
5. Visa or American Express
6. Frustration after trying everything
7. TV set to some
8. Severe scolding that's "read"
9. Origin of many superheroes
10. Reversal of circumstances resulting in confusion
11. Sudden way to give up a bad habit

Answers:

1. Three Stooges
2. Chump change
3. "There's a sucker born every minute ."
4. Class and circus clown
5. Credit card
6. At your wit's end
7. Idiot box
8. Riot act
9. Comic books
10. When the tail wags the dog 
11. Cold turkey