Multiple choice general knowledge

If you WORD1 that a WORD2 was a large animal, why did you let it tread all over my WORD3 carpet?!? What is WORD2?

  1. hippopotamus

  2. gnu

  3. buffalo

  4. None of the above
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B Correct answer
Explanation

This is a linguistic wordplay joke. The sentence "If you KNEW that a GNU was a large animal, why did you let it tread all over my carpet?!" uses the homophone 'gnu' (the animal) and 'knew' (past of know). The humor comes from the pun between the antelope name and the verb. The other animals don't create this wordplay.

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