What has to be broken before you can use it?
An egg
What is full of holes but still holds water?
A sponge
There’s a one-story house in which everything is yellow. Yellow walls, yellow doors, yellow furniture. What color are the stairs?
There aren’t any—it’s a one-story house.
What can you break, even if you never pick it up or touch it?
A promise
What gets wet while drying?
A towel
I shave every day, but my beard stays the same. What am I?
A barber
What has many keys but can’t open a single lock?
A piano
What can you hold in your left hand but not in your right?
Your right elbow
I’m found in socks, scarves and mittens; and often in the paws of playful kittens. What am I?
Yarn
What invention lets you look right through a wall?
A window
What can’t be put in a saucepan?
It’s lid
Where can you find cities, towns, shops, and streets but no people?
A map.
What has a neck but no head?
A bottle.
What has hands but doesn’t clap?
A clock
What five-letter word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it?
Short. (Short + ‘er’ = shorter)
You bought me for dinner but never eat me. What am I?
Cutlery.
