I’m tall when I’m young and I’m short when I’m old. What am I?
A candle
Where can you find cities, towns, shops, and streets but no people?
A map
There is a rooster sitting on top of a barn. If it laid an egg, which way would it roll?
Roosters don’t lay eggs
What five letter word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it?
Short (short+er)
What is so fragile that saying its name breaks it?
Silence
What has a bottom at the top?
Your legs
What has a face and two hands but no arms or legs?
A clock
How many months have 28 days?
All 12 of them do
What word is spelled wrong in every dictionary?
Wrong
I have no life, but I can die. What am I?
A battery
What gets wetter as it dries?
A towel
Mary has four daughters, and each of her daughters has a brother — how many children does Mary have?
Five
You walk into a room which contains a kerosene lamp, a candle, and a fireplace. What would you light first?
A match or lighter
What has four wheels and flies?
A dustcart / garbage truck
What has 88 keys, but cannot open a single door?
A piano
What has a bed but never sleeps, can run but never walks, and has a bank but no money?
A river
