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
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 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
What has four wheels and flies?
A dustcart / garbage truck
What has a bed but never sleeps, can run but never walks, and has a bank but no money?
A river
What has so many keys, but cannot open a single door?
A piano / A keyboard
What is full of holes but still holds water?
A sponge
The more you take the more you leave behind. What are they?
Footsteps
Who can shave many times a day but still have a beard?
A barber
What begins with T, finishes with T, and has “T” in it?
A teapot
What goes up but never goes back down?
Your age
