I’m tall when I’m young, and I’m short when I’m old. What am I?
A candle.
What month of the year has 28 days?
All of them.
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.
A man who was outside in the rain without an umbrella or hat didn’t get a single hair on his head wet. Why?
The man was bald.
What can you keep after giving to someone?
Your word.
I shave every day, but my beard stays the same. What am I?
A barber.
You see a boat filled with people, yet there isn’t a single person on board. How is that possible?
All the people on the boat are married.
You walk into a room that contains a match, a kerosene lamp, a candle and a fireplace. What would you light first?
The match.
I’m light as a feather, yet the strongest person can’t hold me for five minutes. What am I?
Your breath.
If you’re running in a race and you pass the person in second place, what place are you in?
Second place.
I have cities, but no houses. I have mountains, but no trees. I have water, but no fish. What am I?
A map.
What is seen in the middle of March and April that can't be seen at the beginning or end of either month?
The letter R.
What word in the English language does the following: the first two letters signify a male, the first three letters signify a female, the first four letters signify a great, while the entire world signifies a great woman. What is the word?
heroine
What English word has three consecutive double letters?
bookkeeper
A woman shoots her husband, then holds him underwater for five minutes. Next, she hangs him. Right after, they enjoy a lovely dinner. Explain.
She took a picture of him and developed it in her dark room.
