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My life can be measured in hours, I serve by being devoured. Thin, I am quick. Fat, I am slow. Wind is my foe. What am I?

I am a candle.

I make two people out of one. What am I?

A mirror.

Mr. and Mrs. Mustard have six daughters and each daughter has one brother. How many people are in the Mustard family?

There are nine Mustards in the family. Since each daughter shares the same brother, there are six girls, one boy and Mr. and Mrs. Mustard.

I am not alive, but I grow; I don't have lungs, but I need air; I don't have a mouth, but water kills me. What am I?

fire

Re-arrange the letters, O O U S W T D N E J R, to spell just one word. What is it?

'Just one word'.

When does Christmas come before Thanksgiving?

In the dictionary.

What room do ghosts avoid?

The living room.

Can you name three consecutive days without using the words Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, or Sunday?

Yesterday, today, and tomorrow.

What has a head, a tail, is brown, and has no legs?

A penny.

The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?

footsteps

What 8 letter-word can have a letter taken away and still make a word? Take another letter away and it still makes a word. Keep on doing that until you have one letter left. What is the word?

The word is starting: starting, staring, string, sting, sing, sin, in, I.

What kind of band never plays music?

A rubber band.

What kind of cup doesn't hold water?

hiccup

What kind of cup doesn't hold water?

cupcake

I have to be opened, but I don't have a lid or a key to get in. What am I?

An egg.

What has legs, but doesn't walk?

A table.

I add lots of flavor and have many layers, but if you get to close I'll make you cry. What am I?

An onion.

How can you physically stand behind your father while he is standing behind you?

You are standing back to back with your father.

First you eat me, then you get eaten. What am I?

A fishhook.

First, think of the color of the clouds. Next, think of the color of snow. Now, think of the color of a bright full moon. Now answer quickly what do cows drink?

water

What are the next three letters in this combination? OTTFFSS

E N T (Each letter represents the first letter in the written numbers: One, Two, Three, Four, Five, etc.).

I have keys, but no locks and space, and no rooms. You can enter, but you can't go outside. What am I?

A keyboard.

What English word has three consecutive double letters?

bookkeeper

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

I have cities, but no houses. I have mountains, but no trees. I have water, but no fish. What am I?

A map.

If you’re running in a race and you pass the person in second place, what place are you in?

Second place.

You walk into a room that contains a match, a kerosene lamp, a candle and a fireplace. What would you light first?

The match.

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.

What can you keep after giving to someone?

Your word.

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 break, even if you never pick it up or touch it?

A promise.

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.

I’m tall when I’m young, and I’m short when I’m old. What am I?

A candle.