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.
Can you name three consecutive days without using the words Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, or Sunday?
Yesterday, today, and tomorrow.
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 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 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.).
What kind of band never plays music?
A rubber band.
I have to be opened, but I don't have a lid or a key to get in. What am I?
An egg.
What kind of cup doesn't hold water?
cupcake
I have cities, but no houses. I have mountains, but no trees. I have water, but no fish. What am I?
A map.
What can you break, even if you never pick it up or touch it?
A promise.
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’m tall when I’m young, and I’m short when I’m old. What am I?
A candle.
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.
What has a head, a tail, is brown, and has no legs?
A penny.
What kind of cup doesn't hold water?
hiccup
I make two people out of one. What am I?
A mirror.
What can you keep after giving to someone?
Your word.
What English word has three consecutive double letters?
bookkeeper
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.
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.
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.
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.
The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?
footsteps
What room do ghosts avoid?
The living room.
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.
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
What has legs, but doesn't walk?
A table.
When does Christmas come before Thanksgiving?
In the dictionary.
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'.
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 add lots of flavor and have many layers, but if you get to close I'll make you cry. What am I?
An onion.