What goes up but never goes back down?
Your age
What job is this?
Florist
You walk into a room which contains a kerosene lamp, a candle, and a fireplace. What would you light first?
A match or lighter
If there are 12 fish and half of them drown, how many are there?
12, fish don’t drown!
The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?
footsteps
What job is this?
Archeologist
There was an airplane crash, every single person on board died, but yet two people survived. How is this possible?
The two were married.
First you eat me, then you get eaten. What am I?
A fishhook.
A is the brother of B. B is the brother of C. C is the father of D. So how is D related to A?
A is D's aunt.
What room do ghosts avoid?
The living room.
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.
Three men were in a boat. It capsized, but only two got their hair wet. Why?
One was bald
What job is this?
Sheriff
I have no life, but I can die. What am I?
A battery
What begins with an E but only has one letter in it?
An envelope
What job is this?
Veterinarian
You see me once in June, twice in November, but not at all in May. What am I?
The letter e.
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.
The more you take the more you leave behind. What are they?
Footsteps
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'.
I run along your property and all around the backyard, yet I never move. What am I?
A fence.
What job is this?
Dentist
What gets wetter as it dries?
A towel
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 job is this?
Director
What job is this?
Cashier
What job is this?
Builder
What has 88 keys, but cannot open a single door?
A piano
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.
How can the number four be half of five?
IV, the Roman numeral for four, which is "half" (two letters) of the word five.
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.
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 come from a mine and get surrounded by wood always. Everyone uses me. What am I?
pencil lead
Find the mistake in the picture.
"The" is repeated.
What can you catch, but not throw?
A cold.
What is so fragile that saying its name breaks it?
Silence
What job is this?
Gardener
What English word has three consecutive double letters?
bookkeeper
What job is this?
Beautician
What job is this?
Farmer
If you’re running in a race and you pass the person in second place, what place are you in?
Second place.
A boy and an engineer were fishing. The boy is the son of the engineer but engineer is not the father of the boy. How is that possible?
The engineer is the boy's mother.
Can you name three consecutive days without using the words Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, or Sunday?
Yesterday, today, and tomorrow.
What kind of cup doesn't hold water?
cupcake
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 job is this?
Train Driver
What can you keep after giving to someone?
Your word.
What job is this?
Race Car Driver
Which is heavier: a ton of bricks or a ton of feathers?
Neither, they both weigh the same.
What month of the year has 28 days?
All of them.
What job is this?
Police Officer
I am the father of all fruits? What am I?
Papaya
A doctor and a bus driver are both in love with the same woman, an attractive girl named Sarah. The bus driver had to go on a long bus trip that would last a week. Before he left, he gave Sarah seven apples. Why?
Because an apple a day keeps the doctor away!
What job is this?
Waiter
How is seven different from the rest of the numbers between one and ten?
Seven has two syllables and the other numbers only have one syllable.
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.
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 job is this?
Chef
What is full of holes but still holds water?
A sponge
What job is this?
Pilot
What has legs, but doesn't walk?
A table.
What has a head, a tail, is brown, and has no legs?
A penny.
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 job is this?
Barber
Selfish shellfish (x4)
Excellent!
What job is this?
Miner
What kind of band never plays music?
A rubber band.
I'm as big as an elephant but lighter than a feather. What am I?
The elephant's shadow
What job is this?
Plumber
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 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 job is this?
Surgeon
What job is this?
Cleaner
What job is this?
Clown
I have to be opened, but I don't have a lid or a key to get in. What am I?
An egg.
A boy was at a carnival and went to a booth where a man said to the boy, "If I write your exact weight on this piece of paper then you have to give me $50, but if I cannot, I will pay you $50." The boy looked around and saw no scale so
The man did exactly as he said he would and wrote "your exact weight" on the paper.
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 job is this?
Doctor
Can you remove two matchsticks to make below equation correct?
6-5=1
What job is this?
Nurse
I am an odd number. Take away a letter and I become even. What number am I?
Seven
What job is this?
Taxi Driver
What can you break, even if you never pick it up or touch it?
A promise.
I’m light as a feather, yet the strongest person can’t hold me for five minutes. What am I?
Your breath.
What job is this?
Football Player
How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?He would chuck, he would, as much as he could, and chuck as much woodas a woodchuck would if a woodchuck could chuck wood. (x1)
Good Job!
I shave every day, but my beard stays the same. What am I?
A barber.
What job is this?
Helicopter Pilot
What job is this?
Astronaut
Mary has four daughters, and each of her daughters has a brother — how many children does Mary have?
Five
Where can you find cities, towns, shops, and streets but no people?
A map
What job is this?
Ballerina
What fruit can you use to sip water?
Strawberry
What job is this?
Soldier
What job is this?
Fitness Trainer
What gets bigger the more you take away?
A hole
What has a bed but never sleeps, can run but never walks, and has a bank but no money?
A river
What word is spelled wrong in every dictionary?
Wrong
What job is this?
Welder
What job is this?
Scientist
I am a bell yet you can’t ring me. I sound hot but am not. What am I?
Bell peppers
I’m tall when I’m young, and I’m short when I’m old. What am I?
A candle.
What has four wheels and flies?
A dustcart / garbage truck
Who can shave 25 times a day but still have a beard?
A barber
Is this fun?
YES!
What begins with T, finishes with T, and has “T” in it?
A teapot
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
How can you physically stand behind your father while he is standing behind you?
You are standing back to back with your father.
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 job is this?
Scuba Diver
Which weighs more: a pound of feathers or a pound of bricks?
They weigh the same
What kind of cup doesn't hold water?
hiccup
I have cities, but no houses. I have mountains, but no trees. I have water, but no fish. What am I?
A map.
When does Christmas come before Thanksgiving?
In the dictionary.
Everyone has it and no one can lose it; what is it?
A shadow
What has a face and two hands but no arms or legs?
A clock
I make two people out of one. What am I?
A mirror.
I have many teeth, but I cannot bite. What am I?
A comb.
What job is this?
Artist
What job is this?
Firefighter
Connect all the dots with 6 (joint) line segments without lifting your pen off the paper.
(Teacher elicits)