What is black when it’s clean and white when it’s dirty?
A chalkboard
What building has the most stories?
A library
If a brother, his sister, and their dog weren’t under an umbrella, why didn’t they get wet?
It wasn’t raining.
What can’t talk but will reply when spoken to?
An echo
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 13 hearts but no organs?
a deck of cards
If you’ve got me, you want to share me; if you share me, you haven’t kept me. What am I?
A secret
What gets bigger when more is taken away?
A hole
What is full of holes but still holds water?
A sponge
What runs all around a backyard, yet never moves?
A fence
What can you hear, but not see or touch, even though you control it?
Your voice
I make two people out of one. What am I?
A mirror
What is always in front of you but can’t be seen?
The future
I’m tall when I’m young, and I’m short when I’m old. What am I?
A candle / pencil
A cowboy rode into town on Friday, stayed three days, and left on Friday. How is this possible?
His horse was named Friday
Mr. Blue lives in the Blue house. Mrs. Yellow lives in the Yellow House. Mr. Orange lives in the orange house. Who lives in the White House?
The President
What room do ghosts avoid?
The Living Room
If you look at the numbers on my face you won't find thirteen anyplace.
A clock.
What 2 things can you never eat for breakfast?
Lunch and dinner.
What’s the capital of France?
The letter “F.” It's the only capital letter in France.
What has many keys but can’t open a single lock?
A piano / keyboard
The more of this there is, the less you see. What is it?
Darkness
What’s black and white and read all over?
A newspaper
What is so fragile that saying its name breaks it?
Silence
It belongs to you, but other people use it more than you do. What is it?
Your name
The eight of us go forth not back to protect our king from a foe's attack.
Chess pawns.
What has six faces, But does not wear makeup? It also has twenty-one eyes, But cannot see? Hint: you may use it when playing a game
Dice
There’s a one-level house in which everything is yellow. Yellow walls, yellow doors, yellow furniture. What color are the stairs?
There aren’t any stairs
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 follow you all the time and copy your every move, but you can’t touch me or catch me. What am I?
Your shadow
What has legs, but doesn’t walk?
A table / chair
What gets wet while drying?
A towel
Can you name three consecutive days without using the words Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, or Sunday?
Yesterday, today & tomorrow
What goes up and down but doesn’t move?
A staircase
A man who was outside in the rain without an umbrella or hat didn’t get a single hair on his head wet. Why?
He was bald.
What word is spelled wrong in every dictionary?
Wrong
I fly at night, I sleep during the day and you will never see feathers in my wings.
A bat
What five-letter word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it?
Short
I’m light as a feather, yet the strongest person can’t hold me for five minutes. What am I?
Your breath / air
How many months of the year have 28 days?
All of them, all the months have at least 28 days!
How many times can you subtract 10 from 100?
Once, next time you'd be subtracting 10 from 90
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 / in a relationship.
Where does Christmas come before Thanksgiving?
In the dictionary.
An electric train is moving north at 100mph and a wind is blowing to the west at 10mph. Which way does the smoke blow?
There is no smoke with an electric train
What word contains 26 letters, but only has three syllables?
Alphabet
What goes up but never comes down?
Your age
What begins with an E but only has one letter in it?
An envelope.
Where can you find cities, towns, shops, and streets but no people?
A map.
I shave every day, but my beard stays the same. What am I?
A barber
What has a thumb and four fingers but is not a hand?
a glove
Which is heavier - a ton of bricks or a ton of feathers?
Neither - they both weigh a ton
You’ll find me in Mercury, Earth, Mars and Jupiter, but not in Venus or Neptune. What am I?
The letter 'R'
What has hands but doesn’t clap?
A clock
What begins with T, finishes with T, and has “T” in it?
A teapot
What has to be broken before you can use it?
An egg
It has roots that nobody sees, standing taller than the trees.
Up, up, up it goes, and yet it never grows. What is it?
A mountain.
Mary has four daughters, and each of her daughters has a brother — how many children does Mary have?
Five, each daughter has the same brother.