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  • What kind of tree can you carry in your hand?
    A palm
  • Ten people are under one umbrella, but nobody gets wet. Why?
    it's not raining
  • What goes up but never comes down?
    Your age
  • What two things can you never eat for breakfast?
    lunch and dinner
  • What has a head, a tail, but no body?
    A coin
  • Emily's mother has four daughters. Three of them are named Spring, Summer, and Autumn. What is the fourth daughter's name?
    Emily
  • What kind of room has no doors or windows?
    A mushroom
  • What has one eye but can’t see?
    A needle
  • I have cities but no houses, forests but no trees, and rivers but no water. What am I?
    a map
  • What comes down but never goes up?
    Rain
  • What has a bottom at the top?
    Your legs
  • What has hands but can’t clap?
    A clock
  • What has a neck but no head?
    A bottle
  • There is one English word spelled wrong in the dictionary. What is it?
    "wrong"
  • What building has the most stories?
    A library
  • What has legs but doesn’t walk?
    A table
  • I’m tall when I’m young, and I’m short when I’m old. What am I?
    A candle
  • How many months have 28 days?
    all of them
  • What English word has eleven letters, but everyone pronounces it incorrectly?
    "incorrectly"
  • If I have it, I don’t share it. If I share it, I don’t have it. What is it?
    a secret
  • What can fill a room but takes up no space?
    Light
  • When you cut me, I don't cry, but you do! What am I?
    an onion
  • Where does today come before yesterday?
    In the dictionary
  • The more you take, the more you leave behind. What are they?
    Footsteps
  • It is yours, but everyone else uses it more often. What is it?
    your name
  • What has words but never speaks?
    A book
  • You’re running a race, and you pass the person in second place at the very end. What place did you finish the race in?
    second place
  • What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?
    The letter M
  • What has many teeth but cannot bite?
    A comb
  • What has four wheels and flies?
    A garbage truck
  • Some people think I go too slow. Others think I go too fast. Most people are always checking me. What am I?
    time
  • What do you have to break before you can use it?
    an egg
  • What can travel around the world while staying in the same corner?
    A stamp
  • What can you catch but not throw?
    A cold
  • What begins with T, ends with T, and has T in it?
    A teapot
  • I have many keys but no locks. I have space but no room. What am I?
    a computer keyboard
  • What gets wetter the more it dries?
    a towel