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  • The 22nd 24th presidents of the United States of America had the same parents but were not brothers. How is this possible?
    They were the same man - Grover Cleveland
  • What two things can you never eat for breakfast?
    lunch and dinner
  • What can go up a chimney down, but can't go down a chimney up?
    An umbrella
  • There is one English word spelled wrong in the dictionary. What is it?
    "wrong"
  • 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
  • How many months have 28 days?
    all of them
  • When is a door not a door?
    When it is ajar
  • 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?
    An apple a day keeps the doctor away!
  • Can you name three consecutive days without using the words Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, or Sunday?
    Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow.
  • Emily's mother has four daughters. Three of them are named Spring, Summer, and Autumn. What is the fourth daughter's name?
    Emily
  • Until I am measured, I am not known. Yet how you miss me, when I have flown. What am I?
    Time
  • How far can you walk into the woods?
    Halfway - the other half you walk out
  • I am something people love or hate. I change peoples appearances and thoughts. If a person takes care of them self I will go up even higher. To some people I will fool them. To others I am a mystery. Some people might want to try and hide m
    Age
  • I make two people out of one. What am I?
    A mirror
  • When you cut me, I don't cry, but you do! What am I?
    an onion
  • A woman shoots her husband. Then she holds him underwater for over 5 minutes. Finally, she hangs him. But 5 minutes later they both go out together and enjoy a wonderful dinner together. How can this be?
    The woman was a photographer. She shot a picture of her husband, developed it, and hung it up to dry.
  • What has six faces, but does not wear makeup, has twenty-one eyes, but cannot see? What is it?
    A die (dice)
  • What room do ghosts avoid?
    The living room.
  • What is more useful when it is broken?
    An egg
  • No matter how much you use me, you change me every month.
    A calender
  • I have many keys but no locks. I have space but no room. What am I?
    a computer keyboard
  • When does Christmas come before Thanksgiving?
    In the dictionary
  • Some people think I go too slow. Others think I go too fast. Most people are always checking me. What am I?
    time
  • Many teeth, no bite
    A comb
  • What English word has eleven letters, but everyone pronounces it incorrectly?
    "incorrectly"
  • A boy was at a carnival and went to a booth where a man said "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 saw no scale so he agreed and lost. How?
    The man did exactly as he said he would and wrote "your exact weight" on the paper.
  • Spelled forewards I am what you do every day, spelled backward I am something you hate.
    Live / Evil
  • I have cities but no houses, forests but no trees, and rivers but no water. What am I?
    a map
  • You walk into a room that contains a match, kerosene lamp, a candle, and a fireplace. What would you light first?
    The match
  • Samuel was out for a walk when it started to rain. He did not have an umbrella and he wasn't wearing a hat. His clothes were soaked, yet not a single hair on his head got wet. How could this happen?
    This man is bald!
  • What gets wetter the more it dries?
    a towel
  • If your uncle's sister is not your aunt, who is she?
    Your mother
  • What can you hold in your right hand but never your left hand?
    Your left hand
  • Ten people are under one umbrella, but nobody gets wet. Why?
    it's not raining
  • What kind of room has no doors or windows?
    A mushroom
  • Two in a corner, one in a room, none in a house, but one in a shelter.
    The letter "R"
  • What kind of band does not play music?
    A rubber band
  • What do you have to break before you can use it?
    an egg
  • I’m orange, wear a green hat, and sound like a parrot. What am I?
    a carrot
  • If I have it, I don’t share it. If I share it, I don’t have it. What is it?
    a secret
  • 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
  • It is yours, but everyone else uses it more often. What is it?
    your name
  • Sara has four daughters, and each daughter has a brother. How many children does Sara have?
    5, four daughters and one son