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What has to be broken before you can use it?
An egg
I’m tall when I’m young, and I’m short when I’m old. What am I?
A candle
What is full of holes but still holds water?
A sponge
What is always in front of you but can’t be seen?
The future
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.
What can you break, even if you never pick it up or touch it?
A promise
What goes up but never comes down?
Your age
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 gets wet while drying?
A towel
What can you keep after giving it to someone?
A promise
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.
What can’t talk but will reply when spoken to?
An echo
The more of this there is, the less you see. What is it?
Darkness
David’s parents have three sons: Snap, Crackle, and what’s the name of the third son?
David
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 many keys but can’t open a single lock?
A piano
What can you hold in your left hand but not in your right?
Your right elbow
What is black when it’s clean and white when it’s dirty?
A chalkboard
What gets bigger when more is taken away?
A hole
I’m light as a feather, yet the strongest person can’t hold me for five minutes. What am I?
Your breath
What invention lets you look right through a wall?
A window
What can’t be put in a saucepan?
It’s lid
What goes up and down but doesn’t move?
A staircase
If you’re running in a race and you pass the person in second place, what place are you in?
Second Place
It belongs to you, but other people use it more than you do. What is it?
Your name
What is so fragile that saying its name breaks it?
Silence
What’s black and white and blue?
A sad zebra.
Where can you find cities, towns, shops, and streets but no people?
A map.
What has a neck but no head?
A bottle.
How far can a fox run into the woods?
Only halfway, otherwise it would be running out of the woods!
What has hands but doesn’t clap?
A clock
If a brother, his sister, and their dog weren’t under an umbrella, why didn’t they get wet?
It wasn’t raining.
What five-letter word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it?
Short (Short + ‘er’)
What travels around the world but stays in one spot?
A stamp.
When things go wrong, what can you always count on?
Your fingers.
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
How many letters are there in the English alphabet?
18: 3 in ‘the’, 7 in ‘English,’ and 8 in ‘alphabet.’
If a red house is made of red bricks, and a yellow house is made of yellow bricks, what is a greenhouse made of?
plastic, all greenhouses are made of plastic.
You draw a line. Without touching it, how do you make it a longer line?
Draw a short line next to it and now it’s the longer line.
How can a leopard change its spots?
By moving from one spot to another.
What is easy to get into but hard to get out of?
trouble!!
You bought me for dinner but never eat me. What am I?
A fork
What room can no one enter?
A mushroom.
What has a bottom at the top?
Your legs.
What’s black and white and read all over?
A newspaper
What word is spelled wrong in every dictionary?
Wrong
I have no life, but I can die. What am I?
A battery.
The more you take the more you leave behind. What are they?
Footsteps.
What begins with T, finishes with T, and has “T” in it?”
A teapot
What begins with an E but only has one letter in it?”
An envelope.
What 2 things can you never eat for breakfast”
Lunch and dinner.
You’ll find me in Mercury, Earth, Mars and Jupiter, but not in Venus or Neptune. What am I?”
The letter 'R'
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Just press okay to win the 25 points!!
What’s bright orange with green on top and sounds like a parrot?
A carrot
What can you hear, but not see or touch, even though you control it?
Your voice
What has lots of eyes, but can’t see?
A potato
What has legs, but doesn’t walk?
A table
What kind of cup doesn’t hold water?
Cupcake or hiccup
What kind of band never plays music?
A rubber band
I have many teeth, but I cannot bite. What am I?
A comb
Which is heavier - a ton of bricks or a ton of feather?
Neither - both weigh a ton
What can fill up a room but takes no space?
light
What has a thumb and four fingers but is not a hand?
a glove
What building has the most stories?
A library
What 4-letter word can be written forward, backward or upside down, and can still be read from left to right?
'NOON'
What is the end of everything?
Letter 'g'
What is in the middle of the sky?
'The letter K'
What has a head, a tail, is brown, and has no legs?
A penny
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 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
I make two people out of one. What am I?
A mirror
Can you name three consecutive days without using the words Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, or Sunday?
Yesterday, today & tomorrow
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
A die
A boy is walking in the park with his family. One of them is a doctor. The boy is the doctor’s son, but the doctor is not the boy’s father. Then who is the doctor?
His mom!
Forwards I am heavy. Backwards I am not. What am I?
ton
Which table doesn't have legs?
vegetable
I fly at night, I sleep during the day and you will never see feathers in my wings.  What am I?
A bat
I'm as big as an elephant but lighter than a feather. What am I?
The elephant's shadow
If there are 12 fish and half of them drown, how many are left?
12!! Fish don’t drown!