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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.

I make two people out of one. What am I?

A mirror.

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.

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'.

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.

When does Christmas come before Thanksgiving?

In the dictionary.

What room do ghosts avoid?

The living room.

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!

Can you name three consecutive days without using the words Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, or Sunday?

Yesterday, today, and tomorrow.

What has a head, a tail, is brown, and has no legs?

A penny.

The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?

footsteps

Is this fun?

YES!

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. Cool, huh?

I have many teeth, but I cannot bite. What am I?

A comb.

What kind of band never plays music?

A rubber band.

What kind of cup doesn't hold water?

hiccup

What kind of cup doesn't hold water?

cupcake

What can you catch, but not throw?

A cold.

Which is heavier: a ton of bricks or a ton of feathers?

Neither, they both weigh the same.

I have to be opened, but I don't have a lid or a key to get in. What am I?

An egg.

I run along your property and all around the backyard, yet I never move. What am I?

A fence.

You see me once in June, twice in November, but not at all in May. What am I?

The letter e.

What has legs, but doesn't walk?

A table.

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.

How can you physically stand behind your father while he is standing behind you?

You are standing back to back with your father.

First you eat me, then you get eaten. What am I?

A fishhook.

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.

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 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.).

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.

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.

How can the number four be half of five?

IV, the Roman numeral for four, which is "half" (two letters) of the word five.

I come from a mine and get surrounded by wood always. Everyone uses me. What am I?

pencil lead

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.

What English word has three consecutive double letters?

bookkeeper

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 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.

I have cities, but no houses. I have mountains, but no trees. I have water, but no fish. What am I?

A map.

If you’re running in a race and you pass the person in second place, what place are you in?

Second place.

I’m light as a feather, yet the strongest person can’t hold me for five minutes. What am I?

Your breath.

You walk into a room that contains a match, a kerosene lamp, a candle and a fireplace. What would you light first?

The match.

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.

I shave every day, but my beard stays the same. What am I?

A barber.

What can you keep after giving to someone?

Your word.

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 can you break, even if you never pick it up or touch it?

A promise.

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 month of the year has 28 days?

All of them.

I’m tall when I’m young, and I’m short when I’m old. What am I?

A candle.

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