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.
What can you catch, but not throw?
A cold.
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.
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'.
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
I have cities, but no houses. I have mountains, but no trees. I have water, but no fish. What am I?
A map.
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 English word has three consecutive double letters?
bookkeeper
What kind of cup doesn't hold water?
hiccup
What has a head, a tail, is brown, and has no legs?
A penny.
What room do ghosts avoid?
The living room.
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
You walk into a room that contains a match, a kerosene lamp, a candle and a fireplace. What would you light first?
The match.
What kind of band never plays music?
A rubber band.
I have many teeth, but I cannot bite. What am I?
A comb.
Can you name three consecutive days without using the words Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, or Sunday?
Yesterday, today, and tomorrow.
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.
What month of the year has 28 days?
All of them.
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.
When does Christmas come before Thanksgiving?
In the dictionary.
The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?
footsteps
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.
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.
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 you break, even if you never pick it up or touch it?
A promise.
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!
I shave every day, but my beard stays the same. What am I?
A barber.
If you’re running in a race and you pass the person in second place, what place are you in?
Second place.
I run along your property and all around the backyard, yet I never move. What am I?
A fence.