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  • What kind of room has no doors or windows?
    A mushroom
  • While going to the fair, John met 5 clowns on his way. Each clown had 4 dogs, each dog had 2 cats and each cat had 2 mice. How many in total were going to the fair?
    One. Only John was going to the fair.
  • What never asks questions, but is often answered?
    A doorbell
  • What always falls without getting hurt?
    Rain
  • Which is heavier? A kilo of feathers or a kilo of rocks?
    Neither. They both weigh a kilo.
  • It is always pronounced wrong, even by scholars and by teachers. What word am I?
    Wrong
  • I'm as big as an elephant but lighter than a feather. What am I?
    The elephant's shadow
  • What is correct to say - "the yolk of the egg is white" or "the yolk of the egg are white"?
    Neither. The yolk of the egg is yellow
  • You walk into a room that contains a match, kerosene lamp, a candle, and a fireplace. What would you light first?
    The match
  • A cow is tied to a 4 meter long rope. There is food 20 meters away from the cow. However, the cow manages to go to the food and eat it. How did the cow do it?
    The cow is tied to the rope, but the rope isn't tied to anything
  • People buy me to eat but never eat me. What am I?
    A plate
  • What goes up and down but doesn't move?
    Stairs
  • What starts with "p" and ends with "e" and has over 1000 letters?
    A post office
  • I have no life, but I can die. What am I?
    A battery
  • Your parents have six sons including you. Each son has one sister. How many people are in the family?
    9. Two parents, six sons, one daughter
  • When can you add two to eleven and get one as the correct answer?
    When you add two hours to eleven o'clock, you get one o'clock
  • If your uncle's sister is not your aunt, who is she?
    Your mother
  • What flies without wings?
    Time
  • I have many teeth, but cannot bite. What am I?
    A comb
  • A man 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?
    The man is bald
  • What 5-letter word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it?
    Short
  • What is more useful when it is broken?
    An egg
  • What belongs to you, yet is used more by others than by yourself?
    Your name
  • What kind of dog does not bite?
    A hotdog
  • A woman shoots her husband. Then she holds him underwater for over 5 minutes. Finally, she hangs him. But 10 minutes later, they both go out and enjoy dinner together. How?
    The wife was a photographer. She shot a picture of her husband, developed it, and hung it up to dry.
  • Fred's parents have 4 sons. They are Spring, Summer, and Autumn. What is the fourth son's name?
    Fred
  • What can you hold in your right hand but never in your left hand?
    Your left hand
  • I will always come but never arrive. What am I?
    Tomorrow
  • What has rivers but no water, forests but no trees, and cities but no people?
    A map
  • What has six faces, but does not wear make-up; has twenty one eyes, but cannot see?
    A die
  • A boy is walking down the road with three people in his family. One of them is a doctor. While the boy is the doctor's son, the doctor is not the boy's father. Who is the doctor?
    His mother
  • Give me food, and I will live; give me water, and I will die. What am I?
    Fire
  • What are two things people never eat for breakfast?
    Lunch and dinner
  • Who can shave 20 times a day but still have a beard?
    A barber
  • 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.
  • What kind of band does not play music?
    A rubber band
  • A cowboy rides into town on Friday, stays for three days and leaves on Thursday. How did he do it?
    His horse's name is Friday.
  • The man who makes me doesn't use me. The man who buys me doesn't need me. The man using me doesn't know that he is using me. What am I?
    A coffin
  • What can fill up a room but takes up no space?
    Light
  • What is at the end of a rainbow?
    The letter "w"
  • I'm tall when I'm young and short when I'm old. What am I?
    A candle
  • What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?
    The letter "M"
  • A doctor and a bus driver are both in love with the same woman. The bus driver had to go on a week-long bus trip. Before he left, he gave the woman seven apples. Why?
    An apple a day keeps the doctor away!
  • When you have me, you immediately feel like sharing me. But, if you do share me, you do not have me.
    A secret
  • When does Christmas come before Halloween?
    In the dictionary
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