What has 13 hearts but no organs?
a deck of cards
If you’re running in a race and you pass the person in second place, what place are you in?
Second Place
What is black when it’s clean and white when it’s dirty?
A chalkboard
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.
What begins with T, finishes with T, and has “T” in it?”
A teapot
I’m tall when I’m young, and I’m short when I’m old. What am I?
A candle
I am the beginning of sorrow and the end of sickness, yet you cannot express happiness without me. I am always in risk but never in danger. You may find me in the sun, but I am never out of darkness. What am I?
The letter 'S'
What five-letter word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it?
Shorter. (Short + ‘er’)
You bought me for dinner but never eat me. What am I?
Cutlery.
Which table doesn't have legs?
vegetable
What’s black and white and blue?
A sad zebra.
What travels around the world but stays in one spot?
A stamp.
What has a bottom at the top?
Your legs.
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 runs all around a backyard, yet never moves?
A fence
What has many keys but can’t open a single lock?
A piano
What has many needles but doesn't sew?
a Christmas tree
I’m light as a feather, yet the strongest person can’t hold me for five minutes. What am I?
Your breath
What building has the most stories?
A library
The more of this there is, the less you see. What is it?
Darkness
What starts with a P, ends with an E and has thousands of letters ?
The post office.
What can’t be put in a saucepan?
It’s lid
What relation would your father's/ dad's sister's sister-in-law be to you?
Mother/ mum
What is full of holes but still holds water?
A sponge
What’s the capital of France?
Answer: The letter “F.” It's the only capital letter in France.
What is easy to get into but hard to get out of?
trouble!!
What’s bright orange with green on top and sounds like a parrot?
A carrot
What 4-letter word can be written forward, backward or upside down, and can still be read from left to right?
'NOON'
Which is heavier - a ton of bricks or a ton of feather?
Neither - both weigh a ton
What has a thumb and four fingers but is not a hand?
a glove
What kind of cup doesn’t hold water?
Cupcake or hiccup
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'.
How many months of the year have 28 days?
All of them, all the months have at least 28 days!
I fly at night, I sleep during the day and you will never see feathers in my wings.
Bat
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
What can’t talk but will reply when spoken to?
An echo
When things go wrong, what can you always count on?
Your fingers.
What has to be broken before you can use it?
An egg
If you look at the number on my face you won't find thirteen anyplace.
A clock.
How far can a fox run into the woods?
Only halfway, otherwise it would be running out of the woods!
What room do ghosts avoid?
The Living Room
If there are 12 fish and half of them drown, how many are there?
12, fish don’t drown!
You’ll find me in Mercury, Earth, Mars and Jupiter, but not in Venus or Neptune. What am I?”
The letter 'R'
What gets wet while drying?
A towel
Forwards I am heavy. Backwards I am not. What am I?
ton
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
An electric train is moving north at 100mph and a wind is blowing to the west at 10mph. Which way does the smoke blow?
There is no smoke with an electric train
What goes up but never comes down?
Your age
What has a head, a tail, is brown, and has no legs?
A penny
How can a leopard change its spots?
By moving from one spot to another.
A box without hinges, key, or lid,
Yet golden treasure inside is hid.
Eggs
How many times can you subtract 10 from 100?
Once, next time you'd be subtracting 10 from 90
What can you hold in your left hand but not in your right?
Your right elbow
: A word I know, six letters it contains, remove one letter and 12 remains, what is it?
Dozens.
The more you take the more you leave behind. What are they?”
Footsteps.
What 2 things can you never eat for breakfast”
Lunch and dinner.
What room can no one enter?
A mushroom.
What’s the capital of France?
Answer: The letter “F.” It's the only capital letter in France.
What word is spelled wrong in every dictionary?
Wrong
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.
What has hands but doesn’t clap?
A clock
What is so fragile that saying its name breaks it?
Silence
How many letters are there in the English alphabet?
18: 3 in ‘the’, 7 in ‘English,’ and 8 in ‘alphabet.’
I'm as big as an elephant but lighter than a feather. What am I?
The elephant's shadow
There is a rooster sitting on top of a barn. If it laid an egg, which way would it roll? Hint: this question is not really asking for an answer it is just using common sense.
Roosters don’t lay eggs!!
Grandpa went out for a walk and it started to rain. He didn’t bring an umbrella or a hat. His clothes got soaked, but not a hair on his head was wet. How is this possible?
Grandpa was bald
When is a man drowned, but still not wet?
When he's trapped in quicksand.
What gets bigger when more is taken away?
A hole
I make two people out of one. What am I?
A mirror
A boy is walking down the road with his 3-member family. One of them is a doctor. While the boy is the doctor’s son, the doctor is not the boy’s father. Then who is the doctor?
His mom!
When does Christmas come before Thanksgiving?
In the dictionary.
Can you name three consecutive days without using the words Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, or Sunday?
Yesterday, today & tomorrow
The eight of us go forth not back to protect our king from a foe's attack.
Chess pawns.
What word contains 26 letters, but only has three syllables?
Alphabet
Imagine you are in a room with no doors, windows. How would you get out?
Stop imagining!
What goes up and down but doesn’t move?
A staircase
What begins with an E but only has one letter in it?”
An envelope.
What kind of band never plays music?
A rubber band
What is the end of everything?
Letter 'g'
Mary has four daughters, and each of her daughters has a brother — how many children does Mary have?
Five, each daughter has the same brother.
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.
If a brother, his sister, and their dog weren’t under an umbrella, why didn’t they get wet?
It wasn’t raining.
What has a neck but no head?
A bottle.
If you’ve got me, you want to share me; if you share me, you haven’t kept me. What am I?
A secret
What can you hear, but not see or touch, even though you control it?
Your voice
I have branches, but no fruit, trunk or leaves. What am I?
A bank
What has lots of eyes, but can’t see?
A potato
Where can you find cities, towns, shops, and streets but no people?
A map.
I have no life, but I can die. What am I?”
A battery.
What has legs, but doesn’t walk?
A table
What can you keep after giving to someone?
Your word
What can you break, even if you never pick it up or touch it?
A promise
You walk into a room that contains a match, a kerosene lamp, a candle and a fireplace. What would you light first?
The match
A man dies of old age on his 25 birthday. How is this possible?
He was born on February 29. LEAP YEAR!! (happens every 4 years)
I’m found in socks, scarves and mittens; and often in the paws of playful kittens. What am I?
Yarn
What invention lets you look right through a wall?
A window
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
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.
I shave every day, but my beard stays the same. What am I?
A barber
It belongs to you, but other people use it more than you do. What is it?
Your name
I have many teeth, but I cannot bite. What am I?
A comb
What can fill up a room but takes no space?
light
Tear one off and scratch my head what was red is black instead.
A matchstick.
What has roots as nobody sees,
Is taller than trees.
Up, up, up it goes,
And yet never grows?
Mountain.
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 dice
What is in the middle of the sky?
'The letter K'
What’s black and white and read all over?”
A newspaper
David’s parents have three sons: Snap, Crackle, and what’s the name of the third son?
David