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