What can you hold in your left hand but not in your right?
your right elbow
A murderer is condemned to death. He has to choose between three rooms. The first is full of raging fires, the second is full of assassins with loaded guns, and the third is full of lions that haven't eaten in 3 years. Which room is safest
The third room. The lions that haven't eaten in three years are no longer alive.
What goes up and down but doesn't move?
a staircase
I'm light as a feather, yet the strongest person can't hold me for even 5 minutes. What am I?
your breath
If a rooster lays an egg on the exact peak of a barn, which side does it fall?
Roosters don't lay eggs
A boy throws a ball. It travels 5 meters and then goes right back to the boy. How is that possible?
The boy throws the ball straight up in the air.
I’m not an airplane, but I can fly through the sky. I’m not a river, but I’m full of water. What am I?
A cloud
What has hands but cannot clap?
a clock
Where does today come before yesterday?
the dictionary
The more of this there is, the less you see. What is it?
darkness
What gets bigger when more is taken away?
a hole
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 come?
The cow is tied to the rope, but the rope isn't tied to anything
Everyone has me, but nobody can lose me. I follow you around all day, but I disappear at night. I would never think of looking like anybody else but you. What am I?
Your shadow
What can you catch but not throw?
a cold
I have a spine but cannot move. I cannot speak, but often soothe. I can make you thirst for more, though not for drink. I contain thoughts, but cannot think. What am I?
book
How many bananas can you eat if your stomach is empty?
Just one. After that your stomach is not empty anymore.
10 fish are in a tank. 2 Drown, 4 Swim away, and 3 Die. How many are left?
10
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 one eye but can't see?
a needle
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 she holds him underwater for over 5 minutes. Finally, she hangs him. But 5 minutes later they both go out together and enjoy a wonderful dinner together. How can this be?
The woman was a photographer. She shot a picture of her husband, developed it, and hung it up to dry.
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