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