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 can you keep after giving to someone?
Your word.
You see me once in June, twice in November, but not at all in May. What am I?
The letter e.
A is the brother of B. B is the brother of C. C is the father of D. So how is D related to A?
A is D's aunt.
How is seven different from the rest of the numbers between one and ten?
Seven has two syllables and the other numbers only have one syllable.
Is this fun?
YES!
What word in the English language does the following: the first two letters signify a male, the first three letters signify a female, the first four letters signify a great, while the entire world signifies a great woman. What is the word?
heroine
What has legs, but doesn't walk?
A table.
What can you break, even if you never pick it up or touch it?
A promise.
I’m tall when I’m young, and I’m short when I’m old. What am I?
A candle.
I make two people out of one. What am I?
A mirror.
First, think of the color of the clouds. Next, think of the color of snow. Now, think of the color of a bright full moon. Now answer quickly what do cows drink?
water
What kind of cup doesn't hold water?
hiccup
I have to be opened, but I don't have a lid or a key to get in. What am I?
An egg.
I have many teeth, but I cannot bite. What am I?
A comb.
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.
Can you name three consecutive days without using the words Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, or Sunday?
Yesterday, today, and tomorrow.
I come from a mine and get surrounded by wood always. Everyone uses me. What am I?
pencil lead
When does Christmas come before Thanksgiving?
In the dictionary.
What room do ghosts avoid?
The living room.
What is seen in the middle of March and April that can't be seen at the beginning or end of either month?
The letter R.
What has a head, a tail, is brown, and has no legs?
A penny.
How can you physically stand behind your father while he is standing behind you?
You are standing back to back with your father.
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'.
My life can be measured in hours, I serve by being devoured. Thin, I am quick. Fat, I am slow. Wind is my foe. What am I?
I am a candle.
A doctor and a bus driver are both in love with the same woman, an attractive girl named Sarah. The bus driver had to go on a long bus trip that would last a week. Before he left, he gave Sarah seven apples. Why?
Because an apple a day keeps the doctor away!
I’m light as a feather, yet the strongest person can’t hold me for five minutes. What am I?
Your breath.
The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?
footsteps
What can you catch, but not throw?
A cold.
I shave every day, but my beard stays the same. What am I?
A barber.
What English word has three consecutive double letters?
bookkeeper
A woman shoots her husband, then holds him underwater for five minutes. Next, she hangs him. Right after, they enjoy a lovely dinner. Explain.
She took a picture of him and developed it in her dark room.
Which is heavier: a ton of bricks or a ton of feathers?
Neither, they both weigh the same.
If you’re running in a race and you pass the person in second place, what place are you in?
Second place.
What are the next three letters in this combination? OTTFFSS
E N T (Each letter represents the first letter in the written numbers: One, Two, Three, Four, Five, etc.).
A boy was at a carnival and went to a booth where a man said to the boy, "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 looked around and saw no scale so
The man did exactly as he said he would and wrote "your exact weight" on the paper.
First you eat me, then you get eaten. What am I?
A fishhook.
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 month of the year has 28 days?
All of them.
How can the number four be half of five?
IV, the Roman numeral for four, which is "half" (two letters) of the word five.
What kind of cup doesn't hold water?
cupcake
What kind of band never plays music?
A rubber band.
Mr. and Mrs. Mustard have six daughters and each daughter has one brother. How many people are in the Mustard family?
There are nine Mustards in the family. Since each daughter shares the same brother, there are six girls, one boy and Mr. and Mrs. Mustard.
I have cities, but no houses. I have mountains, but no trees. I have water, but no fish. What am I?
A map.
I add lots of flavor and have many layers, but if you get to close I'll make you cry. What am I?
An onion.
I have keys, but no locks and space, and no rooms. You can enter, but you can't go outside. What am I?
A keyboard.
I run along your property and all around the backyard, yet I never move. What am I?
A fence.
A man who was outside in the rain without an umbrella or hat didn’t get a single hair on his head wet. Why?
The man was bald.
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 8 letter-word can have a letter taken away and still make a word? Take another letter away and it still makes a word. Keep on doing that until you have one letter left. What is the word?
The word is starting: starting, staring, string, sting, sing, sin, in, I.