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  • What has a face and two hands but no arms or legs?
    A clock
  • After a train crashed, every single person died. Who survived?
    All of the couples
  • Who can shave 25 times a day but still have a beard?
    A barber
  • People buy me to eat, but never eat me. What am I?
    Cutlery
  • I sound like one letter, but am written with three. I show you things when you look through me. What am I?
    an eye
  • What has one head, one foot, and four legs?
    A bed
  • I have no life, but I can die. What am I?
    A battery
  • I come out at night without being called. I disappear in the day without being stolen. What am I?
    Stars
  • What word is spelled wrong in every dictionary?
    Wrong
  • Where can you find cities, towns, shops, and streets but no people?
    A map
  • What begins with T, finishes with T, and has “T” in it?
    A teapot
  • What gets wetter as it dries?
    A towel
  • The more you take the more you leave behind. What are they?
    Footsteps
  • What is so fragile that saying its name breaks it?
    Silence
  • I get answered even though I never ask a question. What am I?
    a doorbell / knock
  • What gets bigger the more you take away?
    A hole
  • What is full of holes but still holds water?
    A sponge
  • I lose my head in the morning, but I get it back at night. What am I?
    A pillow
  • I’m tall when I’m young and I’m short when I’m old. What am I?
    A candle
  • I can fly without wings and cry without eyes. What am I?
    A cloud
  • How many months have 28 days?
    All 12 of them do
  • What has four wheels and flies?
    A dustcart / garbage truck
  • What has 88 keys, but cannot open a single door?
    A piano
  • There is a rooster sitting on top of a barn. If it laid an egg, which way would it roll?
    Roosters don’t lay eggs
  • People walk in and out of me. They push, and I follow. When they walk out of me, I close up and I stay waiting for the next person to walk into my life. What am I?
    Elevator
  • Everyone has it and no one can lose it; what is it?
    A shadow
  • What five letter word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it?
    Short (short+er)
  • What goes up but never goes back down?
    Your age
  • What begins with an E but only has one letter in it?
    An envelope