What is made of water but if you put it into water it will die?
an ice cube
What can you catch but not throw?
A cold.
What has roots as nobody sees,
Is taller than trees.
Up, up, up it goes,
And yet never grows?
mountain
What kind of tree can you carry in your hand?
palm
What gets broken without being held?
A promise.
Who makes it, has no need of it.
Who buys it, has no use for it.
Who uses it can neither see nor feel it.
What is it?
a coffin
What is as light as a feather, but even the world's strongest man couldn't hold it for more than a minute?
His breath
What has a head and a tail, but no body?
a coin
What can travel around the world while staying in a corner?
a stamp
What occurs once in every minute, twice in every moment, yet never in a thousand years?
the letter M
What is at the end of a rainbow?
the letter W
What goes up but never comes down?
Age.
What gets wetter and wetter the more it dries?
a towel
If you look at the number on my face you won't find thirteen anyplace.
a clock
Take off my skin - I won't cry, but you will! What am I?
An onion.
Tear one off and scratch my head what was red is black instead.
a matchstick
I'm tall when I'm young and I'm short when I'm old. What am I?
a candle
Voiceless it cries,
Wingless flutters,
Toothless bites,
Mouthless mutters.
wind
You can drop me from the tallest building and I'll be fine, but if you drop me in water I die. What am I?
paper
There was a green house. Inside the green house there was a white house. Inside the white house there was a red house. Inside the red house there were lots of babies. What is it?
Watermelon.
Paul's height is six feet, he's an assistant at a butcher's shop, and wears size 9 shoes. What does he weigh?
meat
Feed me and I live, yet give me a drink and I die.
Fire
During which month do people sleep the least?
February
He has married many women, but has never been married. Who is he?
A priest
Which word in the dictionary is spelled incorrectly?
incorrectly
What has a neck but no head?
a bottle
What kind of room has no doors or windows?
mushroom
What is black and white and red all over?
a newspaper
What is always on its way but never arrives?
Tomorrow.
Forward I am heavy, but backward I am not. What am I?
ton
Which creature walks on four legs in the morning, two legs in the afternoon, and three legs in the evening?
a human
If you have me, you want to share me. If you share me, you haven't got me. What am I?
Secret.
When is a man drowned, but still not wet?
When he's trapped in quicksand.
What has hands but can not clap?
a clock
What has an eye but can not see?
a needle
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