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  • 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.
  • Can you name three consecutive days without using the words Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, or Sunday?
    Yesterday, today, and tomorrow.
  • You see me once in June, twice in November, but not at all in May. What am I?
    The letter e.
  • 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
  • A doctor and a bus driver are both in love with the same woman, a 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!
  • 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.
  • What kind of band never plays music?
    A rubber band.
  • What has legs, but doesn't walk?
    A table.
  • What kind of cup doesn't hold water?
    hiccup
  • If you’re running in a race and you pass the person in second place, what place are you in?
    Second place.
  • 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 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 month of the year has 28 days?
    All of them.
  • 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.
  • When does Christmas come before Thanksgiving?
    In the dictionary.
  • What can you keep after giving to someone?
    Your word.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • I run along your property and all around the backyard, yet I never move. What am I?
    A fence.
  • I make two people out of one. What am I?
    A mirror.
  • 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.
  • How can the number four be half of five?
    IV, the Roman numeral for four, which is "half" (two letters) of the word five.
  • How can you physically stand behind your father while he is standing behind you?
    You are standing back to back with your father.
  • I come from a mine and get surrounded by wood always. Everyone uses me. What am I?
    pencil lead
  • First you eat me, then you get eaten. What am I?
    A fishhook.
  • 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.
  • I have to be opened, but I don't have a lid or a key to get in. What am I?
    An egg.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • I shave every day, but my beard stays the same. What am I?
    A barber.
  • I’m tall when I’m young, and I’m short when I’m old. What am I?
    A candle.
  • What can you break, even if you never pick it up or touch it?
    A promise.
  • Which is heavier: a ton of bricks or a ton of feathers?
    Neither, they both weigh the same.
  • I have cities, but no houses. I have mountains, but no trees. I have water, but no fish. What am I?
    A map.
  • I’m light as a feather, yet the strongest person can’t hold me for five minutes. What am I?
    Your breath.
  • What can you catch, but not throw?
    A cold.
  • 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.
  • 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.).
  • 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 English word has three consecutive double letters?
    bookkeeper
  • What kind of cup doesn't hold water?
    cupcake
  • 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.