Forwards I am heavy. Backwards I am not. What am I?
ton
What goes up but never comes down?
Your age
What relation would your father's/ dad's sister's sister-in-law be to you?
Mother/ mum
How many times can you subtract 10 from 100?
Once, next time you'd be subtracting 10 from 90
I'm as big as an elephant but lighter than a feather. What am I?
The elephant's shadow
I am the beginning of sorrow and the end of sickness, yet you cannot express happiness without me. I am always in risk but never in danger. You may find me in the sun, but I am never out of darkness. What am I?
The letter 'S'
I fly at night, I sleep during the day and you will never see feathers in my wings.
Bat
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'
If a red house is made of red bricks, and a yellow house is made of yellow bricks, what is a greenhouse made of?
Glass or plastic!
What can fill up a room but takes no space?
light
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
If you’re running in a race and you pass the person in second place, what place are you in?
Second place
What five-letter word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it?
Shorter. (Short + ‘er’)
What can’t be put in a saucepan?
It’s lid
What’s the capital of France?
Answer: The letter “F.” It's the only capital letter in France.
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
What room can no one enter?
A mushroom.
I’m light as a feather, yet the strongest person can’t hold me for five minutes. What am I?
Your breath
What gets wet while drying?
A towel
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 is full of holes but still holds water?
A sponge
You’ll find me in Mercury, Earth, Mars and Jupiter, but not in Venus or Neptune. What am I?”
The letter 'R'
What is the end of everything?
Letter 'g'
What’s black and white and read all over?
A newspaper
The more you take the more you leave behind. What are they?
Footsteps.
Where can you find cities, towns, shops, and streets but no people?
A map.
What has to be broken before you can use it?
An egg
I 'm not alive but I can die. What am I?
A battery.
What has a neck but no head?
A bottle.
What can’t talk but will reply when spoken to?
An echo
What invention lets you look right through a wall?
A window
What has a bottom at the top?
Your legs.
What has a thumb and four fingers but is not a hand?
a glove
You bought me for dinner but never eat me. What am I?
Cutlery.
What is black when it’s clean and white when it’s dirty?
A chalkboard
Which table doesn't have legs?
vegetable
What has many keys but can’t open a single lock?
A piano
I’m tall when I’m young, and I’m short when I’m old. What am I?
A candle
What word is spelled wrong in every dictionary?
Wrong
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 runs all around a backyard, yet never moves?
A fence
There’s a one-story house in which everything is yellow. Yellow walls, yellow doors, yellow furniture. What colour are the stairs?
There aren’t any—it’s a one-story house.
Imagine you are in a room with no doors, windows. How would you get out?
Stop imagining!
What gets bigger when more is taken away?
A hole
What has many needles but doesn't sew?
a Christmas tree
Can you name three consecutive days without using the words Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, or Sunday?
Yesterday, today & tomorrow
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 of the USA
When does Christmas come before Halloween?
In the dictionary.
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
What can you hold in your left hand but not in your right?
Your right elbow
I make two people out of one. What am I?
A mirror
What begins with T, finishes with T, and has “T” in it?
A teapot
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 mum!
What travels around the world but stays in one spot?
A stamp.
If there are 12 fish and half of them drown, how many are there?
12, fish don’t drown!
What has six faces, But does not wear makeup. It also has twenty-one eyes, But cannot see? Hint: you may use it when playing a game
A dice
What can you hear, but not see or touch, even though you control it?
Your voice
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.
What has legs, but doesn’t walk?
A table
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 word contains 26 letters, but only has three syllables?
Alphabet
How many months of the year have 28 days?
All of them, all the months have at least 28 days!
If a brother, his sister, and their dog weren’t under an umbrella, why didn’t they get wet?
It wasn’t raining.
What kind of band never plays music?
A rubber band
I shave every day, but my beard stays the same. What am I?
A barber
What building has the most stories?
A library
What has 13 hearts but no organs?
a deck of cards
What has hands but doesn’t clap?
A clock
What is so fragile that saying its name breaks it?
Silence
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
The more of this there is, the less you see. What is it?
Darkness
David’s parents have three sons: Snap, Crackle, and what’s the name of the third son?
David
What 2 things can you never eat for breakfast?
Lunch and dinner.
It belongs to you, but other people use it more than you do. What is it?
Your name
I have many teeth, but I cannot bite. What am I?
A comb
What starts with a P, ends with an E and has thousands of letters ?
The post office.
What room do ghosts avoid?
The Living Room
What is always in front of you but can’t be seen?
The future
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 is in the middle of the sky?
'The letter K'
What’s bright orange with green on top and sounds like a parrot?
A carrot
What goes up and down but doesn’t move?
A staircase
What can you break, even if you never pick it up or touch it?
A promise
What begins with an E but only has one letter in it?”
An envelope.
Which is heavier - a ton of bricks or a ton of feather?
Neither - both weigh a ton
What kind of cup doesn’t hold water?
Cupcake or hiccup
How many letters are there in the English alphabet?
18: 3 in ‘the’, 7 in ‘English,’ and 8 in ‘alphabet.’
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.