Riddles
If you were running a race and you passed the person in 2nd place, what place would you be in now?
2nd place.
What is brown or silver, has a head and tail but no arms or legs?
A coin
What runs around a house but never moves?
A fence
What has a thumb and four fingers but is not alive?
A glove.
The more you take away the larger it becomes, its a dirty job but it must be done, What is it?
A hole
I have lakes with no fish. I have roads with no cars.
A map
Tall and new but the more you think, the more I shrink, What am I?
A pencil
The more you work, the more I'll eat. You keep me full, I'll keep you neat. What am I?
A pencil sharpener
What loses its head in the morning but gets it back at night?
A pillow
What's full of holes but can still hold water?
A sponge.
What begins with T, ends with T and has T in it?
A teapot
How many months have 28 days?
All of them
What has to be broken before you can use it?
An egg.
I'm light as a feather, yet the strongest man can't hold me for more than 5 minutes. What am I?
Breath
What is black when you buy it, red when you use it, and gray when you throw it away?
Charcoal
The more there is, the less you see.
Darkness
In what year did Christmas and New Year's fall on the same year?
Every year
The more you take the more you leave behind.
Footsteps
You are my brother, but I am not your brother. Who am I?
I am your sister
What has 4 eyes but can't see and can be visited in the east?
Mississippi
What is so delicate that saying its name breaks it?
Silence
What starts with a 'P', ends with an 'E' and has thousands of letters?
The Post Office!
What is the center of Gravity?
The letter V
Can you name the two days starting with T besides Tuesday and Thursday?
Today and tomorrow
What is something you will never see again?
Yesterday
What is the last thing you take off before bed?
Your feet off the floor.
What belongs to you but others use it more than you do?
Your name
What is it that you can keep after giving it to someone else?
Your word
