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Q: A bat and a ball cost $1.10. The bat costs $1.00 more than the ball. How much does the ball cost

5 cents.

Q: What has a neck but no head

A bottle!

Q: It starts out tall, but the longer it stands, the shorter it grows. What is it

A candle.

Q: What has a face and two hands, but no arms or legs

A clock.

Q: What kind of coat can only be put on when wet

A coat of paint.

Q: What can you catch but not throw

A cold.

Q: The more you take away, the bigger this becomes. What is it

A hole!

Q: What word contains 26 letters, but only three syllables

Alphabet!

Q: What are two things you can NEVER eat for breakfast

Lunch and dinner!

Q: What do dogs have that no other animal has

Puppies!

Q: What has a thumb and four fingers but is not alive

A glove.

Q: I'm full of keys but I can't open any door. What am I

A piano.

Q: What runs, but never walks, often murmurs - never talks, has a bed but never sleeps, has a mouth but never eats

A river.

Q: If I have it, I don't share it. If I share it, I don't have it. What is it

A secret.

Q: What is full of holes but can still hold water

A sponge.

Q: What gets wetter the more it dries

A towel.

Q: What invention allows you to look right through a wall

A window!

Q: What has three feet but cannot walk

A yardstick.

Q: How many months have 28 days

All 12 months!

Q: I have no eyes, no ears, and legs, and yet I help move the earth. What am I

An earthworm!

Q: What has to be broken before you can use it

An egg.

Q: Lives in winter, dies in summer, and grows with its roots upward. What is it

An icicle.

Q: A man found an old coin and declared that the date on it was 150 B.C. This could not be true. Why

Because B.C. is counting backwards from the birth of Christ. If Christ hadn't been born yet, there were no dates in B.C. yet!

Q: When you look for something, why is it always in the last place you look

Because when you find it, you stop looking!

Q: I'm light as a feather, yet the strongest man can't hold me for more than 5 minutes. What am I

Breath.

Q: First, I threw away the outside and cooked the inside. Then I ate the outside and threw away the inside. What did I eat

Corn on the cob!

Q: Give me food, and I will live. Give me water, and I will die. What am I

Fire!

Q: A cowboy rode into town on Friday. He stayed in town for three days and rode out on Friday. How was that possible

Friday was the name of his horse.

Q: How can a man go 8 days without sleep

He only sleeps at night.

Q: If there are three cookies and you take away two, how many do you have

If you take two, then of course you have two!

Q: If you are running in a race and you pass the person in second place, what place are you in

Second place.

Q: A girl fell off a long staircase. She wasn't hurt. Why

She fell off the bottom step.

Q: They come out at night without being called, and are lost in the day without being stolen. What are they

Stars.

Q: Railroad crossing, watch out of cars. Can you spell that without any "r's"

T-H-A-T

Q: One night, a king and a queen went into a castle. There was nobody in the castle, and no one came out of the castle. In the morning, three people came out of the castle. Who were they

The knight (night), the king, and the queen!

Q: What occurs once in a minute, twice in a moment, and never in one thousand years

The letter M.

Q: What building has thousands of stories

The library!

Q: A man was walking in the middle of nowhere and it started to rain. He had no umbrella and no hat, but not a single hair on his head got wet. How can this be

The man was bald!

Q: Which is heavier, a pound of bricks or a pound of feathers

The same - a pound is a pound!

Q: What goes up and down but never moves

The temperature!(Alternative answer - a flight of stairs!)

Q: What word is spelled wrong in every dictionary

The word "wrong!"

Q: Two in front, two in behind, and one in the middle. How many are there

Three. ( 1 2 ) 3 1 (2 3) 1 (2) 3

Q: Timmy's mother had three children. The first was named April, the next was named May. What was the name of the third child

Timmy of course!

Q: What is easy to get into, but hard to get out of

Trouble!

Q: The more you take, the more you leave behind

What are they? Footprints!

Q: Can you name three consecutive days without using the words Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday

Yesterday, today, and tomorrow.

Q: What goes up and never comes down

Your age.

Q: What gets sharper the more you use it

Your brain.

Q: What belongs to you but is used more by others

Your name.

Q: It follows you and copies your every move. But you can't touch it or catch it. What is it

Your shadow.


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