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An onion

Take off my skin, I won't cry, but you will. What

am I?

A coat of paint

What kind of coat can only be

put on wet?

A promise

You can’t keep this until you have given it.

What is it?

I’m tall when I’m young and I’m short when I’m old. What am I?

A candle

What has one eye but cannot

see?

A needle

They come out at night without being

called, and are lost in the day without

being stolen. What are they?

The stars

What is so delicate that

saying its name breaks it?

Silence

What starts with the letter “t”, is filled with “t”

and ends in “t”?

A teapot

If I have it, I don’t share it. If I share it, I don’t

have it. What is it?

A secret

What word becomes shorter

when you add two letters to it?

Short

The person who makes it doesn’t need it.

The person who buys it won’t use it.

The person who needs it doesn’t know about it.

What is it?

A coffin

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What belongs to you, but is used more by others?

Your name

If twelve children and eight dogs were under an umbrella, how come none of them got wet?

It wasn’t raining

What is the beginning of eternity, the end of time and space, the beginning of every end and the end of every race?

The letter ‘e’

What has rivers with no water, forests but no trees and cities with no buildings?

A map

What has a tongue, cannot walk on its

own, but gets around a lot?

A pair of shoes

What has 13 hearts, but no other organs?

A deck of cards

What does December have that other months don’t have?

The letter ‘D’

What can run, but never walks? Has a mouth, but never talks? Has a head, but never weeps? Has a bed, but never sleeps?

A river

A doctor and a boy were fishing. The boy was the doctor’s son, but the doctor was not the boy’s father. Who was the doctor?

His mother

What is easy to get into, but hard to get out of?

Trouble

What occurs once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?

The letter ‘m’

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First to answer

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A vicar / priest

He has married many women but is still single. Who

is he?

Racecar

Which vehicle is spelled the same

forwards and backwards?

A penny / 2p

What has a head, a tail, is brown,

and has no legs?

Fire

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?

Gloves

What can you fill with empty

hands?

A telephone

You answer me though I never ask

you questions. What am I?

There are 4 days starting with ‘T’. What are they?

Tuesday, Thursday, today and tomorrow

Lighter than what I am made of. More of

me is hidden than seen.

An iceberg

What gets wetter the

more it dries?

A towel

How could a cowboy ride into town on Friday, stay two days, and ride out on

Friday?

His horse is called Friday…

Are you asleep?

What question can you never

answer "yes" to?

Neither, the yolk is yellow

Which is correct to say, "The yolk of the egg are white?" or "The

yolk of the egg is white?"

Jack and Jill are goldfish

Jack and Jill are lying on the floor inside the house,

dead. They died from lack of water. There is shattered

glass next to them. How did they die?

Four men in a band

Four jolly men sat down to play, And played all night till the break of day. They

played for cash and not for fun, With a separate score for every one. When it

came time to square accounts, They all had made quite fair amounts. Now, not

one has lost and all have gained, Tell me, now, this can you explain?

None. Roosters don’t lay eggs

If a rooster laid a brown egg and a white egg, what kind of chicks

would hatch?