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What has to be broken before you can use it?
An egg
I’m tall when I’m young, and I’m short when I’m old. What am I?
A candle
What month of the year has 28 days?
All of them
What is full of holes but still holds water?
A sponge
What can you break, even if you never pick it up or touch it?
What goes up but never comes down?
Your age
What gets wet while drying?
A towel
What can’t talk but will reply when spoken to?
Echo
What has many keys but can’t open a single lock?
Piano
I’m light as a feather, yet the strongest person can’t hold me for five minutes. What am I?
Breath
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
I follow you all the time and copy your every move, but you can’t touch me or catch me. What am I?
What is black when it’s clean and white when it’s dirty?
Chalkboard
Where does today come before yesterday?
What invention lets you look right through a wall?
Window
It belongs to you, but other people use it more than you do. What is it?
Your name
What has hands, but can’t clap?
Clock
What can you catch, but not throw?
Cold
What has many teeth, but can’t bite?
Comb
I shave every day, but my beard stays the same. What am I?
Barber
You walk into a room that contains a match, a kerosene lamp, a candle and a fireplace. What would you light first?
a match
If you’ve got me, you want to share me; if you share me, you haven’t kept me. What am I?
Secret
If you’re running in a race and you pass the person in second place, what place are you in?
second place
I am an odd number. Take away a letter and I become even. What number am I?
Seven