Easy
What has to be broken before you can use it?
An egg
If two’s company, and three’s a crowd, what are four and five?
Nine
What five-letter word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it?
Short
What has hands, but can’t clap?
A clock
What is so fragile that saying its name breaks it?
Silence
I’m tall when I’m young, and I’m short when I’m old. What am I?
A candle
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 begins with an "e" and only contains one letter?
An envelope
What has legs, but doesn’t walk?
A table/chair
What can fill a room but takes up no space?
Light
What is full of holes but still holds water?
A sponge
Two fathers and two sons are in a car, yet there are only three people in the car. How?
They are a grandfather, father and son.
A word I know, six letters it contains, remove one letter and 12 remains. What is it?
Dozens
What can you catch, but not throw?
A cold
The more you take, the more you leave behind. What are they?
Footsteps
What question can you never answer yes to?
Are you asleep yet?
If there are three apples and you take away two, how many apples do you have?
You have two apples.
You see me once in June, twice in November and not at all in May. What am I?
The letter “e”
What has words, but never speaks?
A book
What goes through cities and fields, but never moves?
A road
What is always in front of you but can’t be seen?
The future
Three doctors said that Bill was their brother. Bill says he has no brothers. How many brothers does Bill actually have?
None. He has three sisters.
Two in a corner, one in a room, zero in a house, but one in a shelter. What is it?
The letter “r”
What has a thumb and four fingers, but is not a hand?
A glove
I have lakes with no water, mountains with no stone and cities with no buildings. What am I?
A map