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What has a face and two hands, but no arms or legs?
A clock
A woman has four daughters. Each daughter has one brother. How many children does the woman have?
Five (the four girls share one brother)
How many months have 28 days?
All of them
What has many teeth but cannot bite?
A comb
If you have three apples and take away two, how many do you have?
Two
What has one eye but cannot see?
A needle
You enter a dark room. There is a match, a candle, a lamp, and a fireplace. What do you light first?
The match
Can a man marry his widow’s sister?
No (he is dead)
What runs but never walks?
Water
What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?
The letter M
What gets bigger the more you take away from it?
A hole
A man pushes his car to a hotel and tells the owner he’s bankrupt. Why?
He’s playing Monopoly
What goes up but never comes down?
Your age
What has hands but cannot clap?
A clock
A man says: “Brothers and sisters I have none, but this man’s father is my father’s son.” Who is he talking about?
His son
I shave every day, but my beard stays the same. Who am I?
A barber
You have a 7-minute hourglass and an 11-minute hourglass. How can you measure exactly 15 minutes?
Start both.
When 7 minutes end, flip it.
When 11 minutes end, flip the 7-minute again.
When the 7-minute finishes (second time), exactly 15 minutes have passed.
If you throw a red stone into the Blue Sea, what will it become?
Wet
What begins with T, ends with T, and has T inside?
Teapot
If it takes 8 men 10 hours to build a wall, how long would it take 4 men?
No time (the wall is already built)
What has a heart that doesn’t beat?
An artichoke
A prisoner must choose between three doors:
Behind one door is fire, behind another are assassins, and behind the third are lions that haven’t eaten for three years.
Which door should he choose?
The lions (they would be dead after three years).
What question can you never answer “yes” to?
Are you asleep?
The more you have of it, the less you see. What is it?
Darkness
You see a boat full of people, yet there isn’t a single person on board. Why?
All are married (no single person)