Think Fast
What gets wetter the more it dries?
A towel
What has a neck but no head?
A bottle
If there are three apples and you take away two, how many do you have?
Two
Before Mount Everest was discovered, what was the tallest mountain in the world?
Mount Everest—it just hadn't been discovered yet.
What begins with T, ends with T, and has T in it?
A teapot
What has hands but can't clap?
A clock
What has many keys but can't open a single lock?
A piano
Which weighs more: a pound of feathers or a pound of bricks?
They weigh the same
What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?
The letter M.
What has a thumb and four fingers but isn't alive?
A glove
What has one eye but cannot see?
A needle
What has cities, rivers, and mountains, but no houses, water, or trees?
A map
If a rooster lays an egg on the roof, which way does it roll?
Roosters don't lay eggs
If you pass the person in second place during a race, what place are you in?
Second place.
What has an endless supply of letters but starts empty?
A mailbox
What can you catch but never throw?
A cold
What goes up but never comes down?
Your age
A man was born in 2005 and died in 2000. How is that possible?
The room number in a hospital (or another building) was 2005, and he died in room 2000.
You see me once in June, twice in November, and not at all in May. What am I?
The letter E
The more of me you remove, the bigger I become. What am I?
A hole
The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?
Footsteps
What has words but never speaks?
A book
How many months have 28 days?
All 12 months
What can fill a room but takes up no space?
Light
I have lakes with no water, mountains with no stone, and roads with no cars. What am I?
A map.