Easiest
What has hands but can’t clap?
A clock
I’m tall when I’m young and I’m short when I’m old. What am I?
A candle
As I was going to St. Ives,
I met a man with seven wives,
Each wife had seven sacks,
Each sack had seven cats,
Each cat had seven kits:
Kits, cats, sacks, and wives,
How many were there going to St. Ives?”
One
I have cities, but no houses. I have mountains, but no trees. I have water, but no fish. What am I?
A map
How do eight eights add up to one thousand?
888 + 88 + 8 + 8 + 8 = 1000.
What can jump higher than a building?
Anything that can jump because buildings don’t jump.
I follow you all the time and copy your every move, but you can’t touch me or catch me. What am I?
Your shadow
What is more useful when it is broken?
An egg
A plane crashed off the coast of Mexico and every single person died, yet there were two survivors. How could that happen?
The survivors were a couple.
I'm the rare case when today comes before yesterday. What am I?
The dictionary
This belongs to you, but everyone else uses it.
Your name
What gets wet while drying?
A towel
Simon’s dad had four sons: March, April, and May. What is the name of the fourth son?
Simon
What disappears as soon as you say its name?
silence
What occurs once in a minute, twice in a moment, and never in a thousand years?
The letter "M".
The rich men want it, the wise men know it, the poor all need it, the kind men show it.
Love
What is harder to catch the faster you run?
Your breath
What can you hold in your right hand, but never in your left hand?
Your left hand
How many letters are in the alphabet?
There are 11 letters in “the alphabet.”
Poor people have it. Rich people need it. If you eat it, you die. What is it?
Nothing
I have no feet, no hands, no wings, but I climb to the sky. What am I?
Smoke
The maker doesn’t want it. The buyer doesn’t use it. The user doesn’t know it. What am I?
A coffin
I am white when I am dirty, and black when I am clean. What am I?
A blackboard
A is the brother of B. B is the brother of C. C is the father of D. So how is D related to A?
A is D’s uncle.
If January = 717, March = 5315, and June = 4624 the what does August equal?
August = 6848