Easy
I'm light as a feather but cannot be held longer than 5 minutes.
Breath
I get sharper the more you use me.
Brain
I have keys but open no locks, space but no room, and you can enter but not go inside.
Keyboard
I can bring tears to your eyes, resurrect the dead, make you smile, and reverse time.
Memories
A man walks into a room with a match. In the room are a candle, a fireplace, and an oil lamp. What does he light first?
The match
I have a bed but never sleep, and I run but never walk.
River
You can catch it but you cannot throw it.
A cold
I can fly without wings and cry without eyes.
A cloud
I’m taken from a mine and shut in a wooden case, yet I’m used by almost everyone.
Lead/Graphite
A woman shoots her husband, then holds him underwater for five minutes.
Next she hangs him.
Right after that, they go out to dinner together.
How?
She is a photographer.
I go inside when the rain comes down but stay outside all the time.
Window
I can be made, told, cracked, and played.
A joke
You throw me away when you need me and bring me back when you don’t.
Anchors
I have a heart that never beats, a home but no family.
Artichoke
If it takes 5 machines 5 minutes to make 5 widgets, how long would it take 100 machines to make 100 widgets?
5 minutes
I follow you all day long, but disappear at night.
Shadow
I get smaller the more work I do.
Soap/Candle
I am always hungry and must always be fed, but if you give me water I die.
Fire
The more you take, the bigger I get.
A hole
A bat and a ball cost $1.10 total.
The bat costs $1.00 more than the ball.
How much does the ball cost?
$.05
I have a spine but no bones.
Book
What has four fingers and a thumb but isn’t alive?
A glove
I cannot breathe, but I can die.
A battery
I’m owned by you but used more by others.
Your name
If you have me, you want to share me.
If you share me, you no longer have me.
A secret