riddles
What goes up and down but doesn’t move?
a staircase
What is black when it’s clean and white when it’s dirty?
a chalk board
What can’t talk but will reply when spoken to?
a echo
I shave every day, but my beard stays the same. What am I?
a barber
if someone is runnning in a race and they pass the person in third place, what place are they in now?
third
If you’re running in a race and you pass the person in second place, what place are you in?
second place
What gets bigger when more is taken away?
a hole
The more of this there is, the less you see. What is it?
darkness
You see a boat filled with people, yet there isn’t a single person on board. How is that possible?
there all maried
I’m tall when I’m young, and I’m short when I’m old. What am I?
candle
If you’ve got me, you want to share me; if you share me, you haven’t kept me. What am I?
a secret
Where does today come before yesterday?
a dictionary
David’s parents have three sons: Snap, Crackle, and what’s the name of the third son?
david
You walk into a room that contains a match, a kerosene lamp, a candle and a fireplace. What would you light first?
the match
What month of the year has 28 days?
all of them
What can’t be put in a saucepan?
its lid
It belongs to you, but other people use it more than you do. What is it?
your name
I follow you all the time and copy your every move, but you can’t touch me or catch me. What am I?
a shadow
A man dies of old age on his 25 birthday. How is this possible?
he is born on a leap year
What is full of holes but still holds water?
a sponge
What has many teeth, but can’t bite?
a comb
What invention lets you look right through a wall?
a window
What can you hold in your left hand but not in your right?
your right elbow
I have branches, but no fruit, trunk or leaves. What am I?
a bank
What can you keep after giving to someone?
your word