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What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?
The letter “m”.
They have not flesh, nor feathers, nor scales, nor bone. Yet they have fingers and thumbs of their own. What are they?
Gloves.
What can fill a room but takes up no space?
Light.
What can go up dan come down without moving?
A temperature.
Feed me and I live, give me a drink and I die. What am I?
Fire.
If you have it, you want to share it. If you share it, you don’t have it.
A secret.
You answer me, although I never ask you question. What am I?
A telephone.
What has to be broken before it can be used?
An egg.
What belongs to you, but other people use it more than you?
Your name.
What kinds of room has no windows or door?
Mushroom.
Roger was out for a walk when it started to rain. He did not have an umbrella and he wasn’t wearing a hat. His clothes were soaked, yet not a single hair on his head got wet. How could this happen?
Roger is bald.
What has many keys, but can’t even open a single door?
A piano.
Take off my skin, I won’t cry, but you will. What am I?
An onion.
The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?
Footsteps.
Why can’t a man living in New York be buried in Chicago?
Because he is still living.
At time when they are green, a time when they’re brown, but both of these times, cause me to frown. But just in between, for a very short while, they are perfect and yellow and cause me to smile! What am I talking about here?
Bananas.
Only two backbones and thousands of ribs.
Railroad.
What has six faces, but doesn’t wear makeup. It also has twenty-one eyes, but cannot see?
A dice.
What goes up but never comes down?
Your age
What is smaller than an ant's mouth?
What the ant eats.
Mr. and Mrs. May have six daughters, and each daughter has one brother. How many people are in the May family?
There are nine people in the family. (Since each daughter shares the same brother, there are six girls, one boy and Mr. and Mrs. May).
You see a boat filled with people. It has not sunk, but when you look again you don't see a single person on the boat. Why?
All the people were married.
What 2 things can't you eat at breakfast?
Lunch & dinner.
You throw away the outside and cook the inside. Then you eat the outside and throw away the inside. What did you eat?
A corn.
Say my name and I dissapear. What am I?