Section 1
How many months in a year have 28 days?
All 12 months.
What has four legs but can’t walk, and a seat but can’t sit?
A chair
If an electric train is traveling south, which way is the smoke going?
There’s no smoke — it’s an electric train
What gets wetter the more it dries?
A towel.
What can you break, even if you never pick it up or touch it?
A promise.
What has hands but can’t clap?
A clock
What goes up but never comes down?
Your age
The more you take, the more you leave behind — what am I?
Footsteps.
What has a neck but no head?
A bottle
What has many keys but can’t open a single lock?
A piano.
What can you catch but not throw?
A cold.
What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?
The letter M.
What belongs to you, but others use it more than you do?
Your name.
What has one eye but cannot see?
A needle.
What has an endless supply of letters but starts empty?
A mailbox.
A man pushes his car to a hotel and tells the owner he’s bankrupt. Why?
He’s playing Monopoly.
The more you take away from me, the bigger I get. What am I?
A hole.
What word is spelled wrong in every dictionary?
“Wrong.”
I’m full of holes but I still hold water. What am I?
A sponge.
What comes down but never goes up?
Rain.
I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. I have no body, but I come alive with wind. What am I?
An echo.
What disappears as soon as you say its name?
Silence.
You see a boat filled with people, yet there isn’t a single person on board. How is that possible?
All the people are married.
What five-letter word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it?
Short.
What can travel around the world while staying in a corner?
A stamp.