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What has to be broken before you can use it?
An egg
I’m tall when I’m young, and I’m short when I’m old. What am I?
A candle
What question can you never answer yes to?
are you asleep yet?
What is always in front of you but can’t be seen?
the future
There’s a one-story house in which everything is yellow. Yellow walls, yellow doors, yellow furniture. What color are the stairs?
There aren’t any—it’s a one-story house.
What can you break, even if you never pick it up or touch it?
a promise
What goes up but never comes down?
What gets wet while drying?
a towel
What can you keep after giving to someone?
your word
I shave every day, but my beard stays the same. What am I?
a barber
You see a boat filled with people, yet there isn’t a single person on boat. How is that possible?
their all married
You walk into a room that contains a match, a kerosene lamp, a candle and a fireplace. What would you light first?
the match
I have branches, but no fruit, trunk or leaves. What am I?
a bank
What can’t talk but will reply when spoken to?
an echo
The more of this there is, the less you see. What is it?
darkness
David’s parents have three sons: Snap, Crackle, and what’s the name of the third son?
david
What can you hold in your left hand but not in your right?
your right elbow
What is black when it’s clean and white when it’s dirty?
a chalk board
What gets bigger when more is taken away?
a hole
I’m light as a feather, yet the strongest person can’t hold me for five minutes. What am I?
your breath
I’m found in socks, scarves and mittens; and often in the paws of playful kittens. What am I?
a ball of yarn
Where does today come before yesterday?
the dictionary
What invention lets you look right through a wall?
a window
If you’ve got me, you want to share me; if you share me, you haven’t kept me. What am I?
a secret
What goes up and down but doesn’t move?
a staircase