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What has to be broken before you can use it?
an egg
What is always in front of you but can’t be seen?
future
What can’t talk but will reply when spoken to?
echo
Where does today come before yesterday?
dictionary
I’m tall when I’m young, and I’m short when I’m old. What am I?
a candle
What can you break, even if you never pick it up or touch it?
a promise
I follow you all the time and copy your every move, but you can’t touch me or catch me. What am I?
shadow
What invention lets you look right through a wall?
window
What month of the year has 28 days?
all of them
What goes up but never comes down?
age
What has many keys but can’t open a single lock?
If you’ve got me, you want to share me; if you share me, you haven’t kept me. What am I?
secret
What is full of holes but still holds water?
a sponge
A man who was outside in the rain without an umbrella or hat didn’t get a single hair on his head wet. Why?
he was bald
What is black when it’s clean and white when it’s dirty?
chalkboard
What goes up and down but doesn’t move?
staircase
What question can you never answer yes to?
Are you asleep yet?
What gets wet while drying?
towel
What gets bigger when more is taken away?
a hole
It belongs to you, but other people use it more than you do. What is it?
your name