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What has to be broken before you can use it?
EGG
What is full of holes but still holds water?
Sponge
What begins with an “e” and only contains one letter?
Envelope
What five-letter word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it?
Short
You see a boat filled with people, yet there isn’t a single person on board. How is that possible?
All the people on the boat are married.
I’m tall when I’m young, and I’m short when I’m old. What am I?
Candle
What has a head and a tail but no body?
Coin
What kind of coat is best put on wet?
A coat of paint.
What goes up but never comes down?
Age
I am an odd number. Take away a letter and I become even. What number am I?
Seven
What can travel all around the world without leaving its corner?
A stamp.
What has many teeth, but can’t bite?
Comb
What kind of band never plays music?
A rubber band
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 invention lets you look right through a wall?
Window.
It belongs to you, but other people use it more than you do. What is it?
Your name.
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 has legs, but doesn’t walk?
Table
What has hands, but can’t clap?
Clock
What can you catch, but not throw?
Cold
Where does today come before yesterday?
Dictionary
What has many keys but can’t open a single lock?
Piano
What is always in front of you but can’t be seen?
The future.
The more of this there is, the less you see. What is it?
What can’t talk but will reply when spoken to?
Echo