COMMON
You measure my life in hours and I serve you by expiring. I’m quick when I’m thin and slow when I’m fat.
Candle
I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. I have no body, but I come alive with wind. What am I?
Echo
What has only two words, but thousands of letters?
Post Office.
My thunder comes before the lightning. My lightning comes before the clouds. My rain dries all the land it touches. What am I?
A volcano.
There is a single-story blue house where everything is blue; the doors, windows, couch, television, kitchen, etc. are blue. What color is the carpet on the stairs in this house?
There are no stairs, it’s a one-story house.
What is seen in the middle of March and April that can’t be seen at the beginning or end of either month?
Letter "R"
What English word has three consecutive double letters?
How is seven different from the rest of the numbers between one and ten?
Seven has two syllables and the other numbers only have one syllable.
I come from a mine and am surrounded by wood. I help others to express themselves. What am I?
My buddies and I were inseparable mates until one by one we were split. My teacher then gave me a smack on the head so off in the corner I sit. What am I?
A staple
I have cities, but no houses. I have mountains, but no trees. I have water, but no fish. What am I?
Map
The more these are taken, the more they are left behind. What are they?
Footsteps
What question can you never answer yes to?
Are you asleep yet?
I am something people love or hate. I change people's appearances and thoughts. If a person takes care of themself, I will go up even higher. Some people might want to try and hide me, but I will show. No matter how hard people try, I will never go down. What am I?
Age.
The man who invented it doesn’t want it for himself. The man who buys it doesn’t buy it for himself. And, the man who needs it doesn’t know he needs it. What is it?
A coffin
What disappears as soon as you say its name?
Silence
How many letters are in the alphabet?
There are 11 letters in the words “the alphabet”
I love to dance, and twist. I shake my tail as I sail away. When I fly wingless into the sky. What am I?
Kite
If you have me, you want to share me. If you share me, you don't have me. What am I?
An secret.
A woman shoots her husband, then holds him underwater for five minutes. Next, she hangs him. Right after, they enjoy a lovely dinner. Explain.
She took a photo of her husband and then developed it in her darkroom before dinner.
I am an odd number. Take away a letter and I become even. What number am I?
Seven
I am a five-letter word. I sound the same when you remove my first letter. I sound the same when you remove my third letter. I sound the same when my last letter is removed and I sound the same when all three are removed. What word am I?
Empty
If an electric train is moving north at 55 mph and the winds blowing east at 70 mph, which way does the smoke blow?
An electric train doesn’t emit smoke.
How can you physically stand behind your father while he is standing behind you?
You are standing back-to-back with your father.
What word in the English language does the following: the first two letters signify a male, the first three letters signify a female, the first four letters signify a great person, while the entire word signifies a great woman. What is the word?
Heroine