Silly
What's lighter than a feather but almost impossible to hold for much more than a minute?
Your breath
No matter how little or how much you use me, you change me every month. What am I?
A calendar
First, think of the color of the clouds. Next, think of the color of snow. Now, think of the color of a bright full moon. Now answer quickly what do cows drink?
Water
Every night I’m told what to do, and each morning I do what i’m told. But I still don’t escape your scold.
An alarm clock
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. The wind is my enemy.
A candle
What has a bottom at the top?
Legs
What can you find in a cupboard that can never be put in a saucepan?
The lid
What word contains 26 letters but only has three syllables?
The alphabet
I’m always there, some distance away. Somewhere between land or sea and sky I lay. You may move towards me, yet distant I stay.
The horizon
How can the number four be half of five?
In roman numerals four is IV which is half of the number five
What do you bury when it's alive and dig up when it's dead?
A plant
What runs, but never walks. Murmurs, but never talks. Has a bed, but never sleeps. And has a mouth, but never eats?
A river
I'm not a blanket, yet I cover the ground; a crystal from heaven that doesn't make a sound. What am I?
Snow
First, I threw away the outside and cooked the inside. Then I ate the outside and threw away the inside. What did I eat?
Corn on the cob
What was the biggest island in the world before the discovery of Greenland?
Greenland was always the biggest—people just didn’t know it yet.
Spelled forward, I’m what you do every day; spelled backward, I’m something you hate. What am I?
Live
What do you buy to eat but never consume?
Cutlery (forks, knives, spoons)
What do the numbers 11, 69 and 88 all have in common?
They all read the same way when placed upside down.
What’s clean when it’s black and white when it’s dirty?
A chalkboard
Whoever makes it doesn’t tell. Whoever takes it doesn’t know. Whoever knows it doesn’t want it. What is it?
Counterfeit money
Until I am measured, I am not known. Yet how you miss me when I have flown. What am I?
Time
I am weightless, but put me in a bucket, and I will make it lighter. What am I?
A hole
Forward, I am heavy; backward, I am not. What am I?
Ton
What can be swallowed but can also swallow you?
Pride
I have a name, but it isn't my name. My face shows signs of age. I always mean the same thing, no matter what I say. I'm born in mourning, and I last 'til the end of days. Men plant me, but I never grow. They run from me, but I never move. They look at me and see their future, rotting in the fields where I bloom. What am I?
Tombstone