Questions
What is full of holes but still holds water?
A sponge
David’s parents have three sons: Snap, Crackle, and what’s the name of the third son?
David
The more you have of it, the less you see
Darkness
What turns everything around but does not move?
A mirror
What can’t talk on its own but will reply when spoken to?
An echo
Pull yourself together
Calm down
What invention lets you look right through a wall?
A window
I'm made of metal surrounded by wood. Everyone uses me, what am I?
A pencil
When I take five and add six, I get eleven, but when I take six and add seven, I get one. What am I?
A clock (or watch)
Where does today come before yesterday?
The dictionary
If you have me you want to share me, if you share me you won't have me. What am I?
A secret
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
What you have is worth more than what you might have later
What kind of a room doesn't have any walls or doors?
A mushroom
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 can you hold in your left hand but not in your right one?
Your right elbow
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
Barking up the wrong tree
To be mistaken, to be looking for solutions in the wrong place
What do the numbers 11, 88, and 96 all have in common?
They are all read the same upside down
What flies when it's born, lies when it's alive, and runs when it's dead?
A snowflake
A word I know, six letters it contains. Subtract just one, and twelve is what remains.
Dozens
What is harder to catch the faster you run?
Your breath
I'm tall when I'm young and short when I'm old. What am I?
A candle
Ignorance is bliss
You're better off not knowing
What gives you ability to walk through walls?
Those who have it least don't know that they have it. Those who have it most wish they had less of it, but not too little or none at all. What is it?
Age
What has many keys but cannot open any doors?
A piano
What word is always pronounced wrong?
Wrong
I start with M, end with X, and I have any number of letters in me. What am I?
A mailbox
A stitch in time saves nine
Fix the problem now because it will get worse later