Word Play
What five-letter word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it?
Short
What has four wheels and flies?
A garbage truck (the "flies" are insects)
What has to be broken before you can use it?
An egg
I have cities but no houses, forests but no trees, and rivers but no water. What am I?
A map
Which weighs more: a pound of feathers or a pound of bricks?
They weigh the same!
What begins with T, ends with T, and has T inside?
A teapot
What can you catch but never throw?
A cold
What has hands but cannot clap?
A clock
The more you take away from me, the bigger I get. What am I?
A hole in the ground.
How many months have 28 days?
All 12
What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?
The letter M
Before Mount Everest was discovered, what was the highest mountain in the world?
Mount Everest (it just hadn't been discovered yet)
What gets more wet the more it dries?
A towel
The more you have of me, the less you see. What am I?
If you pass the runner in second place, what place are you in?
second place
What English word has three consecutive double letters?
Bookkeeper
What has many keys but can't open a single door?
A piano
What is black and white and red all over?
A newspaper
I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. I have no body, but I come alive with sound. What am I?
An echo
A farmer has 17 sheep. All but 9 run away. How many are left
9
What word starts and ends with the letter E but contains only one letter?
An envelope
If there are three apples and you take away two, how many do you have?
Two - you took them.
What has one eye but cannot see?
A needle
What belongs to you, but other people use it more than you do?
Your name.
If a rooster lays an egg on the peak of a roof, which side does it roll down?
Roosters don't lay eggs