Column A
I have seas but no water, towns but no people, coasts but no sand, and mountains but no land. What am I?
A map.
They wave, and they can drum. You carry them with you everywhere. What are they?
Hands.
If an electric train was traveling north, which way is the smoke going?
An electric train does not produce smoke.
If you walk into a room with a match, a kerosene lamp, a candle, and a fireplace, which one will you light first?
It can be held without your hands or your arms. What is it?
Your breath.
What will you find at the end of a line?
The letter E.
What has a spine but no bones?
A book.
What can’t be used until it’s broken?
An egg.
What has legs, but doesn’t walk?
A table.
What goes up but never comes down?
Your age.
A vehicle is spelled the same from the back as from the front. What is that vehicle?
A racecar.
What weighs more, a ton of feathers or a ton of bricks?
They both weigh the same.
What kind of room has no windows or doors?
A mushroom.
You can drop me from the tallest building, but I will not be injured. But if you drop me in water, I die. What am I?
Paper.
We come at night without being fetched. We leave during the day without being stolen. What are we?
Stars.
I sometimes run, but cannot walk. You follow me around. What am I?
Your nose.
What is as big as a hippo but weighs nothing at all?
A hippo's shadow.
A cowboy rode into town on Friday; he stayed in town for three days and left town on Friday. How did that happen?
Friday was the name of the horse.
There are five sisters. One is reading a book, another is cooking, another is playing chess, and another is doing laundry. What is the fifth sister doing?
She is playing chess with her sister.
What happens four times in a teenager’s life, once in adult life and never in childhood?
The letter E.
Many have heard me, but they cannot see me. I will not speak until you speak to me first. What am I?
An echo.
People walk in and out of me a lot. When they push, I follow. When they walk out on me, I close up and stay waiting for the next person. When the next person shows up, I open again. What am I?
An elevator.
There was a greenhouse, and inside was a white house. Inside the white house, there was a red house. Inside the red house, there were many babies. What is it?
A watermelon.
A number has all its letters in alphabetical order when spelled out. Which number is that?
Forty.
What is in seasons, seconds, centuries, and minutes but not in decades, years, or days?
The letter N.