EVERYDAY OBJECTS
I have hands but no arms, and I tell you things without speaking.
What is a clock?
The more of me you take, the more you leave behind.
What are footsteps?
What word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it?
What is “short”?
I speak without a mouth and hear without ears.
What is an echo?
What has many teeth but cannot bite?
What is a comb?
I go up and down but never move from my place.
What are stairs?
I fly without wings and cry without eyes.
What is time?
What has a ring but no finger?
What is a telephone?
I can travel around the world while staying in one corner.
What is a stamp?
What runs but never walks, has a mouth but never talks?
What is a river?
I have keys but no locks, space but no room
What is a keyboard?
I’m full of holes but I can still hold water
What is a sponge?
What has a head and a tail but no body?
What is a coin?
I’m tall when I’m young and short when I’m old
What is a candle?
What can be cracked, made, told, and played?
What is a joke?
I’m always hungry and must be fed, but water will kill me.
What is fire?
I come once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years
What is the letter “M”?
What has an eye but cannot see?
What is a needle?
I have a neck but no head, and wear a cap.
What is a bottle?
What belongs to you, but others use it more than you do?
What is your name?
The only person the king takes his hat off for
Who is a barber?
I measure life but have no ruler.
What is a calendar?
What word is spelled incorrectly in every dictionary?
What is “incorrectly”?
I have cities but no houses, rivers but no water.
What is a map?
When you need it you throw it away and when you don't you take it back
What is an anchor