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The more of me you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?
Footsteps
A bus driver goes the wrong way down a one-way street. He passes the cops but they don't stop him. Why?
He was walking
On a farm, there are ducks and cows. There are 18 legs and 7 heads in total. How many ducks are there
5 ducks and 2 cows
What is the laziest mountain in the world?
Mount Everest (Ever - rest)
What has to be broken before you can use it?
An egg
What do you break every time you say it?
Silence
I am a word of letters three. Add two and fewer I will be. What am I?
Few
What breaks but never falls?
Dawn
Multiply the number of thumbs that everyone in the world has. What is the result?
0, because at least one person in the world doesn’t have thumbs
I’m tall when I’m young, and I’m short when I’m old. What am I?
A candle
What is the maximum possible number of times you can subtract 5 from 25?
Only once, because the second time you will be subtracting 5 from 20, not 25
As I was going to St. Ives,
I met a man with seven wives,
Each wife had seven sacks,
Each sack had seven cats,
Each cat had seven kits:
Kits, cats, sacks, and wives,
How many are going to St. Ives?
One
A group of people collects $529. If each person contributes an amount in dollars equal to the total number of people in the group, how many people are in the group?
23 people (23 x 23 = 529)
Complete the following sequence: 24, 120, 720, ????
5040 (24 is 4! (i.e. 2 x 3 x 4); 120 is 5! (i.e. 2 x 3 x 4 x 5); 720 is 6!, 5040 is 7!.)
What is always in front of you but can’t be seen?
The future
When does today come before yesterday?
In the dictionary
If the day after the day before yesterday was Monday, and the day before the day after tomorrow is Wednesday, what day is today?
Tuesday
A person’s age is five times what it was 12 years ago. So how old is the person now?
15 years old
I’m taken from a mine and shut up in a wooden case, from which I am never released, but I am still used every day. What am I?
A pencil
What goes up but never comes down?
Your age
What does the letter 't' and an island have in common?
They're both in the middle of the water
The poor have me, the rich need me, and if you eat me, you'll die. What am I?
Nothing
A person walks 3 km south, then 4 km east. What is the straight-line distance from their starting point?
5 km
ou come to a fork in the road where one path leads to a pot of gold and the other to a bottomless pit. Two guards stand there—one always tells the truth, and one always lies. You don't know which is which. You can ask only one guard one question to find the right path. What question should you ask?
Ask either guard: "If I were to ask your partner which path is the correct one, what would he say?" Regardless of who you ask, they will point to the incorrect path. You must then take the opposite path.
What can you keep after giving to someone?
Your word