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100

 What is always coming, but never arrives?

Tomorrow

100

If a plane crashes on the border between the United States and Canada, where do they bury the survivors?

Survivors are not buried.

100

If Mrs. John’s bungalow is decorated completely in pink, with the walls, carpet, and furniture all shades of pink, what color are the stairs? 

There are no stairs, because bungalows do not have a second floor.

100

 Some months have 31 days, others have 30 days, but how many have 28 days?

All the months have 28 days.

100

Why are movie stars considered cool?

Because they have so many fans.


200

 What can be broken, but is never held?

A promise

200

If it takes eight men ten hours to build a wall, how long would it take four men?

No time, because the wall is already built.

200

How did the boy kick his soccer ball ten feet, and then have it come back to him on its own?

He kicked it up

200

“The attorney is my brother,” testified the accountant. But the attorney testified he did not have a brother. Who is lying?

Neither one, because the accountant was his sister.

200

What is white and black, but red all over?

The newspaper is “read” all over.

300

 What word would you use to describe a man who does not have all his fingers on one hand?

 What word would you use to describe a man who does not have all his fingers on one hand?

300

If you have a bowl with six apples and you take away four, how many do you have?

The 4 you took away


300

How could a man go outside in the pouring rain without protection, and not have a hair on his head get wet?

He was bald.

300

 What is it that goes up, but never comes down?

Age
300

What is the biggest problem with snow boots?

Snow boots melt

400

What is it that lives if it is fed, and dies if you give it a drink?

fire

400

If you had only one match and entered a dark room containing an oil lamp, some kindling wood, and a newspaper, which would you light first?

The match

400

 If an electric train is moving north at 100mph and a wind is blowing to the west at 10mph, which way does the smoke blow?

An electric train has no smoke.

400

What happened when the wheel was invented?

it caused a revolution.

400

Why do fluorescent lights hum?

Because they cannot remember the words.

500

What can one catch that is not thrown?

a cold

500

If you spell “sit in the tub” s-o-a-k, and you spell “a funny story” j-o-k-e, how do you spell “the white of an egg”?

a-l-b-u-m-e-n or e-g-g w-h-i-t-e

500

What breaks and never falls, and what falls and never breaks?

Day breaks and night falls

500

Who is bigger, Mr. Bigger, Mrs. Bigger, or their baby?

The baby, since he is a little Bigger.

500

What becomes wetter the more it dries?

A towel