A
I'm brown and hairy on the outside, but white on the inside. I'm hard as a shell. You can eat or drink what is inside me. I grow in hot countries.
COCONUT
Some months have 31 days. How many have 28?
EVERY MONTH HAS (at least) 28 DAYS
I live in Africa. My name starts with the last letter of the alphabet, but ends with the first. I'm like a striped horse.
A ZEBRA
Why can't a man living in the U.S. be buried in China?
BECAUSE HE IS STILL ALIVE
I can be made of paper or plastic. I'm found in every country in the world. I come in many colours, and you can use me to buy things.
A BANK NOTE
If there are 3 apples and you take away two, how many do you have?
3
I usually made up of more than one colour. All countries have one; the Turkish one is red and white. Wind makes me look like I'm flying.
A FLAG
A woman gives a beggar 1 dollar and 32 cents. The woman is the beggar's sister, but the beggar is not the woman's brother. How can this be?
THE BEGGAR IS THE WOMAN'S SISTER
I'm something you do every day, but also an Olympic sport. You can do this on the street or at home. I'm just like running, but slower.
WALKING
If you have only one match and you walked into a room where there was an oil burner, a kerosene lamp, and a wood burning stove, which one would you light first?
The match, because you would need to use it to light any (or all) of the others
A man builds a house that is rectangular in shape. All sides have southern exposure. A big bear walks by. What colour is the bear?
WHITE. Because all the windows have southern exposure, the house must be at the North Pole. The bear would be a polar bear
What is something you will never see again?
Yesterday
How many birthdays does the average person have?
ONLY ONE (A YEAR). However, in China people have two birthdays
Agatha spent several days in the hospital. She wasn’t injured or sick. She had to be carried out when she left, though. Why was she in the hospital?
Agatha’s a new born baby. She was delivered there
Divide 30 by 1/2 and add 10. What is the answer?
70. dividing by 1/2 is the same as multiplying by its reciprocal, namely multiplying by 2. So:
30/(1/2) = 30*2 =60
add 10 ... 60+10 = 70
What has many keys but can't open any doors?
PIANO
A doctor gives you three pills and tells you to take one every half-hour. How long would the pills last?
The pills would last one hour. You would take the first pill at the top of the hour, the second pill at half- past the hour, and the third pill again at the top of the hour.
What can't you see, hear or feel, until it's too late. What shadows love, and shopkeepers hate?
Thief
A farmer has 17 cows. All but 9 die. How many are left?
Nine cows are still alive.
What is it the more you take away the larger it becomes?
A HOLE
If you look, you can't see me. If you see me, you cannot see anything else. I can make you walk if you can't. Sometimes I speak the truth. And sometimes I lie. What am I?
A Dream
What has two hands and a face, but no arms and legs?
A CLOCK
Two men play five games of checkers. Each man wins the same number of games. There are no ties. Explain this.
THEY ARE NOT PLAYING AGAINST EACH OTHER. THEY ARE PLAYING AGAINST DIFFERENT OPPONENTS.
A young child goes up to a wise man and shocks him by asking him
"What one thing do i have that God does not?"
Parents
What word in the English language does the following: the first two letters signify a male, the first three letters signify a female, the first four letters signify a great, while the entire world signifies a great woman. What is the word?
Heroine