Numbers
A farmer has 17 sheep, and all but 9 die.
What is 9?
This English word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it
Short
What has keys but can’t open locks?
A piano
A plane crashes on the border between the USA and Canada. The survivors are buried in this place.
survivors aren’t buried
You can catch it, but you cannot throw it.
A cold
If it takes 5 machines 5 minutes to make 5 items, this is how long it takes 100 machines to make 100 items.
5 minutes
This comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years.
The letter m
What has hands but can’t clap?
A clock
Before Mount Everest was discovered, this was the highest mountain in the world.
Mount Everest (it still existed)
If you drop me, I’m sure to crack, but give me a smile and I’ll smile back.
A mirror
A man who was born in 2000 died in 1995. This is possible because of this.
hospital room 2000 and 1995
The more you share it, the less you have.
A secret
What goes up but never comes down?
Your age
This month has 28 days.
All month
I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. I have no body, but I come alive with wind.
An echo
If two’s company and three’s a crowd, what are four and five?
9
If you have me, you want to share me. If you share me, you don’t have me.
A secret
What travels around the world while staying in one corner?
A stamp
The more you feed it, the bigger it gets, but if you give it water, it dies.
A fire
The more you take from it, the bigger it becomes.
A hole
A woman has twice as many brothers as sisters.Each brother has the same number of brothers and sisters.This is how many children are in the family.
7 children (4 girls and 3 boys)?
This question can never be answered with a “yes.”
Are you asleep?
What can fill a room but takes up no space?
Light
This building has the most stories in the world.
A library
I shave every day, but my beard stays the same.
A barber