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A cowboy rides into town on Friday, stays for three days and leaves on Friday. How did he do it?

The horse’s name is Friday

100

What kind of coat is always wet when you put it on?

A coat of paint

100

Each morning I appear to lie at your feet. All day I will follow, no matter how fast you run. Yet I nearly perish In the midday sun. What am I?

Shadow

100

What has a face and two hands but no arms or legs?

A clock

100

What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?

The letter "m"

200

What is it that everybody does at the same time?

Grow older.

200

What disappears as soon as you say its name?

Silence

200

If there are three apples, and you take away two, how many do you have?

The two you took

200

I come along at the beginning of December. But, I am not in any other month. I am not a celebration or a holiday. What am I?

The letter D

200

In the Davis family, there are seven kids. Each was born two years apart. The youngest child just turned seven years old. How old is the oldest sibling?

The oldest sibling is 19 years old

300

A man is going towards a field. He knows he will die when he gets there. What is the situation?

His parachute is broken

300

What is easy to lift but difficult to throw?

A feather

300

There is one of me in every corner, but two of me in every room. What am I?

The letter O

300

Mr. and Mrs. Johnson have five daughters. Each of their daughters has one brother. How many children do Mr. and Mrs. Johnson have?

Five daughters and one son equaling 6 children

300

A lily pad is growing in a small pond. Every day, it doubles in size. On the 20th day, the lily pad covers the entire pond. Which day was the lily pad only half the size of the pond?

The 19th day

400

A murderer is condemned to death. He has to choose between three rooms. The first is full of raging fires, the second is full of assassins with loaded guns, and the third is full of lions that haven’t eaten in three years. Which room is safest for him?

The third room, because the lions haven’t eaten in three years, so they are dead

400

What do you have to break before you can use it?

An egg

400

What can break, but never fall? What can fall, but never break?

Day and Night

400

This is a five-letter word. With all five letters, people eat it. However, if you remove the first letter, then I become a form of energy. If you remove another letter, then I am required to live. If you mix up the final three letters, then I am a drink. What word am I?

WHEAT

400

I contain cities, but not any houses. I contain mountains, but not any trees. I contain water, but not any fish. What am I?

A map

500

This runs but does not walk. It has a mouth but never speaks. It has a head but never weeps. It has a bed but never sleeps. What is it?

A river

500

There is a word in the English language in which the first two letters denote a man, the first three letters denote a woman. The first four letters of this word mean someone great, and the whole word together means a great woman. What is the word?

Herione

500

A taxi driver is going the wrong way down a one-way street. He passes four police officers, yet none of them stop him. Why

The taxi driver was on foot

500

I have a neck, but no head. I have two arms, but no hands. What am I?

A shirt

500

What starts with an e, but only has one letter?

An envelope