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100

What has to be broken before you can use it?

Egg

100

What do you light first: candle, lamp, fireplace?

A match

100

A man walks the wrong way on a one-way street but isn’t breaking the law. How?

He is walking

100

How many sides does a circle have?

2 sides. (Inside and Outside)

100

A man pushes his car and becomes bankrupt. Why?

He is playing Monopoly

200

What gets wetter the more it dries?

A towel

200

If you take 2 apples from 3, how many do you have?

2

200

A girl falls from a 20-story building and survives. How?

Fell from a low floor

200

What month has 28 days?

All of them (12)

200

A man shaves many times a day but still has a beard. Why?

He is a barber. 

300

What can travel around the world while staying in one place?

Stamp

300

If you pass 2nd place, what place are you in?

2nd Place

300

A man jumps out of a plane and survives. How?

Plane is on the ground

300

What has hands but cannot clap?

Clock

300

A woman shoots, drowns, and hangs her husband—but he survives. How?

Camera/Photo

400

What has a head, a tail, but no body?

Coin

400

What question can you never answer “yes” to?

Are you asleep?

400

What can fill a room but takes up no space?

Light

400

What begins with T, ends with T, and has T in it?

Teapot
400

A man is found dead with headphones on and a backpack. What happened?

He was skydiving and the parachute didn’t open.

500

What has no beginning, end, or middle?

Circle

500

If 5 machines make 5 items in 5 minutes, how long for 100 machines to make 100 items?

5 minutes

500

A father dies in a crash, but the surgeon says “that’s my son.” How?

The surgeon is the mother

500

A house has all sides facing south. A bear passes by. What color is it?

White (North Pole)

500

A man is found dead in a locked room with water on the floor. What happened?

He stood on ice