Word puzzles
I have all the knowledge you have. But I’m so small, you can hold me in your fist. What am I?
Your brain
If the vice president were to die, who is supposed to be president?
The president
What was the Gross Domestic Product of the U.K. in the year 1800?
If you were running a race and passed the person in second place, what place would you be in now?
Second place
How can you lift an elephant with one hand?
You cannot, because you will never find an elephant with one hand
I’m so fragile that if you say my name, you’ll break me. What am I?
Silence
How many times can you subtract 10 from 100?
Once. Next time you would be subtracting 10 from 90.
If ten birds are sitting in a tree and a hunter shoots one, how many birds are left in the tree?
None, because after one bird got shot, the rest flew away
Beth’s mother has three daughters. One is called Lara, the other one is Sara. What is the name of the third daughter?
Beth
What has a neck but no head?
A bottle
A 10 foot rope ladder hangs over the side of a boat with the bottom rung on the surface of the water. The rungs are one foot apart, and the tide goes up at the rate of 6 inches per hour. How long will it be until three rungs are covered?
The boat rises as the tide goes up.
Before Mount Everest was discovered, what was the tallest mountain on Earth?
Mount Everest
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
What belongs to you but gets used by everyone else more than you?
Your name/Your phone number
A truck driver is going down a one way street the wrong way, and passes at least ten cops. Why is he not caught?
Because he was not driving! He’s walking on the sidewalk
Two mothers and two daughters went out to eat, everyone ate one slice of pizza, yet only three slices were eaten. How’s that possible?
The group included a grandmother, her daughter and her daughter’s daughter.
“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
What has 4 wheels, flies, and has no wings?
A garbage truck
A man dressed in all black is walking down a country lane. Suddenly, a large black car with no lights on comes around the corner and screeches to a halt. How did the car’s driver know he was there?
It was day time
First you throw away my outside and cook the inside. Then you eat my outside and throw away my inside. What am I?
Corn on the cob. Because you throw away the husk, cook the corn. Then you eat the kernels, and throw away the cob.
A girl leaves home and turns left three times, only to return home facing two guys wearing masks. Who are the two guys?
The catcher and the umpire.