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100

I’m found in socks, scarves and mittens; and often in the paws of playful kittens. What am I?

what is yarn?

100

What goes up and down but doesn’t move?

what is a staircase?

100

 A man who was outside in the rain without an umbrella or hat didn’t get a single hair on his head wet. Why?

is he was bald?

100

What has many needles, but doesn’t sew?

what is a Christmas tree?

100

What can run but never walks, has a mouth but never talks, has a head but never weeps, has a bed but never sleeps?

what is a river?

200

I’m light as a feather, yet the strongest person can’t hold me for five minutes. What am I?

what is breath?

200

What question can you never answer yes to?

is it are you asleep yet?

200

You walk into a room that contains a match, a kerosene lamp, a candle and a fireplace. What would you light first?

is it the match?

200

What can you catch, but not throw?

what is a cold?

200

Speaking of rivers, a man calls his dog from the opposite side of the river. The dog crosses the river without getting wet, and without using a bridge or boat. How?

what is a frozen river?

300

 I follow you all the time and copy your every move, but you can’t touch me or catch me. What am I?

what is a shadow?  

300

What is always in front of you but can’t be seen?

What is the future?

300

 If you’re running in a race and you pass the person in second place, what place are you in?

is it second place?

300

What has many teeth, but can’t bite?

what is a comb?

300

What is so fragile that saying its name breaks it?

what is Silence?

400

 I have branches, but no fruit, trunk or leaves. What am I?

what is a bank?

400

What can you break, even if you never pick it up or touch it?

what is a promise?

400

There’s a one-story house in which everything is yellow. Yellow walls, yellow doors, yellow furniture. What color are the stairs?

is it There aren’t any—it’s a one-story house?

400

What is cut on a table, but is never eaten?

what is a deck of cards?

400

 I turn once, what is out will not get in. I turn again, what is in will not get out. What am I?

what is a key?

500

 I’m tall when I’m young, and I’m short when I’m old. What am I?

what is a candle?

500

What goes up but never comes down?

what is your age?

500

You see a boat filled with people, yet there isn’t a single person on board. How is that possible?

is It all the people on the boat are married?

500

What has a head and a tail but no body?

what is a coin

500

I need air but I have no lungs I can run but have no legs what am I?

what is a fire?