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100

They don't have flesh, nor feathers, nor scales, nor bone. Yet they have fingers and thumbs of their own. What are they?

What is a GLOVE

100


This is as light as a feather, yet no man can hold it for long. What am I?


A BREATH

100

Who is that with a neck and no head, two arms and no hands?  What is it?

 A SHIRT

100

The more you take away, the more I become. What am I?

A HOLE

200


My life can be measured in hours, I serve by being devoured. Thin, I am quick. Fat, I am slow. Wind is my foe. What am I?


candle


200


You have me today,

Tomorrow you'll have more;

As your time passes,

I'm not easy to store;

I don't take up space,

But I'm only in one place;

I am what you saw,

But not what you see.

What am I?

memories

200

What is black when you buy it, red when you use it, and gray when you throw it away?

charcoal

200


What can point in every direction but can't reach the destination by itself.



A finger

300

I make two people out of one. What am I?

Shadow

300

A woman shoots her husband. Then she holds him underwater for over 5 minutes. Finally, she hangs him. But 5 minutes later they both go out together and enjoy a wonderful dinner together. How can this be?

The woman was a photographer. She shot a picture of her husband, developed it, and hung it up to dry.

300

Can you name three consecutive days without using the words Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, or Sunday?


Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow.


 


 



300

I am white when I am dirty, and black when I am clean. What am I?

blackboard

400

What belongs to you, but other people use it more than you?

your name

400

When does Christmas come before Thanksgiving?

in the dictionary

400


I am not alive, but I grow; I don't have lungs, but I need air; I don't have a mouth, but water kills me. What am I?

fire

400

What has six faces, but does not wear makeup, has twenty-one eyes, but cannot see? What is it?


a die

500


The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?

footsteps

500

What 8 letter word can have a letter taken away and it still makes a word. Take another letter away and it still makes a word. Keep on doing that until you have one letter left. What is the word?

Starting

500


Samuel was out for a walk when it started to rain. He did not have an umbrella and he wasn't wearing a hat. His clothes were soaked, yet not a single hair on his head got wet. How could this happen?


 he is bald 

500

What room do ghosts avoid?

The living room