Math
I have a pound of feathers and a pound of iron, Can you please tell me which one weighs more?
They both weigh a pound
What gets bigger the more you take away?
A hole.
What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?
The letter M.
What disappears as soon as you say its name?
Silence
Before Mount Everest was discovered, what was the highest mountain on Earth?
Mount Everest
If there are four apples and you take away three, how many do you have?
3
What gets wet when drying?
A towel
Two coins add up to 30 cents. One isn’t a nickel. What are they?
A quarter and a nickle?
I have keys but no locks, and space but no rooms. You can enter, but you can’t go outside. What am I?
A keyboard
You bury me when I’m alive and dig me up when I’m dead. What am I?
A plant
A man is twice as old as his little sister. He is also half as old as their dad. Over a period of 50 years, the age of the sister will become half of their dad’s age. What is the age of the man now?
50 years old
What has a head and a tail, but no body?
A coin
What always ends everything?
The letter G.
How many letters are in the alphabet?
Eleven
At night they come without being fetched. By day they are lost without being stolen. What are they?
The stars
If you buy a rooster for the purpose of laying eggs and you expect to get three eggs each day for breakfast, how many eggs will you have after three weeks?
Zero, roosters do not lay eggs
I shave every day, but my beard stays the same. Who am I?
A barber
What are the next three letters in the following sequence?J, F, M, A, M, J, J, A, __, __, __, D
S, O, N. The sequence is first letter of the months of the year. September, October, and November are the next in the sequence.
First, think of the color of the clouds. Next, think of the color of snow. Now, think of the color of a bright full moon. Now answer quickly what do cows drink?
Water
When will water stop running downhill?
When it reaches the bottom.
A grandfather, two fathers and two sons went to the movie theater together and everyone bought one movie ticket each. How many tickets did they buy in total?
3 (the grandfather is also a father and the father is also a son)
What is full of holes but still holds water?
A sponge
What has six faces, but does not wear makeup, has twenty-one eyes, but cannot see?
A die (One of a pair of dice.)
I have cities, but no houses. I have mountains, but no trees. I have water, but no fish. What am I?
Map
If there are four sheep, two dogs and one herds-men, how many feet are there?
Two. Sheep have hooves; dogs have paws; only people have feet.