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What month of the year has 28 days?
All of them.
What is always in front of you but can’t be seen?
The future
What gets wet while drying?
A towel
A man dies of old age on his 25 birthday. How is this possible?
He was born on February 29.
What has many keys but can’t open a single lock?
A piano
What has to be broken before you can use it?
A egg
There’s a one-story house in which everything is yellow. Yellow walls, yellow doors, yellow furniture. What color are the stairs?
There aren’t any—it’s a one-story house.
What can you keep after giving to someone?
Your word
I have branches, but no fruit, trunk or leaves. What am I?
A bank
What can you hold in your left hand but not in your right?
Your right elbow
I’m tall when I’m young, and I’m short when I’m old. What am I?
A candle
What can you break, even if you never pick it up or touch it?
A promise
I shave every day, but my beard stays the same. What am I?
A barber
What can’t talk but will reply when spoken to?
An echo
What is black when it’s clean and white when it’s dirty?
What is black when it’s clean and white when it’s dirty?
What is full of holes but still holds water?
A sponge
What goes up but never comes down?
Your age
You see a boat filled with people, yet there isn’t a single person on board. How is that possible?
All the people on the boat are married.
The more of this there is, the less you see. What is it?
Darkness
What gets bigger when more is taken away?
A hole
What question can you never answer yes to?
Are you asleep yet?
A man who was outside in the rain without an umbrella or hat didn’t get a single hair on his head wet. Why?
He was bald.
You walk into a room that contains a match, a kerosene lamp, a candle and a fireplace. What would you light first?
The match
David’s parents have three sons: Snap, Crackle, and what’s the name of the third son?
David
I’m light as a feather, yet the strongest person can’t hold me for five minutes. What am I?
Your breath