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100

what has to be   broken before you can use it?



An egg

100

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

A candle

100

What month of the year has 28 days?

 All of them

100

What is full of holes but still holds water?

A sponge

100

What question can you never answer yes to?

Are you asleep yet?

200

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


the future

200

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

200

 A man dies of old age on his 25 birthday. How is this possible?



He was born on February 29.



200

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



the match


200

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 is bald.


300

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.

300

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



a bank


300

What can you keep after giving it to someone?


Your word


300

What can’t talk but will reply when spoken to?


an echo


300

The more of this there is, the less you can see. What is it?



Darkness


400

What goes up but never comes down?


your age


400

 David’s parents have three sons: Snap, Crackle, and what’s the name of the third son?


David

400

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


Your shadow


400

What has many keys but can’t open a single lock?


 a piano

400

What can you hold in your left hand but not in your right hand?


Your right elbow




500

 I shave every day, but my beard stays the same. What am I?

 A barber

500

What gets bigger when more and more  is taken away?


A hole


500

 What gets wet while is drying?






A towel

500

What is black when it’s clean and white when it’s dirty?


A chalkboard



500

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

 A promise