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100

I am lighter than a feather, yet no man can hold me for very long. What am I?

What is your breath

100

a man rides his horse into town on Friday he stays for 3 days and leaves on Friday, how did he do it?

What is his horses name is Friday

100

Why can't you take a picture of a man with a wooden leg?

What is you need a camera, wooden legs don't take good pictures

100

A very pretty thing am I, fluttering in the pale-blue sky. Delicate fragile on the wing, indeed I am a pretty thing.

What is a butterfly

100

What relation would your fathers sisters sister-in-law be to you?

What is she would be your mother

200

What starts with an e but only has a single letter in it?

What is an envelope

200

Imagine you are swimming in the ocean and a bunch of hungry sharks surround you. How do you get out alive?

What is stop imagining

200

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?

What is he was bald!

200

If a man carried my burden he would break his back. I am not rich but I leave silver in my track.

What is a snail

200

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

What is today, tomorrow, and yesterday

300

What's black and white but red all over

What is a newspaper

300

There was a man trapped in a room by himself and the door would only unlock if he had someone to help him. a few minutes later he discovered a light switch, turned on the light and was able to open the door. how was this possible?.

What is when he turned on the light his shadow appeared with him!

300

You are driving a car. On your right is a steep cliff. Right in front of you there is a horse and right behind an elephant both of which travel at your own speed. On your left there is a fire truck blocking you. How do you stop your car

What is just ask the merry-go-round operator to stop the machine!

300

It is said among my people that some things are improved by death. Tell me what stinks while living but in death smells good?

What is a pig (other acceptable answers)

300

Romeo and Juliet are found dead on the floor in a bedroom. When they were discovered there were pieces of glass and some water on the floor. The only furniture in the room is a shelf and a bed. The house in is a remote location away from everything except for the nearby railway track. What caused the death of Romeo and Juliet?

What is they were fish

400

I am an insect and the first half of my name reveals another insect. Some famous musicians had a name similar to mine. What am I?

What is a beetle

400

A boy was at a carnival and went to a booth where a man said to the boy, "If I write your exact weight on this piece of paper then you have to give me $50, but if I cannot, I will pay you $50." The boy looked around and saw no scale so he agrees, thinking no matter what the carny writes he'll just say he weighs more or less. In the end the boy ended up paying the man $50. How did the man win the bet?

What is the man did exactly what he said he would he wrote " your exact weight' on the paper

400

A doctor and a bus driver are both in love with the same woman an attractive girl named Sarah. The bus driver had to go on a long bus trip that would last a week. Before he left he gave Sarah seven apples. Why?

What is an apple a day keeps the doctor away!

400

Who spends the day at the window goes to the table for meals and hides at night?

What is a fly

400

During which month do people sleep the least?

What is February (there are fewer nights in February). 

500

Pronounced as one letter, But written with three, Two letters there are, And only two in me. I'm double, I'm single, I'm black, blue, and gray, I'm read from both ends, And the same either way. What am I?

What is Eye

500

A bus driver was heading down a street in Colorado. He went right past a stop sign without stopping he turned left where there was a 'no left turn' sign and he went the wrong way on a one-way street. Then he went on the left side of the road past a cop car. Still - he didn't break any traffic laws. how?

What is He was walking... Not driving.

500

If you drop a yellow hat in the Red Sea what does it become?

What is Wet. DUH!

500

A hundred feet in the air but its back is on the ground. What is it?

What is a centipede on its back

500

Four cars come to a four way stop all coming from a different direction. They cant decide who got there first so they all go forward at the same time. They do not crash into each other but all four cars go. How is this possible?

What is they all made right-hand turns