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I'm tall when I'm young, but short when I'm old
WHAT AM I
a candle
What gets wet while drying?
a towel
What must be broken before you can use it?
an egg
What has many keys but can't open any door?
a piano
What is always at the end of a rainbow?
w
What belongs to you, but other people use it more than you do?
your name
What can burn your eye without touching them?
the sun
What always runs, but never walks?
a river
What can fill up a room, but take up no space?
sunlight
What is always coming, but never arrives?
tomorrow
What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in one thousand years?
the letter m
I have keys, but no locks. I have space, but no room. You can enter, but you can't go outside.
WHAT AM I
a keyboard
I speak without a mouth and hear with no ears. I have no body, but I come alive with the wind
WHAT AM I
an echo
You measure my life in hours and I serve you by expiring. I'm quick when I'm thin, but slow when I'm fat. The wind is my enemy
WHAT AM I
a candle
What word is spelled wrong in the dictionary?
wrong
What has four fingers and a thumb, but is not living?
a glove
What starts with t, ends with t, and has t in it?
a teapot
I have a head like a cat and feet like a cat, but I'm not a cat
WHAT AM I
a kitten
Throw away the outside and cook the inside. Then eat the outside and throw away the inside
WHAT AM I
a corn
They come out at night without being called, and are lost in the morning but they are not stolen
WHAT ARE THEY
stars
A man goes out for a walk during a storm with nothing to protect him from the rain. He doesn’t have a hat, a hood or an umbrella. But by the end of his walk, there isn’t a single wet hair on his head. Why doesn’t the man have wet hair?
he is bald
What goes through cities and fields, but never moves?
a road
I have no life, but I can die.
WHAT AM I
a battery
What kind of room has no walls, door or windows?
a mushroom
I’m orange, I wear a green hat and I sound like a parrot.
WHAT AM I
a carrot