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What's always running but never gets hot?
Answer: A refrigerator.
What belongs to you but is used by everyone you meet?
Answer: Your name.
A bus driver goes the wrong way down a one-way street. He passes the cops, but they don’t stop him. Why?
Answer: He was walking.
What common English verb becomes its own past tense by rearranging its letters?
Answer: Eat.
How is seven different from the rest of the numbers between one and ten?
Answer: Seven has two syllables, and the other numbers have only one syllable
What makes more as you take them?
Answer: Footsteps.
If an electric train is traveling south, then which way is the smoke going?
Answer: There is no smoke—it's an electric train.
What is one thing that all people, regardless of their politics or religion, have to agree is between heaven and earth?
Answer: The word "and."
Only one color, but not one size, stuck at the bottom, yet easily flies. What am I?
A shadow
What do you see once in June, twice in November, and not at all in May?
Answer: The letter "e."
If 2 is company and 3 is a crowd, what are 4 and 5?
9.
Poor people have it. Rich people need it. If you eat it you die. What is it?
Answer: Nothing.
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?
Answer: Water.
This challenging riddle works by getting your brain to go through a series of associations so you get locked in and can’t think of alternatives. Be careful! Is the question really connected to that color you were asked to think about? Most folks say that cows drink milk because they’re fixated on the color white.
How can you physically stand behind your father while he is standing behind you?
Answer: You are standing back-to-back with your father.
What do you bury when it's alive and dig up when it's dead?
Answer: A plant.
What gets broken without being held?
Answer: A promise.
If the day before yesterday was the 23rd, then what will be the day after tomorrow?
Answer: The 27th.
What thrives when you feed it but dies when you water it?
A fire
What's lighter than a feather but impossible to hold for much more than a minute?
Your breath
What is taken before you can get it?
Answer: Your picture.
The person who made it doesn’t need it. The person who bought it doesn’t want it. The person who needs it doesn’t know it. What is it?
Answer: A coffin.
You enter a room that contains a match, kerosene lamp, candle, and fireplace. What should you light first?
Answer: The match.