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If eleven plus two equals one, what does nine plus five equal?
11 o'clock plus 2 hours = 1 o'clock 9 o'clock plus 5 hours = 2 o'clock
George, Helen, and Steve are drinking coffee. Bert, Karen, and Dave are drinking soda. Using logic, is Elizabeth drinking coffee or soda?
Elizabeth is drinking coffee. The letter E appears twice in her name, as it does in the names of the others that are drinking coffee.
If you go to the movies and you're paying, is it cheaper to take one friend to the movies twice, or two friends to the movies at the same time?
It's cheaper to take two friends at the same time. In this case, you would only be buying three tickets, whereas if you take the same friend twice you are buying four tickets.
You can touch me, You can break me, You should win me if you want to be mine. What am I?
A heart.
Two girls have the same parents and were born at the same hour of the same day of the same month, but they are not twins. How can this be possible?
They were not born in the same year.
A woman shoots her husband. Then she holds him underwater for over 5 minutes. Finally, she hangs him. But 5 minutes later they both go out together and enjoy a wonderful dinner together. How can this be?
The woman was a photographer. She shot a picture of her husband, developed it, and hung it up to dry.
I act like a cat, I look like a cat, Yet I am not a cat. What am I?
Kitten.
There are two bodies on the floor. They are surrounded by water and broken glass. How did they die?
The bodies were goldfish because their fishbowl got knocked over onto the floor and broke.
Only one color, but not one size, Stuck at the bottom, yet easily flies. Present in sun, but not in rain, Doing no harm, and feeling no pain. What is it?
It's a shadow!
I can be long, or I can be short. I can be grown, and I can be bought. I can be painted, or left bare. I can be round, or square. What am I?
Your fingernails.
I make two people out of one. What am I?
A mirror.
Some months have 30 days, some months have 31 days. How many have 28?
They all do.
I can be cracked, I can be made. I can be told, I can be played. What am I?
A Joke!
How can you take 2 from 5 and leave 4?
F I V E Remove the 2 letters F and E from five and you have IV.
I am the beginning of the end, and the end of time and space. I am essential to creation, and I surround every place. What am I?
The letter e. End, timE, spacE, Every placE
If a rooster laid a brown egg and a white egg, what kind of chicks would hatch?
Roosters don't lay eggs.
If you drop me, I'm sure to crack. Give me a smile, and I'll always smile back. What am I?
A mirror.
No matter how little or how much you use me, you change me every month. What am I?
A Calendar.
You can carry it everywhere you go, and it does not get heavy. What is it?
Your name.
What has six faces, but does not wear makeup, has twenty-one eyes, but cannot see? What is it?
A die (dice).
I have a little house in which I live all alone. It has no doors or windows, and if I want to go out I must break through the wall. What am I?
A chick in an egg.
If there are four sheep, two dogs and one herds-men, how many feet are there?
Two. Sheep have hooves; dogs have paws; only people have feet.
Pronounced as one letter, But look and you'll see, That really I'm written with three. I'm read from both ends, The same either way. What am I?
Eye.
They have not flesh, nor feathers, nor scales, nor bone. Yet they have fingers and thumbs of their own. What are they?
Gloves.
My life can be measured in hours, I serve by being devoured. Thin, I am quick. Fat, I am slow. Wind is my foe. What am I?
I am a candle.