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  • A cowboy rode to an inn on Wednesday. He stayed two nights and left on Wednesday. How could that be?
    His horse was named Wednesday.
  • What has to be broken before you can use it?
    egg
  • If a plane crashed on the border of England and Scotland, where would they bury the survivors?
    You don’t bury survivors.
  • Can you add one mathematical symbol in between 55555 to equal 500?
    500
  • You’re a bus driver. At the first stop, 4 people get on. At the second stop, 8 people get on, at the third stop 2 people get off and, at the fourth stop everyone got off. The question is what color are the bus driver’s eyes?
    Whatever color eyes you have!
  • What letters are easily found in every single day of the week?
    D-A-Y
  • I am filled with keys but have no locks. I have space but there are no extra rooms. Sure, you can enter but there is absolutely no exit. What am I?
    keyboard
  • I am always hungry and will die if not fed, but if you water me, I’ll die. What am I?
    fire
  • Do you know the name of the invention that lets you look instantly right through any wall you want?
    window
  • Jeff’s dad has three sons: Snap, Crackle, and ___?
    Jeff
  • If the red house is on the right side and if the blue house is on the left side where’s the white house?
    Washington, DC
  • I turn once, what is out will not get in. I turn again, what is in will not get out. What am I?
    key
  • Turn us on our backs and open up our stomachs, and you will be the wisest but at the start a lummox. What are we?
    books
  • People make me, save me, change me, raise me. What am I?
    money
  • What is something you can serve but shouldn’t ever eat?
    volleyball or tennis ball
  • Jason turned left, right, spun around 360°, stood on his head, and then walked backward before taking a picture of the sunset. What direction was he pointing?
    west
  • What gets wetter & wetter the more it dries?
    towel
  • Frankie the frog had an accident and broke one of his legs. He went to the hospital on Monday, November 1 and left on November 30. What day of the week is it?
    What day of the week is today? That's your answer.
  • A mouse wants to get in better shape. She’s going to start by climbing the stairs. Starting on the 4th floor, she climbs up 5 stories, down 7 stories, up 6 stories, down 3 stories, and up 4 stories again. What floor is she on?
    9th floor
  • Paul the polar bear had a birthday party, with each guest bringing five fish. A nasty little penguin stole two fish but there were still 198 fish left. How many people came to the party?
    40
  • A man went outside in the pouring rain with no protection, but not a single hair on his head got wet. How come?
    The man was bald.
  • What is the end of everything?
    g
  • What is always in front of you but can’t be seen?
    future
  • Rico the rabbit eats 1 carrot on Sunday, 2 carrots on Monday, 4 carrots on Tuesday, and so on. How many carrots does he eat every week?
    127 (1+2+4+8+16+32+64=127)
  • Ten copycats were sitting in a boat. One jumped out. How many were left?
    none
  • Agatha’s mother has five different daughters. One’s name is Danielle, one’s name is Brittany, one’s name is Samantha, another is named Rebecca. What’s the name of the fifth daughter?
    Agartha
  • What has a head and a tail but no body?
    coin
  • Do you know where you can find cities and countries, towns and shops, roads and lakes, but absolutely no people whatsoever?
    a map
  • What has a face and two hands but no arms or legs?
    clock
  • Before Mount Everest was discovered, what was the highest mountain in the world?
    Mount Everest
  • What five-letter word gets shorter when you add two letters to it?
    short
  • What has a mouth but doesn’t eat? A bank with no money? A bed but doesn’t sleep and waves but no hands?
    a river
  • If there’s a frog, dead in the center of a lily pad which is right in the middle of the pond, which side would it jump to?
    Neither, the frog is dead.
  • With pointed fangs I sit and wait; with piercing force I crunch out fate; grabbing victims, proclaiming might; physically joining with a single bite. What am I?
    stapler
  • Can you think of something that’s as light as a feather but even the world’s strongest human couldn’t hold it for any longer than 4 minutes?
    breath
  • What happened in 1961 and will not happen again until 6009?
    The year will again be the same upside down.
  • If you see an electric train headed east at 70 an hour but there is a wind blowing in from the west at 80 miles an hour, which way is the smoke from the train going to blow?
    An electric train doesn't have smoke.
  • How many letters are there in: the English alphabet?
    18
  • A word I know, six letters it contains, remove one letter and 12 remains, what is it?
    dozen
  • If there are three apples and  you took away two, how many do you have?
    two