#1 - Two US coins are worth 30 cents and one is not a quarter. What are the two coins?
#2 - What crime is punishable when attempted but not when committed?
#3 - If you say my name, I'll no longer exist. What am I?
#4 - You have a candle, an oil lamp, wood in a fireplace, and only one match. What do you light first?
#5 - When an ice cube melts in a glass of water, does the level of the water fall or rise?
#6 - What walks on four legs in the morning, two legs in the day and three legs in the evening?
#7 - There's a fork in the road to Heaven, where one way leads to Hell. At this fork in the road, two twin brothers live who are exactly alike, except that one always tells the truth and the other one always lies. What single question can you ask one of them to find the way to Heaven?
#8 - A man had to walk for an hour under heavy rain on an open road, without an umbrella or anything else over his head. Yet, his hair did not get wet.
#9 - You are facing three switches downstairs, one of which controls a lightbulb in a room upstairs whose doors are closed (no light escapes from it).
#10 - Take a cup from a bucket of water and put it into a bucket of wine, then put a cup of the mixture from the wine bucket back into the water bucket.
#11 - What can you hold in your left hand but not in your right hand?
#12 - "Finished files are the result of years of scientific study and a lot of common sense." How many times does the letter " f " appear in that sentence?
#13 - "At night they come without being fetched,
#14 - "I never was, am always to be,
#15 - "Runs over fields and woods all day
#16 - "There was a green house.
#17 - If it takes 6 seconds for a clock to strike 6, how long does it take to strike 11?
#18 - I drive men mad / For love of me, / Easily beaten, / Never free. What am I?
#19 - How quickly can you find out what is unusual about this paragraph? It looks so ordinary that you would think that nothing is wrong with it at all-- and, in fact, nothing is. But it is a bit odd. Why? If you study it and think about it, you may find out, but I am not going to assist you in any way. You must do it without any coaching. No doubt, if you work at it for long, it will dawn on you. Who knows?
#20 - What's mightier than God and more evil than the Devil? The poor have it. The rich need it. If you eat it, you will eventually die.
#21 - What can you share and still have all for yourself?
#22 - What's the end of space, the end of time, and the beginning of eternity?
#23 - There is a dead man in the center of a field.
#24 - What is so special about this sequence below?
#25 - What do these three things have in common? Dogs, Diamonds, Double Plays.
#26 - What is the only English word for a number that when spelled, it's letters are in alphabetical order?
#27 - Follow these instructions : Take one full cup of coffee and drink 1/6 of it. Replace what you drank with milk. Now, drink 1/3 of the coffee/milk mixture. Again, replace what you drank with more milk. Now, drink 1/2 of what is in the cup. Once again, replace what you drank with milk. Now drink the entire cup of mixed coffee/milk.
#28 - What are three possible responses that correctly fill the blank in the following sentence?
#29 - If you were to spell out numbers, how far would you have to go until you would find the letter "A"?
#30 - Name 10 Body Parts-no profane words-with 3 letters each
#31 - In almost every language, this word begins with the "m" sound.
#32 - What word or expression is represented below?
#33 - A murderer is condemned to death. He has to choose between three rooms. The first is full of raging fires, the second is full of assassins with loaded guns, and the third is full of lions that haven't eaten in 3 years. Which room is safest for him?
#34 - Which of the following words would most likely belong to the same group above? ... And why? Silly, ancestor, millstone, needless.
#35 - What English word has three consecutive double letters?
#36 - Rearrange the letters of NOR DO WE to make one word.
#37 - What are the 2 longest words in the English language that can be typed using only your left hand on the keyboard.
#38 - What letter is next in this sequence?
#39 - Each morning I appear To join you, All day I stick on, No matter how fast you move, Yet I nearly perish in the midday sun.
#40 - A Father, son and grandson are walking in the park. A man approaches them and asks for their age. The Father replies, "My son is as many weeks as my grandson is in days, and my grandson is as many months old as I am in years. We are all 100 years together."
#41 - Translate the following into a meaningful phrase :
#42 - Foward I am heavy, but backward I am not. What am I?
#43 - If you have two hourglasses - one four-minute timer and one seven-minute timer, how can you measure nine minutes?
#44 - An egg salesman was asked how many eggs he had sold that day. He replied, "My first customer said, 'I'll buy half your eggs and half an egg more'. My second and third customers said the same thing. When I had filled all three orders, I sold out of eggs without having to break a single egg the whole day."
#45 - A boy goes and buys a fishing pole that is 6' 3" long. As he goes to get on the bus, the bus driver tells him that he can't take anything on the bus longer than 6'.
#46 - In olden days, you are a clever thief charged with treason against the king and sentenced to death. But the king decides to be a little lenient and lets you choose your own way to die. What would you choose? Remember, you're clever!
#47 - Six glasses are in a row. The first three are full of juice; the second three are empty. By moving only one glass, can you arrange empty and full glasses alternate?
#48 - What is black when you buy it, red when you use it and gray when you throw it away?
#49 - If a grasshopper halves the distance to a wall on every jump, how many jumps will he need to reach the wall if he starts from ten feet away?
#50 - How can you spell brandy in three letters?
#51 - There are several English words that contain all the 5 vowels. Can you name some of them?
#52 - Two vertical 750 ft posts have a 1000 ft rope stretched between their top most points. The rope sags to within 250 ft from the ground. How far apart are the posts?
#53 - Assume that you have just heard of a scandal and that you are the first one to know. You pass it on to 4 persons in a matter of 30 minutes. Each of these 4 persons in turn passes it to 4 other persons in the next 30 minutes and so on.
#54 - What is the smallest number which when divided by 10 leaves a remainder of 9, when divided by 9 leaves a remainder of 8, when divided by 8 leaves a remainder of 7, when divided by 7 leaves a remainder of 6, and so on until when divided by 2 leaves a remainder of 1?
#55 - Which word in the English language becomes shorter when it is lengthened?
#56 - I know a word of letters three. Add two, and fewer there will be.
#57 - What three letter word best completes the below
#58 - I start with the letter e,
#59 - Why is a baseball game like a cake?
#60 - What letter is nine inches long?
#61 - What word is always spelled wrong?
#62 - You are presented with three envelopes. Each envelope has two statements written on it, the statements on one envelope are both true, the statements on another are both false, and the remaining envelope has one statement that is true and one that is false.
#63 - A 10 foot rope ladder hangs over the side of a boat with the bottom rung at the surface of the water. There is one foot between rungs and the tide goes up at the rate of 6 inches per hour. How long until three rungs are covered?
#64 - A large truck is crossing a bridge 1 mile long. The bridge can only hold 14000 lbs, which is the exact weight of the truck. The truck makes it half way across the bridge and stops. A bird lands on the truck.
#65 - A soldier has been captured by the enemy. He has been so brave that they offer to let him choose how he wants to be killed. They tell him, "if you tell a lie, you will be shot, and if you tell the truth, you will be hanged." He can make only one statement. He makes the statement and goes free. What did he say?
#66 - There are 2 policemen parked along a one-way street looking for traffic violations. They spot a taxi driver going in the wrong direction, yet they do nothing. Why?
#67 - There are 20 people surrounding the perimeter of a square room. Each person has full sight of the entire room and everyone in it without turning his head or body, or moving in any way (other than the eyes). Where can you place an apple so that all but one person can see it?
#68 - What is significant about 3661 seconds past midnight on January 1st, 2001?
#69 - What's the least number of chairs you would you need around a table to seat four fathers, two grandfathers, and four sons?
#70 - Find the missing words for this sentence. The catch is that the words are anagrams of each other.
#71 - What rock is also a food?
#72 - Who moves without a leg and carries his house on his back?
#73 - Different lights do make me strange,
#74 - The father gave his son ten envelopes and a thousand dollars, all in one dollar bills. He told his son, "Place the money in the envelopes in such a manner that no matter what number of dollars I ask for, you can give me one or more of the envelopes, containing the exact amount I asked for without having to open any of the envelopes. If you can do this, you will keep the $1000. When the father asked for a sum of money, the son was able to give him envelopes containing the exact amount of money asked for.
#75 - What common chemical compound is represented by the following: HIJKLMNO
#76 - What is so special about this sequence below?
#77 - What is the unique characteristic of the following words:
#78 - Some months have 30 days, some have 31; how many months have 28 days?
#79 - I have two fruit in my basket. When I rearrange the name of
#80 - What happened in 1961 that will not happen again for over 4000 years?
#81 - I have as many brothers as sisters. My brothers have twice as many sisters as brothers. How many of us are there?
#82 - 1. It can cause excessive sweating and vomiting.
#83 - Lost in the woods, you finally happen upon a rickety old bridge across a deep ravine. The ravine is too steep to go down and climb back up. You need to know if the bridge is safe. As luck would have it, you recognize that on the other side of the bridge is that dreadful town, "Truth and Liarsville". Everyone who lives there either ALWAYS tells the truth or ALWAYS lies. You are tired and you've been lost in Truth and Liarsville before. You see three men on the other side of the bridge. You shout out: "Are you truth-tellers?"
#84 - The higher I climb, the hotter I gauge,
#85 - Four men and four women are in love with other members of the group. Each person is in love with one other, and is himself loved by one person. No two people are in love with each other. David is in love with the woman who is in love with Daniel. Jerry loves the woman who loves the man who is in love with Ellen. Lorraine is loved by the man who is loved by the woman who is loved by Bruce. Elizabeth hates Bruce and is hated by the man whom Julie loves. Who is in love with Jerry?
#86 - Hair Color
#87 - Three Lights
#88 - A man wanted to enter an exclusive club but did not know the password that was required. He waited by the door and listened. A club member knocked on the door and the doorman said, "twelve." The member replied, "six " and was let in. A second member came to the door and the doorman said, "six." The member replied, "three" and was let in. The man thought he had heard enough and walked up to the door. The doorman said ,"ten" and the man replied, "five." But he was not let in.
#89 - Hildegarde was taken to the dungeon and presented with two doors, each protected by a single guard. One door led to freedom and the other door to a hungry lion. Hildegarde was allowed to ask one question of one guard of her choice. The question was limited to a yes/no answer. Hildegarde knew that this was a tricky pair of guards: one would always lie and the other would always tell the truth. The guards knew behind which door lay freedom and which door led to the lions, and knew who was the liar and who was the truth sayer. But how was Hildegarde to know the difference? Hildegarde devised a way and went happily on her way. What was the question?
#90 - After two years Tom was stepping down from being the secretary of a group of animal rights activists. To show him their appreciation a bunch of them took him out one sunny afternoon. Tom shot an eagle and everyone congratulated him. Where had they gone?
#91 - What do the poor have that the rich want, and is bigger than space but longer than time?
#92 - What two words have the most letters in it?
#93 - What can fill a room but takes up no space.
#94 - The more you take the more you leave behind?
#95 - What's the beginning of eternity,
#96 - What kind of room has no windows?
#97 - I have holes on the top and bottom.
#98 - A cowboy rides into town on Friday. only stays 3 days and leaves on Friday. How is this possible?
#99 - Three eyes I have, all in a row; when the red one opens, all freeze. What am I?
#100 - A boy leaves home in the morning to go to school. At the moment he leaves the house he looks at the clock in the mirror. The clock has no number indication and for this reason the boy makes a mistake in interpreting the time (mirror-image). Just assuming the clock must be out of order, the boy cycles to school, where he arrives after twenty minutes. At that moment the clock at school shows a time that is two and a half hours later than the time that the boy saw on the clock at home. At what time did he reach school?
#101 - I have rivers without water,
#102 - I begin eternity,
#103 - You are working in a dairy and have two pots to hold milk. One holds 5 gallons, and one holds 3 gallons. Two customers have ordered 4 gallons each. They will bring their own containers which hold more than 4 gallons. Can you measure out 4 gallons using your 5, and 3 gallon pots?
#104 - A doctor gives you three pills and tells you to take one every half an hour. How long will the pills last?
#105 - A butcher in the market is 5'-10" tall. What does he weigh?
#106 - What was the President's name in 1960?
#107 - There is a man that lives on the top floor of an 11 storey building. Everyday he gets the elevator down to the ground floor to leave the building to go to work. Upon returning from work though, he always travels on the elevator only up to the 7th floor and walks the stairs the rest of the way. unless it is raining. Why does he do this (it is not because he needs the exercise)?
#108 - A man is wearing black. Black shoes, socks, trousers, jumper, and gloves. He is walking down a black street with all the street lamps off. A black car is coming towards him with its light off too but some how manages to stop in time.
#109 - Guess this riddle now you must:
#110 - Four people are sitting around a campfire after a long day of recreation, when one man comments: "Do you realize that around this campfire, the four of us include a mother, father, brother, sister, son, daughter, niece, nephew, aunt, uncle and a couple cousins"?.
#111 - As a whole, I am both safe and secure.
#112 - What two words, formed from different arrangements of the
#113 - A group of campers have been on vacation so long, that
#114 - Five hundred begins it, five hundred ends it,
#115 - I have joy in bringing two together, But darn my existence!
#116 - Of the words listed below, one is "odd man out." This has
#117 - We are very little creatures;
#118 - If you break me, I'll not stop working.
#119 - I am just a small letter, you see,
#120 - An old parchment describes the location of buried treasure:
#121 - What has six faces
#122 - Inside a gumball machine with red, yellow, and blue gum
#123 - Two hunters leave their camp and are headed for bear hunting. They walk 10 km south, then 10 km east. They kill a bear. Then they walk 10 km north and get back at their camp, exactly where they left.
#124 - The same five letters can be anagrammed into four different words that fill in the blanks in the sentence to make (somewhat) good sense. What are the missing words if the sentence is…
#125 - There is a common English word that is nine letters long. Each time you remove a letter from it, it still remains an English word- from nine letters right down to a single letter.
#126 - He starts and ends 2 common English words. One painful in love, One painful in everyday matter. Do you know what 2 letters must he be?
#127 - Why is tennis such a romantic sport?
#128 - Mr. and Mrs. Smith have six daughters and each daughter has one brother. How many people are there in the family?
#129 - I have keys that open no locks, I have space, but there is no room, You can enter, but you can't go in. and I am...
#130 - Real fast now, do this math: What is 111,111,111 multiplied by 111,111,111 ?
#131 - What is the only word in the English language that when capitalized is changed from a noun or a verb to a nationality?
#132 - Good at math? Try this one.... 1=3
#133 - What do these words have in common: age, blame, curb, dance, evidence, fence, gleam, harm, interest, jam, kiss, latch, motion, nest, order, part, quiz, rest, signal, trust, use, view, win, x-ray, yield, zone?
#134 - What are the science teacher's favorite states?
#135 - You have three containers. One has only red marbles, one has only blue marbles and the third has an equal number of red and blue marbles. The labels on the containers have intentionally been switched so that each container is now marked incorrectly.
#136 - During a school lunch break, ten kids are discussing after school jobs. In particular, they would like to know their average monthly salary (for the ten of them), but no one wants to admit openly exactly what they make. Can you devise a way for them to calculate their average (mean) salary without anyone having to tell anyone else what their individual salaries are?
#137 - What is the fastest time that a group of four people can row to the other side of the river with the following rules in place?
#138 - Four men are standing in a line as shown above and they cannot turn their heads. There is a brick wall between A and B that they cannot see through. They know that they each have one hat, and that of the four hats two are black and two are white. They cannot see the color of the hat that they are wearing. In order to be released from the line, they must call out the color of their hat. If they are wrong, no one can leave. They are not allowed to talk to each other, and they have been given ten minutes to figure out their hat color. After 1 minute:
#139 - In a recent random drawing of three digits, the number 361 was drawn; immediately afterward in a random drawing of four digits, 2401 was drawn. Both of these numbers have something unusual in common -- what is it? And what are the chances of this happening again, remembering that in a random drawing numbers can begin with one or more zeroes.
#140 - Two postmen meet on their routes and they start talking.
#141 - A man is asked what his daughters look like. He answers, "They are all blondes, but two, all brunettes, but two, and all redheads, but two." How many daughters did he have?
#142 - An old man said to a young man, "I have a daughter. She has as many brothers as she has sisters. Each one of her brothers has twice as many sisters as he has brothers. How many sons and daughters do I have?"
#143 - The "he" puzzle:
#144 - Voiceless it cries
#145 - It cannot be seen,cannot be felt
#146 - Alive without breath,
#147 - Dies half its life
#148 - I live above a star, and yet I never burn,
#149 - What is better than the best, more evil than demons, the poor have it and the rich need it, and if you eat it, you will die?
#150 - I am one simple word, but I mean different things
#151 - As I watch I see the world pass me by.
#152 - What unusual property do the words FLOUR, TERN, and THIRSTY have in common?
#153 - Here's an original brainteaser submitted by an NIEHS scientist:
#154 - You have two fuses (a fuse is something you burn to eventually set off an explosive), one which burns 1 hour and one which burns 2 hours. The fuses do not burn at a constant rate, so, for example, the last few inches of the first fuse could take 5 minutes or 55 minutes to burn. You have as many matches as you want. With these fuses, you have to measure a time period of exactly 45 minutes. How do you do this?
#155 - You have a rope that will reach around the earth (+/- 40,000 km). If you put sticks of 1 meter high around the world and lay the rope on these sticks, how much longer will the rope need to be?
#156 - One Day Kerry celebrated her birthday. Two days later her older twin brother, Terry, celebrated his birthday. How could this be?
#157 - Manhole Covers: Why is it better to have round manhole covers than square ones?
#158 - The Deadly Party: A man went to a party and drank some of the punch. He then left early. Everyone else at the party who drank the same punch were poisoned and became very sick. Why did the man not get sick?
#159 - Trouble with Sons: A woman had two sons who were born on the same hour of the same day of the same year. But they were not twins. How could this be so?
#160 - Problems in the Elevator: A person lives on the tenth floor of a building. Every day he takes the elevator to go down to the ground floor to go out. When he returns he takes the elevator to the seventh floor and walks up the stairs to reach his apartment on the tenth floor. Only on rainy days does he take the elevator to the tenth floor. He hates the stairs, so why does he do it?
#161 - You have four unmarked bottles of pills each containing 100 tablets. One bottle of pills is poisoned. The good pills weigh exactly 1 gram a piece. The poisoned ones weigh exactly 1.1 gram a piece. You also have use of a scale, but can only use it one time. How can you determine with certainty which bottle of pills is poisoned?
#162 - You are in a room with 2 doors -- one leads further into the dungeon, one leads to freedom. There are two guards in the room, one at each door. One always tells the truth. One always lies. What one question can you ask one of the guards that will help you pick the door to freedom?
#163 - Einstein's Riddle:
#164 - SEND + MORE = MONEY
#165 - Pronounced as one letter but written with three, two different letters there are and two only 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.
#166 - What is it that when you take away the whole, you still have some left over?
#167 - We travel much,yet prisoners are, and close confined to boot. With the swiftest horse we keep pace, yet always go on foot.
#168 - What is it that goes with an automobile and comes with it; is of no use to it,and yet the automobile cannot move without it?
#169 - You are 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 last stop, everyone gets off. The question is: What color are the bus drivers eyes?
#170 - You and a group of your friends are in the library. One friend says there is a $100 dollar bill hidden between pages 75 and 76 of a book in the library. But you decide not to go and look for it. Why?
#171 - Where did the other Dollar Go?
#172 - Six glasses are in a row. The first three are full of juice; the second three are empty. By moving only one glass, can you arrange them so empty and full glasses alternate?
#173 - You throw away the outside and cook the inside. Then you eat the outside and throw away the inside. What are you eating?
#174 - Why are 1990 American dollar bills worth more than 1989 American dollar bills?
#175 - Rearrange the letters in the words "new door" to make one word.
#176 - What is the largest amount of money in coins you can have without being able to make exact change for a dollar.
#177 - What number when multiplied against itself will result in a number which includes the numbers (1 - 9) in forward order, and then descending in order from the 9? (i.e., to get the number: 12,345,678,987,654,321)
#178 - How many words (in the English language) can you think of that exactly rhyme with each of the words below. The blank boxes beneath each word can be used to type in your answers as you think of them.
#179 - Historical Teaser:
#180 - I am periodically the number 79. They once tried to make me from 29. If you add to me 80, I will appear to be 47 temporarily. What am I?
#181 - What is the longest non-hyphenated word in English in which no letters are repeated (each letter appears only
#182 - What occurs once in a second, once in a minute, twice in a millennium, but never in the course of a lifetime?
#183 - In the eyes, it causes blindness.
#184 - What has no content, yet you can see it?
#185 - What is bigger when new and grows smaller with use?
#186 - What do you use to "hoe a row, slay a foe, and wring with woe"?
#187 - John Smith bought a used car for $600 and sold it to Mary Baker for $800. He later bought it back for $1000 and resold it for $1200. How much profit did John make?
#188 - I am just a lowly thing, object of much derision,
#189 - Sometimes it glitters, but often not;
#190 - What 3-letter word in English has an odd start, an even finish and an infinitely long middle?
#191 - I got it in a forest but didn't want it. Once I had it, I couldn't see it. The more I searched for it, the less I liked it. I took it home in my hand because I could not find it. What was it?
#192 - Where can one stand up straight, but still be considered sideways?
#193 - At night I come without being fetched. By day tho lost, I'm not really gone. What am I?
#194 - Which word in the English language is most frequently spelled wrong?
#195 - Rearrange the letters in "OWONDER" to make one word.
#196 - What runs fore to aft (i.e., front to back) on one side of a ship, and aft to fore (i.e., back to front) on the other side?
#197 - Name one eight letter word that has kst in the middle, in the beginning, and at the end.
#198 - "Think of words ending in -GRY. Angry and hungry are two of them. There are only three words in the English language. What is the third word? The word is something that everyone uses every day. If you have listened carefully, I have already told you what it is."
#199 - A clever thief in the olden days was charged with treason against the king and sentenced to death. But the king decided to be a little lenient so he let the thief choose his own way to die. What way should the thief choose?
#200 - My host thinks I'm an irritation, a bother, a pain.
#201 - I can make you lighter, or cause your death. Some are afraid of me, but I'm also loved by many.
#202 - There is a common English word that is seven letters long. Each time you remove a letter from it, it still remains a common English word -- from seven letters right on down to a single letter. What is the original word, and what are the words that it becomes after removing a letter at a time?
#203 - What falls but never breaks?
#204 - What breaks but never falls?
#205 - Part carbon, part water,
#206 - An egg salesman was asked how many eggs he had sold that day. He replied, "My first customer said, 'I'll buy half your eggs and half an egg more'. My second and third said the same thing. When I had filled all three orders, I sold out of eggs without having to break a single egg the whole day." How many eggs were sold in all? Explain this!
#207 - It can be cut and will grow back. Yet when you least expect it, it may disappear never to return.
#208 - I'll lap at your heels,
#209 - You can see it, but you can't touch it. It may disappear, but has never really left you. It grows throughout the day. What is it?
#210 - Hi! Ma and Pa told me I'd better say that all the two-letter words in this paragraph have something in common ...... or else! What's the common factor here?
#211 - You are taking a vacation on an island in the middle of a lake. The lake is in a remote part of Maine and there has never been a bridge connecting the island to the land. Every day a tractor and wagon gives hay rides around the island to all the children. Puzzled as to how the tractor had gotten onto the island, you ask around and find out that the tractor was not transported to the island by boat or by air. Nor was it built on the island. Explain how`t(e tractor may have gotten there?
#212 - There is a barrel with no lid and some rum in it. "This barrel of rum is more than half full," said Charlie. "No it's not," say Harry. "It's less than half full." Without any measuring implements and without removing any rum from the barrel, how can they easily determine who is correct?
#213 - What two words in the English language uses all five vowels plus Y in alphabetical order and uses each one only once?
#214 - By Moon or by Sun, I shall be found; yet I am undone when there's no light around.
#215 - The more you have of it, the less you see. What is it?
#216 - Only one color, but not one size,
#217 - Forward I am heavy, but backward I am not. What am I?
#218 - It is in a rock but not in stone,
#219 - I know a word of letters three. Add one letter to it and none there will be. What is the word?
#220 - What is it that has four legs, one head and a foot?
#221 - What is nothing, yet has a name? It is sometimes tall and sometimes short. It joins our talks and joins our games, And plays in every sport.
#222 - This is an unusual paragraph. I'm curious how quickly you can find out what is so unusual about it? It looks so plain you would think nothing was wrong with it! In fact, nothing is wrong with it! It is unusual though. Study it, and think about it, but you still may not find anything odd. But if you work at it a bit, you might find out! Try to do so without any coaching!
#223 - I weaken all men for hours each day. I show you strange visions while you are away. I take you by night, by day take you back, None suffer to have me, but do from my lack.
#224 - Many things can create one. It can be of any shape or size. It is created for various reasons, and it can shrink or grow with time. What is it?
#225 - They have not flesh nor feathers, nor scales nor bone; but they do have fingers and thumbs of their own.
#226 - Brainteaser Quiz #1!
#227 - Why are manhole covers round?
#228 - Brainteaser Quiz #2!
#229 - The Deadly Party:
#230 - Trouble with Sons: A woman had two sons who were born on the same hour of the same day of the same year. But they were not twins. How could this be so?
#231 - Great Brainteaser Quiz #3!
#232 - How many birthdays does the average man have?
#233 - Divide 30 by 1/2 and add 10. What is the answer?
#234 - Why can't a man living in the USA be buried in Canada?
#235 - Some months have 31 days; how many have 28?
#236 - A man builds a house rectangular in shape. All sides have southern exposure. A big bear walks by, what color is the bear? Why?
#237 - A woman gives a beggar 50 cents; the woman is the beggar's sister, but the beggar is not the woman's broth
#238 - How many outs are there in an inning?
#239 - Is it legal for a man in California to marry his widow's sister? Why?
#240 - Two men play five games of checkers. Each man wins the same number of games. There are no ties. Explain this.
#241 - A doctor gives you three pills telling you to take one every half hour. How long would the pills last?
#242 - I have two US coins totaling 55 cents. One is not a nickel. What are the coins?
#243 - A farmer has 17 sheep, and all but 9 die. How many are left?
#244 - If there are 3 apples and you take away 2, how many do you have?
#245 - If you have only one match and you walked into a room where there was an oil burner, a kerosene lamp, and a wood burning stove, which one would you light first?
#246 - How many two cent stamps are there in a dozen?
#247 - How many animals of each sex did Moses take on the ark?
#248 - How far can a dog run into the woods?
#249 - A clerk in the butcher shop is 5' 10'' tall. What does he weigh?
#250 - Brainteaser Test #4
#251 - Of all vegetables, typically only two can live to produce on their own for several growing seasons. Most other vegetables must be replanted every year. What are the two vegetables that are most commonly considered perennials?
#252 - What famous North American landmark is constantly moving backward?
#253 - Name the only sport traditionally played in America which the ball is always in possession of the team on defense, and the offensive team can score without touching the ball.
#254 - In many liquor stores, you can buy pear brandy, with a real pear inside the bottle. The pear is whole and ripe, and the bottle is genuine; it hasn't been cut in any way. How did the pear get inside the bottle?
#255 - There are fourteen punctuation marks in English grammar. Can you name half of them?
#256 - What fruit has its seeds on the outside?
#257 - Only four words in Standard English begin with the letters "dw". They are all common. Name two of them.
#258 - It's the only vegetable or fruit that is never sold frozen, canned, processed, cooked, or in any other form but fresh. What is it?
#259 - Where are the lakes that are referred to in the "Los Angeles Lakers"?
#260 - There are eight ways a baseball player can legally reach first base without getting a hit. Name them.
#261 - What did the rib cage say to the heart?
#262 - What force and strength
#263 - What bone has a sense of humor?
#264 - What did the leg bone say to the foot?
#265 - What is round as a dishpan and no matter the size, all the water in the ocean can't fill it up?
#266 - What walks all day on its head?
#267 - He who has it doesn't tell about it. He who takes it doesn't know about it. He who knows what it is doesn't want it. What is it?
#268 - I have a little house in which I live all alone. My house has no doors or windows, and if I want to go out I must break through the wall. What am I?
#269 - What turns everything around, but does not move?
#270 - What happens twice in a week, and once in a year, but never in a day?
#271 - What has four fingers and one thumb, but is not alive?
#272 - What is is that you will break every time you name it?
#273 - It lives without a body, hears without ears, speaks without a mouth, and is born in air. What is it?
#274 - I am the beginning of sorrow, and the end of sickness. You cannot express happiness without me, yet I am in the midst of crosses. I am always in risk, yet never in danger. You may find me in the sun, but I am never seen out of darkness.
#275 - I fasten it and it walks. I unfasten it and it stops. What is it?
#276 - What goes around and around the wood but never goes into the wood?
#277 - What is put on a table and cut, but never eaten?
#278 - What grows in winter, dies in summer, and grows roots upward?
#279 - Poke your fingers in my eyes and I will open wide my jaws. Linen cloth, quills, or paper, I am greedy and devour them all. Who am I?
#280 - I am around long before dawn.
#281 - While walking across a bridge I saw a boat full of people. Yet on the boat there wasn't a single person. Why?
#282 - What fastens two people yet touches only one?
#283 - It stands on one leg with its heart in its head. What is it?
#284 - I am taken from a mine, and shut up in a wooden case, from which I am never released, and yet I am used by almost everybody. What am I?
#285 - What am I? I am the only thing that always tells the truth. I show off everything that I see. I come in all shapes and sizes. So tell me what I must be!
#286 - What do you have when twenty rabbits step backwards?
#287 - What is bigger when new and grows smaller with use?
#288 - Name three keys that unlock no doors.
#289 - What flies without wings?
#290 - How many letters are in the alphabet?
#291 - How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
#292 - What has wheels and flies, but is not an aircraft)?
#293 - What has a tongue, cannot walk, but gets around a lot?
#294 - What happens when you throw a white rock into the Red Sea?
#295 - How many seconds are there in a year?
#296 - What has four legs, a head, and leaves?
#297 - What time is it when 12 cats chase a mouse?
#298 - Have you heard the saying what goes up must come down? Well what goes up and never goes down?
#299 - What are two things you cannot eat for supper?
#300 - What is half of 2+2?
#301 - What word looks the same upside down and backwards?
#302 - He has dust in his eye and a fan for a wing,
#303 - Twelve pears hanging high, twelve men passing by.
#304 - When asked what he does all day, a man answered that he sits and makes faces. What does he really mean?
#305 - What runs around a house but doesn't move?
#306 - What is black and white and read all over?
#307 - If an electric train is going east at 60 miles an hour and there is a strong westerly wind, which way does the smoke from the train drift.
#308 - There's a one story house that's all blue inside. The floor was blue, the lamps were blue,the walls were blue,everything was blue. So what color were the interior stairs?
#309 - What word in the English language is always spelled incorrectly?
#310 - This thing devours all,
#311 - A horse is tied to a 20 foot long rope. The horse wants to get some water that is 30 feet away. The horse gets the water easily. How is this?
#312 - Do you know why orange juice is so smart?
#313 - What can you sit on, sleep on, and brush your teeth with?
#314 - What kind of fish chases a mouse?
#315 - What is a cat on Ice?
#316 - Two mothers and two daughters go to a pet store and buy three cats. Each female gets her own cat. How is this possible?
#317 - If one child has 6 2/3 sand piles and another has 3 1/3, and you combine them, how many sand piles do you have?
#318 - Your mother's brother's only brother-in-law is asleep on your couch. Who is asleep on your couch?
#319 - I can sizzle like bacon,
#320 - What weighs more -- a ton of feathers or a ton of gold?
#321 - What is the greatest worldwide use of cowhide?
#322 - Here on earth it is always true,
#323 - Which moves faster: heat or cold?
#324 - You are in a room with 3 monkeys. One has a banana, one has a stick, one has nothing. Which primate in the room is the smartest?
#325 - Why is it so easy to weigh fish?
#326 - What is gray,has a tail, and a trunk?
#327 - While on Safari in the wild jungles of Africa, Professor Claudia woke one morning and felt something in the pocket of her pajamas. It had a head and a tail, but no legs. When Claudia got up she could feel it move inside of her pocket. However, Claudia showed little concern and went about her morning activities. Why wasn't she concerned?
#328 - When young, I am sweet in the sun.
#329 - Scientists have proven that cats have more hair on one side then their other side. Some people believe that this is because when cats lay on their side they need insulation from the cold on the floor or ground. Which side of a cat has more hair?
#330 - A boy goes and buys a fishing pole that is 6' 3" long. As he goes to get on the bus, the bus driver tells him that he can't take anything on the bus longer than 6'. The boy goes back to town, buys one more thing, and the bus driver allows him on the bus. What did he buy, and what did he do with it?
#331 - A railroad crossing, look for the cars.
#332 - Why can't a man living in Winston Salem, NC, be buried west of the Mississippi?
#333 - Who can shave 25 times a day and still have a beard?
#334 - What's the difference between here and there?
#335 - What occurs once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in an hour?
#336 - What two things can you never eat for breakfast?
#337 - What runs but cannot walk?
#338 - What's colorless and weightless, but if you put it into a barrel, the barrel would become lighter?
#339 - What won't break if you throw it off the highest building in the world, but will break if you place it in the ocean?
#340 - What one word has the most letters in it?
#341 - What kind of rocks are on the bottom of the Mississippi River?
#342 - What kind of room has no windows or doors?
#343 - What kind of nut has no shell?
#344 - What has a foot on each side and one in the middle?
#345 - What has no beginning, end or middle?
#346 - What has to be broken before it can be used?
#347 - What is the longest word in the English language?
#348 - What do you throw out when you want to use it, but take in when you don't want to use it?
#349 - What is the moon worth?
#350 - What goes up and down without moving?
#351 - What kind of coat can be put on only when wet?
#352 - What grows when it eats, but dies when it drinks?
#353 - What can you catch but not throw?
#354 - What do you serve that you cannot eat?
#355 - What grows up while growing down?
#356 - What gets whiter the dirtier it gets?
#357 - What book was once owned by only the wealthy, but now nearly everyone can have it? You can't buy it in a bookstore or take it from a library?
#358 - What can pass before the sun without making a shadow?
#359 - The capital of Turkey is a long word. Can you spell it?
#360 - What can go up a chimney down, but can't go down a chimney up?
#361 - What can burn the eyes, sting the mouth, yet be eaten?
#362 - What can be swallowed, but can also swallow you?
#363 - Take off my skin and I won't cry, but you will, what am I?
#364 - Is an old hundred dollar bill better than a new one?
#365 - In what year did Christmas Day and New Year's Day fall in the same year?
#366 - If a rooster laid a brown egg and a white egg, what kind of chicks would hatch?
#367 - In Oklahoma, you cannot take a picture of a man with a sign. Why not?
#368 - How many bricks does it take to complete a building made of brick?
#369 - If you were to take two apples from three apples, how many would you have?
#370 - If you were standing directly on Antarctica's South Pole facing north, which direction would you travel if you took one step backward?
#371 - What part of your body disappears when you stand up?
#372 - What is the only sport in which the ball is always in the possession of the team on defense, and the offensive team can score without touching the ball?
#373 - What fruit has its seeds on the outside?
#374 - If you were locked in a concrete room with no windows or doors, and all you have with you is a bed and a calendar, how would you eat and drink?
#375 - How many times can you subtract the number 5 from 25?
#376 - If you have it, you want to share it, but if you share it, you don't have it. What is it?
#377 - If two's company, and three's a crowd, what are four and five?
#378 - Clara Clatter was born on December 27th, yet her birthday is always in the summer. How is this possible?
#379 - How much dirt is in a hole 4 feet deep and 2 feet wide?
#380 - As I was going to St. Ives, I met a man with seven wives, the seven wives had seven sacks, the seven sacks had seven cats, the seven cats had seven kittens; kittens, cats, sacks and wives, how many were going to St. Ives?
#381 - You are pushing your car. You stop at a hotel. At that precise moment you realize that you are bankrupt. What is actually going on?
#382 - Even if they are starving, natives living in the Arctic will never eat a penguin's egg. Why not?
#383 - A skin have I, more eyes than one. I can be very nice when I am done. What am I?
#384 - What is the tallest building in town?
#385 - The one who made it, didn't want it.
#386 - Wisdom of the Ages
#387 - Trouble in Denmark Game
#388 - What in an automobile engine serves no purpose but without it the engine does not work?
#389 - A hunter pitched her tent and then hiked straight south for five miles; she then turned and hiked five miles due east. Finally she turned again and hiked five miles straight north where she saw a bear ripping apart her tent. What color was the bear?
#390 - You have a dime and a dollar, you buy a dog and a collar, the dog is a dollar more then the collar, how much is the collar?
#391 - That attorney is my brother, testified the accountant. But the attorney testified he didn't have a brother. Who is lying?
#392 - A light-tight wooden box has three switches on the outside that control three light bulbs on the inside. When the box is closed you can turn the switches on or off but when you open the box how can you tell which switch controls each bulb without touching the switches?
#393 - You are driving a bus. Four people get on, three people get off, then eight people get on and ten people get off, then 6 people get on and 2 more people get off. What color were the bus driver's eyes?
#394 - On my way to the fair, I met 7 jugglers and a bear, every juggler had 6 cats, every cat had 5 rats, every rat had 4 houses, every house had 3 mouses, every mouse had 2 louses, every louse had a spouse. How many in all are going to the fair?
#395 - A man left home running. He ran a ways and then turned left, ran the same distance and turned left again, ran the same distance and turned left again. When he got home there were two masked men. Who were they?
#396 - Imagine you are in a sinking rowboat surrounded by sharks. How would you survive?
#397 - Johnny's mother had four children. The first was April, the second was
#398 - Why is it against the law for a man living in North Carolina to be buried in South Carolina?
#399 - Before Mount Everest was discovered, what was the highest mountain in the world?
#400 - There was an airplane crash, every single person died, but two people survived. How is this possible?
#401 - There is an ancient invention still used in some parts of the world today that allows people to see through walls. What is it?
#402 - What is the tallest mountain in the world?
#403 - Why is George Washington's official birthday celebration held on February 22 when he was actually born on February 11?
#404 - The peacock is a bird that does not lay eggs. How do they get baby peacocks?
#405 - How far can you walk into the woods?
#406 - The Mississippi River is the dividing line between Tennessee and Arkansas. If an airplane crashed exactly in the middle of the Mississippi River there, where would the survivors be buried?
#407 - Eskimos are very good hunters, but they never hunt penguins. Why not?
#408 - What came first, the chicken or the egg?
#409 - Which is heavier: a pound of gold or a pound of feathers?
#410 - This riddle must be done IN YOUR HEAD and NOT using paper and a pen. Try it!
#411 - Mental Examination
#412 - A leathery snake,
#413 - A 16-year-old boy was driving a moped down a one-way street in the wrong direction. A policeman stopped him and gave him a ticket. The policeman paid the ticket himself. What is a logical explanation for this?
#414 - I have five letters.
#415 - What is so fragile that when you say its name you break it?
#416 - Forward I am heavy, backwards I am not.
#417 - What object has keys that open no locks, space but no room, and you can enter but not go in?
#418 - Until I am measured,
#419 - It has no top or bottom
#420 - What is the dot over the letter "i" called?
#421 - A word I know,
#422 - My posterior is adorned with feathers.
#423 - How would you rearrange the letters in the words "new door" to make one word? Note: There is only one correct answer.
#424 - What can run but never walks,
#425 - What famous North American landmark is constantly moving backward?
#426 - My scale is something that does not weigh in grams, ounces, or pounds. However, I may be heavy or light. What am I?
#427 - Two very popular and common objects have the same function,
#428 - At noon and midnight the hour and minute hands are exactly coincident with each other. How many other times between noon and midnight do the hour and minute hands cross?
#429 - In many liquor stores, you can buy pear brandy, with a real pear inside the bottle. The pear is whole and ripe, and the bottle is genuine; it hasn't been cut in any way. How did the pear get inside the bottle?
#430 - There are fourteen punctuation marks in English grammar.
#431 - The maker doesn't want it; the buyer doesn't use it; and the user doesn't see it. What is it?
#432 - Where are the lakes that are referred to in the "Los Angeles Lakers"?
#433 - A child is born in Boston, Massachusetts to parents who were both born in Boston, Massachusetts. The child is not a United States citizen. How is this possible?
#434 - There are seven ways a baseball player can legally reach first base without getting a hit. Taking a base on balls - a walk - is one way. Name the other six.
#435 - If you were born in December, how could your birthday be in the summer?
#436 - How is it possible for a pitcher to make four or more strikeouts in one inning?
#437 - Name six or more things that you can wear on your feet, that begin with the letter "s".
#438 - Joe and Tom and the boys in the bar were exchanging old war stories. Joe offered one about how his grandfather led a battalion against a German division during World War I. Through brilliant maneuvers, he defeated them and captured valuable territory. After the battle he was awarded a medal that was inscribed with: "For Bravery, Daring and Leadership. World War I. From the Men of Battalion 8."
#439 - How can you arrange for two people to stand on the same piece of newspaper and yet be unable to touch each other without stepping off the newspaper.
#440 - If you were to spell out numbers, how far would you have to go until you would find the letter "A"?
#441 - A rope ladder hangs over the side of a ship. The rungs are one foot apart and the ladder is 12 feet long. The tide is rising at four inches an hour. How long will it take before the first four rungs of the ladder are underwater?
#442 - According to most state laws, the attempt to commit a certain crime is punishable, but actually committing the crime is not. What is the crime?
#443 - What is it a man stands up to do, a woman sits down to do, and a dog holds out his leg to do?
#444 - Find the English word that can be formed from all these letters: PNLLEEEESSSSS
#445 - In which sport are the shoes made entirely of metal?
#446 - Why is eating at a restaurant on the moon boring?
#447 - What did the fish say when he hit a concrete wall?
#448 - What did the horse say when he fell?
#449 - What did the instructor at the school for Kamikaze pilots say to his students?
#450 - What do Eskimos get from sitting on the ice too long?
#451 - Why should you never iron a 4-leaf clover?
#452 - Has anyone seen Quasimodo?
#453 - How many poets does it take to change a light bulb?
#454 - How many Psychiatrists does it take to change a light bulb?
#455 - How many Marxists does it take to screw in a light bulb?
#456 - How many cops does it take to screw in a light bulb?
#457 - How many software people does it take to screw in a light bulb?
#458 - How many Feminists does it take to change a light bulb?
#459 - How many hardware folks does it take to change a light bulb?
#460 - Why do folks in Kentucky go to the movie theater in groups of 18 or more?
#461 - What's the most popular pick-up line in Arkansas?
#462 - How many rednecks does it take eat a 'possum?
#463 - What do they call "Hee Haw" in Arkansas?
#464 - Did you hear that the governor's mansion in Little Rock, Arkansas burned down?
#465 - How do you know when you're staying in a Kentucky hotel?
#466 - Did you hear about the $3,000,000 Tennessee State Lottery?
#467 - What do you get when you have 32 rednecks in the same room?
#468 - What do you call a man who was born in Columbus, raised in Cincinnati, and died in Boston?
#469 - How many times can you subtract 6 from 30?
#470 - How can you make the following equation correct without changing it: 8 + 8 = 91
#471 - A sharpshooter hung up his hat and put on a blindfold. He then walked 100 yards, turned around, and shot a bullet through his hat. The blindfold was a perfectly good one, completely blocking the man's vision. How did me manage this feat (hint: it wasn't luck)?
#472 - A sundial is a timepiece that has the fewest moving parts. Which timepiece has the most moving parts?
#473 - A woman has five children and half of them are male. Is this possible?
#474 - What's the largest amount of money you can have in change (U.S. currency) and still not have change for a dollar?
#475 - How do you make six nines to equal exactlly 100 (you can use addition, subtraction, division, decimals, etc., but you can not add any extra digits)
#476 - A woman lives in a skyscraper thirty-six floors high and served by several elevators which stop at each floor going up and down. Each morning she leaves her apartment and goes to one of the elevators. Whichever one she takes is three times more likely to be going up than down. Why?
#477 - You walk into a very unusual clothing store. The owner charges $3 for a tie, $3 for a hat, and $5 for a shirt. How much would a jacket cost?
#478 - You must keep this thing, its loss will affect your brothers. For once yours is lost, it will soon be lost by others.
#479 - What animal keeps the best time?
#480 - Where did Pilgrims land when they arrived in America?
#481 - You live in a one story house made entirely of redwood. What color would the stairs be?
#482 - Who succeeded the first President?
#483 - What always ends everything?
#484 - What makes a man bald-headed?
#485 - Before Mount Everest was discovered which was the highest mountain in the world?
#486 - Johnny's mother had three children. The first child was named April. The second child was named May. What was the third child's name?
#487 - Why can't you take a picture of a Asian woman with hair curlers?
#488 - If there are 5 apples on the counter and you take away 2, how many do you have?
#489 - How many birth days does the average man have?
#490 - Jack was piloting a plane behind a car but was never able to overtake it. Why?
#491 - I am never the first to speak but I am always the last to be heard. Who am I?
#492 - Weighing an Elephant - Hundreds of years ago, a king of an Asian country who lived in a port city, received a visit from a king of adjacent country, his friend. The visitor brought a present with him. It was an elephant. The visitor gave it and said, "Can you measure the elephant's rough weight in a day?" The king of the port city consulted with the retainers. "We just have beam scales weighing bags. Do you have any ideas?" One vassal said, "I can make the relevant measuring equipment assembling large levers and pulleys, your majesty." "Can you make it in a day?" "......I can't." Another vassal said, "How about weighing in pieces after killing the elephant?" "I won't." At last they found the method and measured the elephant's approximate weight without sophisticated devices. What was the method?
#493 - Someone at a party introduces you to your mother's only sister's husband's sister in law. He has no brothers. What do you call this lady?
#494 - How can a woman living in New Jersey, legally marry 3 men, without ever getting a divorce, be widowed, or becoming legally separated?
#495 - We were born of the same mother, on the same day, at the same hour and in the same year. Yet we are not twins. How do you explain this?
#496 - A woman goes into a hardware store to buy something for her house. When asked the price, the clerk replies, "the price of one is twelve cents, the price of forty-four is twenty-four cents, and the price a hundred and forty-four is thirty-six cents. What does the woman want to buy?
#497 - You are walking through a field, and you find something to eat. It doesn't have bones, and it doesn't have meat. You pick it up and put it into your pocket. You take it home and put it on a shelf, but 3 day's later it walks away. What is it?
#498 - Two fathers and two sons were seated round a table. There were four apples on the table. Each of them took one apple and ate it entirely yet there was still one apple left on the table. How was this possible?
#499 - Here everything is not always in order. For example, Friday comes before Thursday, the cart comes before the horse, the driver comes before the employer. Where are we?
#500 - How can you be behind a person when that person is also behind you?
#501 - When I am alive I stay put where I am. It is only when I am dead that I move about here and there. Who am I?
#502 - There are 20 people in an empty, square room. Each person has full sight of the entire room and everyone in it without turning his head or body, or moving in any way (other than the eyes). Where can you place an apple so that all but one person can see it?
#503 - A man has to get a fox, a chicken, and a sack of corn across a river. He has a rowboat, and it can only carry him and one other thing. If the fox and the chicken are left together, the fox will eat the chicken. If the chicken and the corn is left together, the chicken will eat the corn. How does the man do it?
#504 - I can be created by humans, But they cannot control me. I suck on wood, paper and flesh alike. I can be more of a hindrance than help at times. To my creators, I seem to be everywhere at once. What am I?
#505 - Little Nanny Etticoat, in a white petticoat, and a red nose; the longer she stands, the shorter she grows. What is she?
#506 - I have many feathers to help me fly. I have a body and head, but I'm not alive. It is your strength which determines how far I go. You can hold me in your hand, but I'm never thrown. What am I?
#507 - An old man wanted to leave all of his money to one of his three sons, but he didn't know which one he should give it to. He gave each of them a few coins and told them to buy something that would be able to fill their living room. The first man bought straw, but there was not enough to fill the room. The second bought some sticks, but they still did not fill the room. The third man bought two things that filled the room, so he obtained his father's fortune. What were the two things that the man bought?
#508 - What is it that is deaf, dumb and blind and always tells the truth?
#509 - Two men are in a desert. They both have packs on. One of the guys is dead. The guy who is alive has his pack open, the guy who is dead has his pack closed. What is in the pack?
#510 - A man while looking at a photograph said, "Brothers and sisters have I none. That man's father is my father's son." Who was the person in the photograph?
#511 - A man wanted to enter an exclusive club but did not know the password that was required. He waited by the door and listened. A club member knocked on the door and the doorman said, "twelve." The member replied, "six " and was let in. A second member came to the door and the doorman said, "six." The member replied, "three" and was let in. The man thought he had heard enough and walked up to the door. The doorman said ,"ten" and the man replied, "five." But he was not let in. What should have he said?
#512 - Can you read the following? Yy u r yy u b I c u r yy 4 me.
#513 - How can you tell the difference between a can of chicken soup and a can of tomato soup?
#514 - Do you say, "Nine and five is thirteen," or "Nine and five are thirteen" ?
#515 - How can you tell twin witches apart?
#516 - How do pigs write?
#517 - How does a boat show affection?
#518 - How did the man feel when he got a big bill from the electric company?
#519 - What always comes into a house through the keyhole?
#520 - If a fifty cent piece and a quarter were on the Empire State Building, which would jump off first?
#521 - What animal makes the most of its food?
#522 - How many animals did Moses take on the ark?
#523 - What asks no question but demands an answer?
#524 - If cows talked all at once, what would they say?
#525 - What belongs to you, but is used more by others?
#526 - If six children and two dogs were under an umbrella, how come none of them got wet?
#527 - On what kind of ships do students study?
#528 - If you want to get rich, why should you keep your mouth shut?
#529 - What bird can lift the most?
#530 - What can run but can't walk?
#531 - What can you break without touching it?
#532 - What cap is never removed?
#533 - What colour was Napoleon's white horse?
#534 - What did one arithmetic book say to the other arithmetic book?
#535 - What happens when you throw a green rock in the Red Sea?
#536 - What did one wall say to the other?
#537 - What did the big chimney say to the little chimney?
#538 - What did the girl squirrel answer back?
#539 - What did the man do when he got a big gas bill?
#540 - What did the tree say to the woodpecker?
#541 - What doesn't get any wetter no matter how much it rains?
#542 - What did the big watch hand say to the little watch hand?
#543 - What does Brazil produce that no other country produces?
#544 - What did the fly say to the flypaper?
#545 - What did the father tree say to his son?
#546 - What does an envelope say when you lick it?
#547 - What does a caterpillar do on New Year's Day?
#548 - What did the boy squirrel say to the girl squirrel?
#549 - What do people make that you can't see?
#550 - What do you get if you cross an insect and a rabbit?
#551 - What flower does everyone have?
#552 - What has four legs and a back but no body?
#553 - What goes around a yard but doesn't move?
#554 - What is a sound sleeper?
#555 - What has two hands but no arms?
#556 - What kind of apple has a short temper?
#557 - What has teeth but no mouth?
#558 - What is a Mexican weather report?
#559 - What insect gets A's in English?
#560 - What insect runs away from everything?
#561 - What is the first thing you see when you understand something?
#562 - What is a calf after it is six months old?
#563 - What is drawn by everyone without pen or pencil?
#564 - What is the first thing you do in the morning?
#565 - What is the first thing you put into a room?
#566 - What is the best day to go to the beach?
#567 - What is the difference between a pear and a pearl?
#568 - What kind of cup doesn't hold water?
#569 - What is the difference between here and there?
#570 - What kind of electricity do they have in Washington?
#571 - What person is always in a hurry?
#572 - What kind of hogs do you find on highways?
#573 - What kind of watch is best for people who don't like time on their hands?
#574 - What paper makes you itch?
#575 - What piece of wood is like a king?
#576 - What kind of star wears sunglasses?
#577 - What kind of table has no legs ?
#578 - What people travel the most?
#579 - What kind of tree do you find in the kitchen?
#580 - What people are like the end of a book?
#581 - What time is the same spelled backward or forward?
#582 - When a dirty kid has finished taking a bath, what is still dirty?
#583 - What ten letter word starts with g-a-s?
#584 - When does a chair dislike you?
#585 - What weighs more a pound of lead or a pound of feathers?
#586 - What trees come in two's?
#587 - When prices are going up, what remains stationary?
#588 - Where can you always find money?
#589 - Where did the knights study?
#590 - Why can't a mind reader read your mind ?
#591 - Where do frogs sit?
#592 - Who always goes to bed with shoes on?
#593 - Who can marry a lot of wives and still be single?
#594 - Why did the kid avoid the cemetery?
#595 - Who never gets his hair wet in the shower?
#596 - Why did Jack and Jill roll down the hill?
#597 - Why do postmen carry letters?
#598 - Why do we buy clothes?
#599 - Why did the kid put his clock in the oven.
#600 - Why did the nutty kid throw butter out of the window?
#601 - Why do firemen wear red suspenders?
#602 - Why did the man have to fix the horn of his car?
#603 - Why did the nutty kid throw a glass of water out of the window?
#604 - Why did the reporter put a flashlight into his mouth?
#605 - Why does a mother carry her baby?
#606 - Why is a toupee like a secret?
#607 - Why did the nutty kid throw a bucket of water out of the window?
#608 - Why does a pencil seem heavy when you write with it for a long time?
#609 - Why should you leave your watch home when you take an aeroplane?
#610 - Why is a fish like a person who talks too much?
#611 - Why is an engaged girl like a telephone?
#612 - Why shouldn't you tell a secret to a pig?
#613 - Why shouldn't you put grease on your hair the night before a test?
#614 - What has a neck, but no head?
#615 - Why did the man put the clock in the safe?
#616 - Where is the ocean the deepest?
#617 - What State in the United States is High in the middle and round at the ends?
#618 - What do tigers have that no other animals have?
#619 - Why is number six afraid?
#620 - What is as big as a horse but doesn't weigh anything?
#621 - Why don't we need a compass at the North Pole?
#622 - What are the two strongest days of the week?
#623 - Do you know why birds fly to south in the winter?
#624 - Why is the A like a flower?
#625 - Why did the trafic signal turn red?
#626 - Why did the student take a ladder to school?
#627 - What has thirteen hearts but no body and no soul?
#628 - Why did the tomato blush?
#629 - What's got a head and a tail, but no body?
#630 - How far can a dog run into the forest?
#631 - What do you call a Spaniard who can't find his car?
#632 - Why are baseball stadiums so cool?
#633 - Which is faster, heat or cold?
#634 - I am the center of gravity, hold a capital situation in Vienna, and as I am foremost in every victory, am allowed by all to be invaluable. Though I am invisible, I am clearly seen in the midst of a river. I could name three who are in love with me and have three associates in vice. It is vain that you seek me for I have long been in heaven yet even now lie embalmed in the grave. What am I?
#635 - Trains travel from one town to another town all day, always on the same track, always going nonstop and at the same speed. The noon train took 80 minutes to complete the trip, but the 4 PM train took an hour and 20 minutes. Why?
#636 - I'm a word that's hardly there.
#637 - NASA was considering sending canaries into space to study them under zero gravity. The project was scrapped when someone realized that in spite of having sufficient water supplies, they could die of dehydration within a few hours. Why?
#638 - 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 bustrip that would last a week. Before he left, he gave Sarah seven apples. Why?
#639 - A boy was at a carnival and went to a booth where a man said to the boy, "If I |
