March 9, 2010
What kind of coat can
only be put on when wet?
Answer: a coat of paint
February 15, 2010
What goes up a chimney
down,
but won't go down a chimney
up?
Answer: an umbrella
February 9, 2010
What letter is next in this
sequence?
M, A, M, J, J, A, S, O,__
Answer: N
These are the first letters of
the months of the year
March 1, 2009
What's full of holes but still
holds water?
Answer: a sponge
February 27, 2009
What building has the most
stories?
Answer: A Library
July 2, 2006
Why is an island like the letter
T?
Answer: It is in the middle of
"waTer".
March 22, 2005
Pronounced as one letter,
And written with three,
Two 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.
What am I?
August 14, 2003
Which is faster, hot or cold?
Answer: Hot’s faster. You
can catch a cold.
June 16, 2003
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?
Answer: Pour the juice
from the second glass into
the fifth glass.
May 15, 2003
Two fathers and two sons
went duck hunting. Each
shot a duck but they shot
only three ducks in all. How
come?
Answer: The hunters were
a man, his son and his
grandson.
March 30, 2003
When is your mind like a
rumpled bed?
Answer: When it is not
made up.
March 16, 2003
What can you put in a wood
box that will make it lighter?
Answer: holes
Feb. 20 2003
What is it that everybody
does at the same time?
Answer: grow older
Jan. 20 2003
Take away my first letter;
take away my second letter;
take away all my letters, and
June 4
While walking across a bridge I
saw a boat full of people. Yet on
the boat there wasn't a single
person. Why?
Answer: Every one on the boat
is married.
May 30
Here on earth it is true,
yesterday is always before
today; but there is a place
where yesterday always follows
today. Where?
Answer: In a dictionary
May 26
I am an insect, & the first half of
my name reveals another
insect. Some famous musicians
had a name similar to mine.
What am I?
Answer: beetle
May 19
What relation would your
father's sister's sister-in-law be
to you?
Answer: Your mother.
May 12
There is a seven-letter word in
the English language that
contains ten words without
rearranging any of its letters."
What is the word?
Answer: "therein": the,there,
he, in, rein, her, here, ere,
therein, herein.
May 5
Brothers or sisters have I none,
but that mans father is my
fathers son. Who is that man?
Answer: I am my fathers son,
so that mans father must be
me. So that man must be my
Answer: an eye
March 14, 2005
My life can be measured in
hours,
I serve by being devoured.
Thin, I am quick
Fat, I am slow
Wind is my foe.
Answer: A candle
February 12, 2005
What other letter fits in the
following series:
B C D E I K O X?
Answer: The letter H. All of
the letters in the series flipped
vertically remain the same.
January 20, 2005
What is the next letter in the
series: "B, C, D, E, G, ..."? And
Why?
Answer: The next letter would
be P. They all rhyme.
August 23, 2004
Two mothers and two
daughters go to a pet store and
buy three cats. Each female
gets her own cat. How is this
possible?
Answer: There is a
grandmother, a mother, and a
daughter.The grandmother is
also the mother's mother, so
there are 2 daughters and 2
mothers, but only a total of 3
people.
March 8, 2004
What has wheels and flies, but
is not an aircraft?
Answer: A garbage truck
January 27, 2004
What is the best month for a
parade?
I would remain the same.
What am I?
Answer: The postman
(mailman)
Jan.14 2003
A doctor and a nurse have a
baby boy. But the boy's
father is not the doctor and
the mother is not the nurse.
How can it be?
Answer: The doctor is the
mother (female doctor) and
the nurse is the father
(male nurse).
Jan.11 2003
What gets wet when drying?
Answer: A towel
Jan.7 2003
The more you take away,
the larger it becomes? What
is it?
Answer: A hole
Jan.3 2003
You can keep it only after
giving it away to someone
else. What is it?
Answer: Your word
Jan.1 2003
What goes up a chimney
down, but won't go down a
chimney up?
Answer: An umbrella
Dec. 30
What seven letters did Old
Mother Hubbard say when
she opened her cupboard?
Answer: O I C U R M T
Dec. 29
What is so fragile even
son.
April 21
What word looks the same
upside down and backwards?
Answer: SWIMS
April 11
When can you add two to
eleven and get one as the
correct answer?
Answer: When you add two
hours to eleven o'clock, you
get one o'clock.
April 2
How far can a dog run into the
woods?
Answer: Halfway through the
woods. After halfway the dog
would be running out of the
woods, not "into the woods."
March 27
Two legs I have, and this will
confound: only at rest do they
touch the ground! What am I?
Answer: A Wheelbarrow
March 21
It goes up, but at the same time
goes down. Up toward the sky,
and down toward the ground.
It's present tense and past
tense too, come for a ride, just
me and you. What is it?
Answer: A See-Saw
March 19
Which word from Group B
belongs with the words from
Group A?
A. blast, paper, box, bank
B. juice, bag, cradle, carpet
Answer: BAG. All of the words
in group A can begin with the
word SAND
Answer: March
September 29, 2003
What's white when it’s dirty?
Answer: A blackboard
saying its name can break
it?
Answer: Silence
Dec. 26
How could a cowboy ride
into town on Friday, stay two
days, and ride out on
Friday?
Answer: His horse is
named Friday!
Oct. 27
What comes once in a
minute, twice in a moment,
but never in a thousand
years?
Answer: The letter M
Oct. 23
The more you take the more
you leave behind.
Answer: footsteps
Sept. 25
A word I know, six letters it
contains. Subtract just one,
and twelve is what remains.
Answer: dozens
Sept. 18
This runs fore to aft on one
side of a ship, and aft to fore
on the other. What is it?
Answer: The name of the
ship
August 25
I am a box that holds keys
without locks, yet they can
unlock your soul. What am
I?
Answer: A Piano
June 16
What turns everything
March 17
I am a path situated between
high natural masses. Remove
my first letter & you have a path
situated between man-made
masses. What am I?
Answer: valley (-v = alley)
March 15
What can you hold without ever
touching or using your hands?
Answer: your breath
March 14
What 7 letter word becomes
longer when the third letter is
removed?
Answer: lounger
March 10
Whoever makes it, tells it not.
Whoever takes it, knows it not.
And whoever knows it wants it
not.
Answer: counterfeit money
March 7
You can see nothing else
When you look in my face,
I will look you in the eye
And I will never lie.
Answer: your reflection
March 6
I know a word of letters three.
Add two, and fewer there will
be.
Answer: few
March 3
What are the next 3 letters in
this riddle?
ottffss___
Answer: e n t
The first seven letters stand for
around, but does not move? - one two three four five six
seven
Answer: a mirror
Feb. 28
He starts and ends 2 common
English words. One painful in
love, one painful in everyday
matter.
Do you know what 2 words I
must be?

Answer: Heartache and

Headache