Use the following answers.
1. Forward I’m heavy but backwards I’m not. What am I?
Ton
2. Holes in the bottom, the left and the right. Yet it still holds water with all its might. What is it?
Sponge
3. Feed me and I live, give me drink and I die. What am I?
Fire
4. Born in nature shaped by man. When needed I can light the way. On certain days I top the cake. What am I?
Candle
5. What man walks over and man sleeps under. In times of war, he burns asunder. What is it?
Bridge
6. With no honor among them, in the dark of the night. They take from others, what is not theirs. Who are they?
Thieves
7. Double my number, I’m less than a score. Hal of my number is less than four. What am I?
Six
8. This thing can turn without even moving. What is it?
Milk
9. Metal or bone I may be, many teeth I have and always bared. Yet my bite harms no one and ladies delight in my touch. What am I?
Comb
10. You can always see it, but it’s too far away to touch. Mountains rest on it, at sea it surrounds you. What is it?
Horizon
11. It travels on waves on the ocean shore, and everywhere else you’ve been before. What is it?
Sound
12. Short and hot, often expressive. But shown to other it is rarely impressive. What is it?
Temper
13. I am tied at least once a day and forced to carry ten nails. I work hard without pay, and follow your many trails. What am I?
Shoes
14. I have a hundred legs, but cannot stand. A long neck but no head. I ease the maid’s life. What am I?
Broom
15. It can bat, but never hit. It is next to a ball that is never thrown. It is good luck when found. What is it?
Eyelash
16. The person who buys it never uses it and the person who uses it doesn’t know they are. What is it?
Coffin
17. Until I am measured, I am not known, yet how you miss me when I have flown. What am I?
Time
18. Created before but made today. This is used most when others are asleep. What is it?
Bed
19. They come out at night without being claled, and are lost in the day without being stolen. What are they?
Stars
20. A response to a mistake that when offered is suspected. In desperation it is expressed, the truth is apparently rejected.
Excuse
21. It is by nature, soft as silk. A puffy cloud, white as milk. Snow tops this tropical crop, the dirties part of the mop. What is it?
Cotton
22. What has many keys but can’t open even a single door?
Piano
23. I’m holes tied to more holes, and really not much more. I am only as strong as my weakest part. What am I?
Chain
24. What is the one thing you will never see again?
Yesterday
25. What do you throw away that keeps returning?
Boomerang
26. They are put on a table and cut but never eaten. What are they?
Cards
27. A peanut shaped body, two parts joined in one. The more it stands still, the faster it runs. What is it?
Hourglass
28. Sometimes called a rock, often worth a great deal. A bauble or a precious stone, so tempting for some to steal. What is it?
Jewel
29. It is black when you get it, red when you use it and white when you’re all through with it. What is it?
Charcoal
30. With “T” it is the crime of country betrayed. San “T” it is the grounds for an argument made. What is it?
Treason
31. When boiled it is hard to beat. It must be striped in order to eat. What is it?
Egg
32. What loses its head in the morning but gets it back at night?
Pillow
33. What kind of tree can you carry in your hand?
Palm Tree
34. What lives in the corner but travels the world?
Postage
35. Though he shaves each and every day, Bob has a beard that never goes away. What is he?
Barber
36. Deeper than the sea, more intriguing than space. Mine is different than yours. This is what a mind is for. What is it?
Thought
37. Explosive as the daylight, with the dust it teases. It whispers through the willows, and wreak havoc with the leaves. What is it?
Wind
38. Get me to a drink, look through me to see. As I drop get a broom, in order to clean and sweep. What am I?
Glass
39. What do many boats, shovels, laundries, whistles and hot showers have in common?
Steam
40. A man in white, he’s quite a sight. When he feels the sun, he starts to run. What am I?
Snowman
41. This thing was here since the world began, yet it is never more than a month old. What is it?
Moon
42. This thing is more useful when it is broken. What is it?
Egg
43. Tool of thief, toy of queen. Always used to be unseen. Sign of joy, sign of sorrow. Giving all likeness borrowed. What is it?
Mask
44. I am something quite. I can be happiness, sadness or fear. I can show or just be gone, but I’ll come back not before long.
Feelings
45. Who spends the day at the window, goes to the table for meals and hides at night?
Fly |
