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Farmer Brown came to town with some watermelons.  He sold half of them plus half a melon, and found that he had one whole melon left.  How many melons did he take to town? Read the rest of this entry »

A king decided to let a prisoner try to escape the prison with his life.  The king placed 2 marbles in a jar that was glued to a table.  One of the marbles was supposed to be black, and one was supposed to be blue.  If the prisoner could pick the blue marble, he would escape the prison with his life.  If he picked the black marble, he would be executed.  However, the king was very mean, and he wickedly placed 2 black marbles in the jars and no blue marbles.  The prisoner witnessed the king only putting 2 black marbles in the jars.  If the jar was not see-through and the jar was glued to the table and that the prisoner was mute so he could not say anything, how did he escape with his life? Read the rest of this entry »

Four cars come to a four way stop, all coming from a different direction.  They can’t decide who got there first, so they all go forward at the same time.  They do not crash into each other, but all four cars go. How is this possible? Read the rest of this entry »

I can be cracked, I can be made.  I can be told, I can be played.  What am I? Read the rest of this entry »

What is red and blue, and purple and green?  No one can reach it, not even the queen? Read the rest of this entry »

When I point up, it’s bright, but when I point down it’’s dark.  What am I? Read the rest of this entry »

A man goes out drinking every night, returning to his home in the wee hours of every morning.  No matter how much he drinks, he never gets a hangover.  This drink is very well known, but is rarely consumed, served warm and taken straight from its source.  The man is a sucker for a free drink, especially since he can’t live without it.  What is his favorite drink? Read the rest of this entry »

With pointed fangs it sits in wait, with piercing force its doles out fate, over bloodless victims proclaiming its might, eternally joining in a single bite.  What am I? Read the rest of this entry »

I have a heart that never beats, I have a home but I never sleep.  I can take a man’s house and build anothers, and I love to play games with my many brothers.  I am a king among fools.  Who am I? Read the rest of this entry »

Give me an x, I’ll stand to face you.  Give me a cross, I’ll turn my back on you.

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The answer I give is yes, but what I mean is no.  What was the question? Read the rest of this entry »

I am a rock group that has 4 members, all of whom are dead, one of which was assasinated.  What am I? Read the rest of this entry »

The 22nd and 24th presidents of the United States of America had the same parents, but were not brothers.  How can this be possible? Read the rest of this entry »

Tom and his younger sister were fighting.  Their mother was tired of the fighting, and decided to punish them by making them stand on the same piece of newspaper in such a way that they couldn’t touch each other.  How did she accomplish this? Read the rest of this entry »

There is an ancient invention still used in some parts of the world today that allows people to see through walls.  What is it? Read the rest of this entry »

Samuel was out for a walk when it started to rain.  He did not have an umbrella and he wasn’t wearing a hat.  His clothes were soaked, yet not a single hair on his head got wet.  How could this happen? Read the rest of this entry »

If you’re 8 feet away from a door and with each move you advance half the distance to the door.  How many moves will it take to reach the door? Read the rest of this entry »

What relation would your father’s sister’s sister-in-law be to you? Read the rest of this entry »

We are little creatures.  All of us have different features.  One of us in glass is set.  None of us you’ll find in jet.  Another you may see in tin, and the fourth is boxed within.  If the fifth you should pursue, it can never fly from you.  What are we? Read the rest of this entry »

How high would you have to count before you would use the letter A in the English language spelling of a whole number. Read the rest of this entry »

A man and a woman were driving in their car when it broke down.  The man decided to go for help at a gas station a few miles back.  He made sure nobody was in the car, rolled all the windows up, and locked all of the sedan’’s doors.  He went off, but when he came back, his wife was dead, and there was a stranger in the car.  No physical damage was done to the car, so how did the stranger get in? Read the rest of this entry »

You can spin, wheel and twist, but this thing can turn without moving.  What is it? Read the rest of this entry »

You hear it speak, for it has a hard tongue. But it cannot breathe, for it has not a lung. What is it?

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When they are caught, they are thrown away.  When they escape, you itch all day.  What are they? Read the rest of this entry »

I killed one fourth of mankind.  Who am I? Read the rest of this entry »