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1.

Mudah, the Prince of Shaliza, was recently killed in Bombay. He was staying in a highly protected hut, with no chimney. He had people guarding the doors and windows. But somehow, he died. His murderous nemesis, Hudry, and his bodyguards were not charged. How is this possible?
(No, the Judge did not kill him.) Foolishly, Mudah burnt the special rocks outside his hut that emitted a poisonous gas. Normally, the chimney would have drained the bulk of it away, but he had it removed.

Anonymous
 

2.

There are 17 fish in a tank. They live in the same house but the owner does not live with them. How? The daughter is keeping them at her grandmother's house.

Kayla, age 8, USA
 

3.

What is not manmade yet made by man? A baby.

Jane, age 12, USA
 

4.

One night, a candle stick maker, a butcher and a blacksmith walk into an abandoned building. The next morning, four people walk out. Who are the four people? A knight, a candle stick maker, a butcher and a blacksmith.

Ollie, age 14, UK
 

5.

If you're stuck in a room with no windows, and no doors, and all you have is a saw and a table, but the walls are too thick to cut through, how do you get out? You cut the table in half, and two halves make a whole (hole) to get out.

Lauren, age 11, USA
 

6.

Cross out six letters to get an american word. You might have to use a sheet of paper. How many letters did you cross out and what is the american word?

bsanainxlaetsters

You cross out 10 letters and you get bananas.

Ann, age 10, America
 

7.

If a cowboy rides to town on Friday and stays in town for 3 days and rides off on Friday how can he do this? His horse's name is Friday.

J.T., age 15, USA
Brynne, age 10, USA
Jamie
Megan, age 11, USA
Marie, age 10, USA
Olivia, Clare, Paul, Pat and Marcus, ages 9, 28, 63, 60 and 35, UK
Nick, age 8, USA
Kayla, age 14, USA
Ann, age 10, USA
 

8.

What is black when you buy it, red when you use it and grey when you throw it away? Charcoal.

Tatyana , age 9, USA
 

9.

How many birthday does an average person have? One. You are only born one time.

Alllison, age 13, USA
 

10.

Two construction workers are working on a house.They get paid $20 an hour each and work from 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm.They come out with only $60. How is this possible? One construction worker gets sick and can't come to work.

Evan, age 9, USA
 

11.

It is round and no matter how much water you put in it will never fill up. What is it? A sieve.

Charlotte , age 10, UK
 

12.

How far can a dog run into the woods? To the middle of the woods (the halfway point). After that he's running out of the woods.

Ashleigh, age 10, England
Connor, age 10, USA
Apria, age 10, USA
 

13.

A woman gets pregnant 5 times and gives birth 5 times, but the children are not hers. How is this possible? She had children for women who could not have children.

Victoria, age 12, USA
 

14.

An orphan is separated by a brick wall from his parents. If he can't go over it, under it, around it, or through it, how does he get to his parents? Orphans don't have parents.

Sami, age 11, USA
 

15.

What has four legs at first, followed by two, and ending with three? A human.

Anonymous
 

16.

As I was going to St. Ives, I met a man with seven wives. Each wife had seven cats, each cat had seven kittens, each kitten had seven mittens. How many were going to St. Ives? 1.Only I was going to St. Ives.

Connor, age 10, USA
 

17.

How many eights in eighty? 10, right? So how many times can you take 10 from 100? Once, because after that you would be taking from 90.

Connor, age 10, USA
 

18.

How much dirt is in a hole 2 feet by 2 feet? None.

Connor, age 10, USA
Danielle, age 10, USA
Matthew, age 12, Australia
 

19.

If a plane crashed exactly on the border of France and Italy, where would the survivors be buried? It's against the law to burry the living.

Connor, age 10, USA
Sarah, age 12, USA
 

20.

How can you use the letters in NEW DOOR to make one word? One word.

Ruby, age 13, Scotland
 

21.

When can you steal and not get in trouble? Baseball.

Connor, age 10, USA
 

22.

What name is spelled the same backward and forward? Hannah.

Amanda, age 10, USA
 

23.

What does this mean? It means doctor on call.

Doctor
Call

Anonymous, age 11, USA
 

24.

What does this mean?
HENFOXHOUSE

Fox in the hen house.

Jamie
 

25.

If a rooster lays an egg on top of a house, which way will it roll? Neither! Roosters can't lay eggs!

Brantley, age 12, America
 

26.

Sophie's mum had four children, one was called April, one was called May and the other was called June. What was the other child called? Sophie.

Kelsey, age 10, England
Justine, age 9, Singapore
 

27.

A sundial is said to be the timepiece with the least moving parts. What is the timepiece with the most moving parts? An hourglass (All the grains of sand!)

Emily, age 12, Australia
 

28.

You have a match and are in a dark room with three items. Which one are you going to light first: the stove, candle or fire place? The match.

Rayce, age 12, America
 

29.

I have four fingers and a thumb but I am not alive. What am I? A glove.

Kaylee, age 9, England
 

30.

There are 50 marbles. 2 are taken away. 30 are added back. 60 are taken away. How many are left? 18 marbles.

Nick, age 10, USA
 

31.

There was one ship with blue paint in it and one with red. If they crash together, what colour would they be? Maroon.

Katie, age 11, USA
 

32.

What letter is next in this sequence?
O, T, T, F, F, S, S, E, __

N-for nine.

Humaira, age 7, England
 

33.

What year comes next in this sequence? 1973, 1979, 1987, 1993, 1997, 1999. 2003: They are prime years.

Marie, age 10, USA
 

34.

Below are three clues to three words. When arranged in the correct order, each word is an anagram of the previous word with a letter removed.
Headache tablet
The capital of France
Coarse file
Snake

Aspirin, sprain, Paris, rasp, asp, as, a.

Marie, age 10, USA
 

35.

Daniel, my son, is exactly one fifth of my age. In 21 years time, I will be exactly twice his age. My wife is exactly seven times older than my daughter, Jessica. In 8 years time, my wife will be three times older then Jessica. How old are Daniel and Jessica now? Daniel is 7 years old and Jessica is 4 years old.

Marie, age 10, USA
 

36.

What is black when clean and white when dirty? A chalkboard.

Marie, age 10, USA
Elizabeth, age 9, Canada
 

37.

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? Tom's mother slid a newspaper under a door, each sibling standing on each side.

Marie, age 10, USA
 

38.

Mountains will crumble and temples will fall, and no man can survive its endless call. What is it? Time.

Marie, age 10, USA
 

39.

Two convicts are locked in a cell. There is an unbarred window high up in the cell. No matter if they stand on the bed or one on top of the other they can't reach the window to escape. They then decide to tunnel out. However, they give up with the tunnelling because it will take too long. Finally one of the convicts figures out how to escape from the cell. What is his plan? They piled the dirt dug out of the tunnel and climbed out the window from the top of the pile.

Chris, age 10, America
 

40.

Which word in the English language becomes shorter when lengthened? Short.

Emily, age 4, USA
 

41.

What never gets hurt when it falls? Rain.

Joshua, age 7, India
 

42.

I do not turn or burn
I have eleven neighbours
Above me is 3+3+1
Who am I?

The star on a phone.

Olivia, age 10, Australia
 

43.

What is so fragile that when you say it's name it is broken? Silence.

Rebecca, age 9, Australia
 

44.

There are 3 doors: Blue, Red and Yellow. Each door leads to a planet: Mars, Pluto and Saturn. To survive you go to the planet with more stuff. By the way, the blue door goes to Mars, the red door goes to Pluto and the last with the last. Which planet do you go to? Saturn because it has more letters then the others!

Zoey, age 9, Canada
 

45.

Pretend that you are a bus driver. You drive to a bus stop and pick up 15 people and 4 get off. Next bus stop, you pick up 7 people and 2 get off. Next bus stop, 10 get on. How many people are in the bus? What colour are the bus driver's eyes? 15+4=11+7=18-2=16 Answer=16. The driver's eyes are whatever colour eyes you have because you are the driver.

Sudarshani, age 11, Barbados
 

46.

I run but don't walk and I tell you something but don't talk. What am I? A clock.

Jessica, age 10, Canada
 

47.

There are five people in a race, including you. You overtake the person in 5th place. What spot are you in now? You cannot overtake the person in last place.

Rebecca, age 12, UK
 

48.

There is a monkey, a giraffe, and a lion passing by a tall, tall coconut tree. They race up to see who can get a banana off the coconut tree first. Who do you think got a banana off the coconut tree first? There are no bananas on a coconut tree.

Shana, age 9, USA
 

49.

What does this say:
oob kepe a

Peek-a-boo.

Taylor, age 10, USA
 

50.

Forwards I am heavy, backwards I am not. What am I? A ton.

Arionne, age 11, USA
 

51.

If a miracle happens and a huge cat has 188 kittens and 24 of them are sold, how many are left? 164.

Taylor, age 8, USA
 

52.

Alive without breath
Cold as death
Never thirsty, ever drinking
All in chain-mail, never clinking
What am I?

A fish.

Hannah, age 11, England
 

53.

1/2 times X/5 equals 3/10. What does x equal? 10, 6, 5 or 3? 3.

Kaley, age 9, USA
 

54.

When you take away a whole you still have some left over. Explain. The word you started with was 'wholesome.'

Breeanna, age 11, USA
 

55.

What year did Queen Victoria die? 1901.

Morgan, age 7, UK
 

56.

A giraffe, an elephant, a camel, a bear, a pig, a frog, two mice and a snake are all sheltered under one umbrella. How many got wet? None, it wasn't raining.

Morgan, age 11, UK
 

57.

What does this say? habooknd

Book in hand.

Brianna, age 11, USA
 

58.

Denise died at sea while Harry died on land. People were pleased that Denise had died and even more pleased that Harry had died. Why? When a hurricane comes people name them, so Denise and Harry were just 2 names of hurricanes!

Elizabeth, age 9, Canada
 

59.

If your neighbour had a peacock and it laid an egg in your garden, who would the egg belong to? Peacocks don't lay eggs, peahens lay eggs.

Rhianna, age 13, England
 

60.

A window washer was washing a window on the 23rd floor of a hotel he saw a dirty window. He was so mad he jumped through the window and fell to the ground with no padding and nothing stopping him. How did he live? He was on the outside looking in, and he jumped through the window, and fell into an apartment room; so really he actually only fell about 3 feet.

Bob, age 10, Canada
 

61.

You see 3 teenagers at the mall: William, Susana, and Rose. William has 2 eyes, but Susana and Rose have no eyes. How can this be? There are two I's in William's name, but in the names Susana and Rose, there are no I's.

Richard, age 11, USA
 

62.

Where can you find Thursday before Wednesday? In the dictionary.

Smiley, age 10, USA
 

63.

What does this say?

nafish
nafish

Tuna fish.

Jake, age 11, Australia
 

64.

What is the next number in line?
1
21
1211
111221

312211

Lexi, age 11, USA

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