24 Quick Questions

What word looks the same backwards and upside down? AnswerSWIMS

While walking across a bridge I saw a boat full of people. Yet there there wasn't a single person on the boat. Why? AnswerEvery one on the boat was married.

What doesn't get any wetter, no matter how much rain falls on it? Answerwater

Who can shave twenty times a day and still have a beard? Answera barber.

How far can a dog run into the woods? AnswerHalfway, any further and he would be running out.

Forward I am heavy, but backward I am not. What am I? Answera "ton"

How many times can you subtract the number 5 from 25? AnswerOnly once. After that, you will be subtracting 5 from 20, then 5 from 15, etc.

If an electric train is going east at 60 miles an hour and there is a strong northerly wind, which way does the smoke from the train drift? AnswerElectric trains don't produce smoke

If you have it, you want to share it, but if you share it, you don't have it. What is it? Answera secret

What can run but never walks, has a mouth but never talks, has a bed but never sleeps? Answera river

Take off my skin and I won't cry, but you will, what am I? Answeran onion

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? AnswerIt's a one-story house, so there are no stairs.

What do you have when twenty rabbits step backwards? Answera receding hare-line

What is the difference between here and there? Answerthe letter t

What occurs once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in an hour? Answerthe letter m

What turns everything around, but does not move? Answerm mirror.

If you were running a race and you passed the person in 2nd place, what place would you be in now? Answerin the second, of course!

What word in the English language is always spelled incorrectly? Answerincorrectly!

What happened in 1961 that will not happen again for 4,000 years? AnswerThe year 1961 reads the same upside down. This will not happen again until the year 6009.

What has wheels and flies, but is not an aircraft? Answera garbage truck

What has one thumb and four fingers, but is not alive? Answera glove

What kind of cheese is made backwards? AnswerEDAM ("made" backwards)

What is full of holes and still holds water? Answera sponge

What is in the middle of nowhere? AnswerH

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