After the Tenth One

After the tenth one it didn’t matter that he came from an ethnic minority. Who was it?

Moses from the Bible. The Pharaoh wouldn’t release the ill-treated Israelites (an ethnic minority) from slavery until being visited by ten plagues.

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What Runs Around the Yard

What runs around the yard without moving?

A fence.

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It Is Hate

It is hate and has hate in it, but it isn’t hate.

Hatred.

By Sef Daystrom

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Look At Me And Think of Yourself.

When you look at me,
You think of yourself.
I am always ready to talk
Whether times are easy or rough.

What am I?

A mirror.

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A Special Racecar

What is special about the phrase “Race car”?

It’s a palindrome (a word or phrase that’s spelled the same backwards and forwards).

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What Every Man Has and Gives To Their Wife

What does every man have, some longer or shorter than others and they give it to their wife when they get married?

Note: This may not be appropriate for younger ages.

A last name.

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Five Items In a Tennis Court

We’re five little items of an everyday sort. You’ll find us all in a tennis court. What are we?

The vowels. The phrase “a tennis court” contains all five vowels sorted in alphabetic order: a, e, i, o, u.

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You Twirl My Body

You twirl my body but I keep my head up high.
When I go in I keep things tight.

What am I?

A screw.

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Pronounced Right or Wrong

What word when pronounced wrong is right but when pronounced right is wrong?

The answer is the word “wrong”. When it’s pronounced “wrong” (rhyming with song) that’s the correct pronunciation. However, if you were to pronounce the word as “right” (rhyming with night) that would be an incorrect pronunciation and be wrong.

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Commonly Forgotten And Sometimes Rotten

I am always with you
But commonly forgotten.
You use me constantly,
And can sometimes be rotten.

What am I?

Air.

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