Take away my first letter and I remain the same. Take away my last letter and I remain unchanged. Remove all my letters and I’m still me.
What am I?
A mail carrier. Letters in this sense are envelopes rather than the letters of the alphabet.
A mail carrier. Letters in this sense are envelopes rather than the letters of the alphabet.
A plane crashed off the coast of Mexico and every single person died, yet there were two survivors. How could that happen?
There was a married couple.
There was a married couple.
Forward I’m heavy, but backwards I’m not. What am I?
Ton.
Here is a series of numbers. What is the next number in the sequence?
1
13112221
The next number in the series counts the previous numbers. Thus the first number is 1, which is one 1, or 11. To describe 11, you have two 1’s, or 21. Now you have one 2 and one 1, so the next number is 1211. The solution is to continue describing the previous number using only numbers.
13112221
The next number in the series counts the previous numbers. Thus the first number is 1, which is one 1, or 11. To describe 11, you have two 1’s, or 21. Now you have one 2 and one 1, so the next number is 1211. The solution is to continue describing the previous number using only numbers.
Get from the word FISH to SEAL by changing one letter at a time and forming another English word in each step.
1. FISH
1. FISH
1. FISH
Frederick died after a long and productive life of 87 years, but this epitaph was written on his headstone:
Frederick lived a good long life,
He was honest, kind and deserved nothing but praise,
How is this possible?
He was born on February 29th in a leap year. Consequently, in his 87 years, he only witnessed twenty-one of his actual birthdays. The other years there was no February 29th.
He was born on February 29th in a leap year. Consequently, in his 87 years, he only witnessed twenty-one of his actual birthdays. The other years there was no February 29th.
I have a metal roof and a glass wall,
What am I?
A lantern.
I wear a red robe,
What am I?
A cherry
There are a few other variations of this one:
As I went through the garden gap,
I slipped down a slippery gap,
A cherry
There are a few other variations of this one:
As I went through the garden gap,
I slipped down a slippery gap,
What does this represent?
8 = S O A S S
8 = Sides of a stop sign
If you had a ton of feathers and a ton of stones which would be heavier?
Neither. A ton is a ton, no matter what it’s made up of, and they both weigh a ton.
Neither. A ton is a ton, no matter what it’s made up of, and they both weigh a ton.