A Headless Kiss

What do you kiss that has a neck but no head?

A bottle.

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Voiceless It Cries

Voiceless it cries, wingless flutters, toothless bites, mouth-less mutters. What is it?

The wind.

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Take Away All My Letters

Take away my first letter,
Take away my second letter,
Take away all my letters,
and I remain the same.

What am I?

A mail carrier. Even when there aren’t any letters left to deliver, they’re job is still the mail carrier.

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Who May Enter?

A green glass door admits only certain objects. Apples and balls are allowed, but pears and bats aren’t. What determines whether an item can enter?

All words with a repeated letter are allowed. Green glass door, apple and ball.

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I Am Pronounced As One Letter But Written As Three

I am pronounced as one letter but written as three,
There are two of me, I am single, I am double,
I can be blue, brown, black or green.
I can be read from right to left or left to right and am still the same.

What am I?

Eye.

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All Those Legs

Two legs sat upon three legs with one leg in his lap.
In comes four legs, grabs one leg, and runs off with him.
Up jumps two legs, grabs up three legs, throws it after four legs,
and makes him bring back one leg.

Who are we?

One leg is a leg of mutton. Two legs is a person. Three legs is a stool. Four legs is a dog.

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What Letter Comes Next MAMJJASO

What letter comes next in this sequence?

M, A, M, J, J, A, S, O, ____

N. The letter represent the first letters of the months of the year, starting with March. N is for November, and of course D would be the next one.

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Counting Squares

How many squares of any size are in this grid?

4 x 4 grid

30.

There are:

16 1×1 squares
9 2×2 squares
4 3×3 squares
1 4×4 square (the whole shape)

Hence, 16 + 9 + 4 + 1 = 30.

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Far Blow Bacon

What do the following words have in common?

far
blow
bacon
lather
fasting
wariness
pacemaker

Each of these words becomes a new word when the letter ‘e’ is placed after the first letter.

far = fear
blow = below
bacon = beacon
lather = leather
fasting = feasting
wariness = weariness
pacemaker = peacemaker

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Find the Three Mammals

The largest crowd at the flea market came looking for bargains.
I took off the peel and ate the banana.
He has no judgement, no sense altogether.

Find the three mammals in these statements.

1. Camel (CAME Looking)
2. Eland (peEL AND)
3. Seal (senSE ALtogether)

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