1. Placed above, I make greater things small.

Placed
beside I make small things great. In matters that count, I
always come first. Where others increase I keep them
the same.
What am I?

ANS:
The number 1. If you put the number one above another
number it turns it into a fraction. If you put it next to
another number it makes the number larger. If you put
things in order the number one comes first. If you
multiply by one the number stays the same.

2. A wealthy man had an important flight the next day.

Early that morning his security guard tells the man not to
take the plane because he just had a dream that the
plane would crash. The security guard then leaves as it
is the end of his shift.
The wealthy man took the advice of his security guard
and traveled by train instead. Once he arrives at his
destination, he learns the plane did in fact crash. He
then fires his security guard.
Why did he fire the security guard?
ANS:
Because the security guard was sleeping on his shift.

3. First, I threw away the outside and cooked the inside.

Then I ate the outside and threw away the inside.
What did I eat?

ANS:
Corn on the cob

4. In a year, there are 12 months. Seven months have

31 days.
How many months have 28 days?

ANS:
All months have 28 day.

5. If it’s information you seek, come and see me.

If it’s pairs of letters you need, I have consecutively
three.
Who am I?

ANS :
A bookkeeper.
6. In a lake, there is a patch of lily pads. Every day, the
patch of lily pads doubles in size.
If it takes 48 days for the patch to cover the entire lake,
how long would it take for the patch to cover half the
lake?

ANS:
47 Days. The next day it doubled and covered the
entire lake.

7. You walk into a room with a rabbit holding a carrot, a

pig eating slop, and a chimp holding a banana.
Which is the smartest animal in the room?

ANS: You

8. It’s 7:00 AM. You are asleep and there is a sudden

knock on the door.
Behind the door are your parents who came to have
breakfast. In your fridge are bread, milk, juice, and a jar
of jam.
What will you open first?

ANS: The door.

9. What is greater than God,
More evil than the devil,
The poor have it,
The rich need it,
And if you eat it, you’ll die?

ANS: Nothing

10. What drink is made from the following letters: H I J K

L M N O?

ANS: Water (The letters go from H to O, making H2O)

11. What seven letter word can you take two letters
away from and be left with eight?

ANS: Weights

12. What is the next number in the following sequence:

06, 68, 88, __?
ANS: 87, If you write the numbers in the question on a
paper and turn the paper upside down you’ll see that
numbers become 88,89,90.

13. We hurt without moving. We poison without

touching. We bear the truth and the lies. We are not to
be judged by our size.
What are we?

ANS: Words

14. What unique feature do the following words

share: revive, banana, grammar, voodoo, assess,
potato, dresser, uneven?

ANS: Take away their first letter and they are read the
same forwards and backwards.

15. Can you re-arrange the letters, O O U S W T D N E

J R, to spell just one word?

ANS: Just one word

16. A frog falls down a well that is 30 feet deep. Each
day he climbs up 2 feet, and each night he falls back
down 1 foot. How long does it take him to climb out of
the well?

29 days! Each day he goes up 2, and each night down

1. A net gain of 1 foot. But on the 29th day he goes up
the usual 2 feet, and is out of the well, so he doesn’t fall
back the foot at night.

17. Which part of the body is pronounced as one letter

but written with three and spelled using only two
different letters?

ANS:Eye

18. What is a four letter word that you can double one of
its letters and it will change from a being a long pause to
a short pause?

ANS: Coma, double the m and it becomes comma.

19. If 3 cats can kill 3 rats in 3 minutes, how long will it
take 100 cats to kill 100 rats?

ANS: 3 minutes

20. I can move mountains and I can kill kings. I fly by

you but I don’t have wings. You always want more of me
but that just can’t be.
What am I?

Time