I have two rows of teeth, but I never eat. I just open and close your jacket. What am I?
Answer
A zipper
Zippers have interlocking teeth that open and close clothes.
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I go all the way around your yard, but I never move an inch. What am I?
Hint: Good neighbors need me.
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A fence
A fence surrounds a yard without going anywhere.
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I get answered all day long, but I've never asked a single question. What am I?
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A doorbell
People answer the door when the doorbell rings, but the doorbell never asks anything.
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I'm small and yellow, I stick to your fridge, and I'm covered in reminders you'll probably ignore. What am I?
Hint: You peel me off a pad.
Answer
A sticky note
Sticky notes are classic reminder squares that stick to almost anything.
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I change my shape every night, I pull on the ocean, and I'm brightest when I'm full. What am I?
Hint: Look up after sunset.
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The moon
The moon goes through phases and its gravity causes the tides.
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You can see me in water, but I never get wet. What am I?
Hint: Look into a still lake.
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Your reflection
Your reflection appears on the water's surface but stays perfectly dry.
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I have thousands of needles, but I've never sewn a thing. What am I?
Hint: Some people bring me inside in December.
Answer
A pine tree
Pine trees are covered in needles, the leafy kind.
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Everyone fills me, I get emptied once a week, and nobody ever wants to take me out. What am I?
Hint: I sit by the curb on pickup day.
Answer
The trash
Taking out the trash is everyone's least favorite chore.
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I have a neck but no head, two arms but no hands, and I spend most of my time hanging in your closet. What am I?
Answer
A shirt
Shirts have a neck and sleeves but no head or hands.
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A brick weighs one pound plus half a brick. How much does a whole brick weigh?
Hint: Half a brick must weigh one pound.
Answer
Two pounds
If a brick is 1 pound plus half a brick, then half a brick is 1 pound, so a whole one is 2.
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What do you get if you add 2 to 200 four times?
Hint: Read it very literally.
Answer
202, four times
Adding 2 to 200 gives 202 every time you do it.
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I'm a three-digit number. My tens digit is 5 more than my ones digit, and my hundreds digit is 8 less than my tens digit. What number am I?
Hint: My tens digit must be big.
Answer
194
The tens digit has to be 9 (so the hundreds can be 1), which makes the ones digit 4.
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