Your flight leaves at 8:00. You reach the gate at 7:55, the flight isn't delayed, and yet you still have to wait over 12 hours. Why?
Hint: Look at your boarding pass closely.
Answer
Your flight is at 8:00 p.m. and you arrived at 7:55 a.m.
8:00 can mean morning or evening, and you showed up 12 hours early.
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How many times can you subtract 5 from 25?
Hint: What's left after the first time?
Answer
Just once
After you subtract 5 once, you're subtracting from 20, not 25.
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You use me twice a day, my head is full of bristles, and you're supposed to replace me every few months. What am I?
Hint: Brush, brush, brush.
Answer
A toothbrush
Toothbrushes have bristled heads, and dentists recommend replacing them every few months.
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What goes up when the rain comes down?
Hint: Keep me by the front door.
Answer
An umbrella
You open an umbrella up when it starts raining.
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What's a ghost's favorite dessert?
Hint: Say the answer out loud.
Answer
I scream
"I scream" sounds like "ice cream," and ghosts love to scare.
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I'm a house you can eat, my walls are baked, and frosting holds me together. What am I?
Hint: Watch out for the gumdrop roof.
Answer
A gingerbread house
Gingerbread houses are built from baked cookie walls glued with icing.
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You open me at 11 p.m. "just for a minute," and somehow it's 2 a.m. What am I?
Hint: Swipe, swipe, swipe.
Answer
Social media
Endless feeds make it easy to lose hours when you meant to check for a minute.
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Break me and you'll end up with more pieces of me, but I'm worth exactly the same. What am I?
Hint: Ask the cashier for change.
Answer
A twenty-dollar bill
Breaking a $20 gives you smaller bills and coins that still add up to $20.
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What do you call a fish wearing a bow tie?
Answer
Sofishticated
It's a pun on "sophisticated."
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Two coins add up to 30 cents, and one of them is not a nickel. What are the two coins?
Hint: Only one of them isn't a nickel.
Answer
A quarter and a nickel
The quarter is the one that isn't a nickel. The other coin is.
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If 3 cats catch 3 mice in 3 minutes, how many cats would it take to catch 100 mice in 100 minutes?
Hint: Work out how long one cat takes for one mouse.
Answer
Three cats
Each cat catches one mouse every 3 minutes, so 3 cats catch 100 mice in 100 minutes.
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I live on your wrist and tell the time, but I also count your steps and nag you to stand up. What am I?
Hint: I buzz when you get a text.
Answer
A smartwatch
Smartwatches tell time, track steps and send reminders to move.
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