I have two long rows of teeth that never chew. They lock together when you pull my little tongue, and if you forget to close me, a kind stranger might quietly mention it. What am I?
Hint: Zip it.
AnswerA zipperA zipper's teeth mesh when you pull the slider, and people whisper when your fly is down.
Once a month I show you my whole face. In the fall, farmers named me 'harvest' and then 'hunter,' and in scary stories I'm the reason a nice neighbor suddenly needs a shave. What am I?
Hint: I'm not always this round.
AnswerA full moonA full moon happens monthly, the Harvest Moon and Hunter's Moon are fall full moons, and werewolves transform under it.
I'm the most powerful thing in the living room, yet I vanish whenever someone wants control. I have dozens of buttons you've never pressed, and you've blamed my batteries for problems that weren't mine. What am I?
Hint: Point me at the TV.
AnswerThe TV remoteThe TV remote controls the room, slips into couch cushions and has many unused buttons.
Someone took Grandma's pearl necklace in June. Aunt Sue says she was away on a cruise.
Aunt Sue says
“Ten days on an Alaska cruise. We saw glaciers, a pod of orcas and whole beaches packed with penguins. I had no phone signal until we got back to Seattle.”
How did the family know Aunt Sue was lying?
Hint: Think about who lives where.
AnswerThere are no wild penguins in Alaska.Wild penguins live almost entirely in the Southern Hemisphere, from Antarctica up to South America and Africa. None live anywhere near Alaska.
I'm stuffed but I've never eaten. I've been in a hundred fights without hurting anybody, and I'm the first place the tooth fairy checks. The key is under me. Where is it?
Hint: Head to the bedroom.
AnswerUnder the pillowPillows are stuffed, used in pillow fights, and kids put lost teeth under them for the tooth fairy.
I have two lenses but I'm not a camera. I rest on your nose but I'm not a cold, and the harder you hunt for me, the blurrier the search gets. What am I?
Hint: You need me to find me.
AnswerYour glassesEyeglasses have two lenses, sit on your nose, and without them it's hard to see well enough to find them.
I grow taller than your dad by October, and then someone cuts winding paths through me just to get people lost on purpose. Most fall weekends, families pay to be confused inside me. What am I?
Hint: Look for me on a farm in October.
AnswerA corn mazeCorn grows over six feet tall, and farms cut maze paths into the field as a fall attraction.