A mother has five daughters, and each daughter has one brother. How many children does she have?
Hint: The daughters share.
Answer
Six
All five daughters have the same brother, so there are five girls and one boy.
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How can you add eight 8s together to get exactly 1,000?
Hint: Some of the 8s can team up.
Answer
888 + 88 + 8 + 8 + 8
888 + 88 = 976, and adding three more 8s gives 1,000. That's eight 8s in total.
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I'm tall when I'm young and short when I'm old. What am I?
Hint: I glow on birthday cakes.
Answer
A candle
Candles get shorter as they burn.
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What can you catch but can't throw?
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A cold
You can catch a cold, but you can't throw one.
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I'm wrapped from head to toe, but nobody's opening me on their birthday. What am I?
Hint: Look for me in ancient Egypt.
Answer
A mummy
Mummies are wrapped in cloth, but they're definitely not gifts.
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I'm sweet, I'm striped red and white, and I'm shaped like a hook. What am I?
Hint: Hang me on the tree.
Answer
A candy cane
Candy canes are striped peppermint sticks with a hooked top.
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People pay me to make them hurt, and then they thank me for it. What am I?
Answer
A personal trainer
Trainers push clients through tough workouts, and clients pay for the privilege (and usually thank them).
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Say my name and I'm gone. What am I?
Answer
Silence
The moment you say "silence," you've broken it.
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Why is Europe like a frying pan?
Hint: Look at the bottom of the map.
Answer
Because it has Greece at the bottom
Greece is at the southern tip of Europe, and a frying pan has grease at the bottom.
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What happens once in a minute, twice in a moment, and never in a thousand years?
Hint: Look at the spelling.
Answer
The letter M
"Minute" has one M, "moment" has two, and "a thousand years" has none.
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A farmer has 17 sheep. All but 9 run away. How many are left?
Hint: "All but" is the key.
Answer
Nine
"All but 9" means every sheep except nine ran off, so nine are left.
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I have one eye, but I can't see a thing. What am I?
Hint: Thread goes through me.
Answer
A needle
A sewing needle has an eye for thread, not for seeing.
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