I have a thumb and four fingers, but I'm not alive. What am I?
Hint: Wear me when it snows.
Answer
A glove
A glove has a thumb and fingers but no hand inside until you put it on.
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What do you get when you drop a pumpkin?
Hint: It's another kind of gourd.
Answer
Squash
A dropped pumpkin gets squashed, and squash is also a vegetable.
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I'm made of snow, I have a carrot for a nose, and I only last until spring. What am I?
Hint: Build me in the front yard.
Answer
A snowman
Snowmen are made of snow, often with a carrot nose, and melt when it warms up.
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I play the same song over and over, and I keep telling you your call is very important. What am I?
Hint: Press 1 to hear me again.
Answer
Hold music
Customer service hold music loops endlessly while a recording insists your call matters.
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Forward I'm heavy, but backward I'm not. What am I?
Answer
A ton
A ton is heavy, and "ton" spelled backward is "not."
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What starts with T, ends with T, and has T in it?
Hint: Great for a tea party.
Answer
A teapot
"Teapot" starts and ends with the letter T, and it holds tea.
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A plane crashes exactly on the border between the US and Canada. Where do they bury the survivors?
Hint: Who is still alive?
Answer
You don't bury survivors
Survivors are alive, so nobody buries them.
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If two's company and three's a crowd, what are four and five?
Hint: Don't overthink it.
Answer
Nine
Four plus five is nine.
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The more you take away from me, the bigger I get. What am I?
Answer
A hole
Digging takes dirt away, and the hole grows bigger.
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What goes up but never ever comes down?
Hint: It changes on your birthday.
Answer
Your age
Your age keeps going up and never goes back down.
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I ride a broom, but I never sweep the floor. What am I?
Hint: I might stir a cauldron too.
Answer
A witch
Witches fly on broomsticks in Halloween stories, not clean with them.
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What do you call an elf who sings?
Hint: Think about what elves do with presents.
Answer
A wrapper
Elves wrap presents, and a singing elf is a "rapper."
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