The Travelling Horse

A horse travels a certain distance each day. Strangely enough, two of its legs travel 30 miles each day and the other two legs travel nearly 31 miles. How is this situation possible?

Eggs in a Basket

How many eggs can you put in an empty basket?

I am Never Released

I am taken from a mine, and shut up in a wooden case, from which I am never released, and yet I am used by almost everybody. What am I?

Nobody saw

Many have heard me, but nobody has seen me, and I will not speak back until spoken to. What am I?

Will you...

A man has a curse, he is only able to say a single word every year. But if he doesn't say a word that year he can say two the next year, then three, and so on. 
One day he meets a beautiful woman and wants to ask her to marry him, but he has no words saved up so he must wait four years. So he waits four years and he is finally able to ask her the question. 
He looks her in the eyes and says "Will you marry me?" 
She looks back at him with a smile and twinkle in her eye and replies "Come again?"

Bridge Crossing

Four people need to cross a bridge in 17 minutes in the middle of the night. The bridge can only hold two or less people at any time and they only have one flashlight so they must travel together (or alone). The flashlight can only travel with a person so every time it crosses the bridge it must be carried back. Tom can cross in 1 minute, John can cross in 2 minutes, Sally can cross in 5 minutes, and Connor can cross in 10 minutes. If two people cross together they go as fast as the slower person. How can they cross the bridge in 17 minutes or less?

Number 3

I'm number three. 
But I'm not a number. 
I'm hot and cold at the same moment but not at the same time. 
I'm number three. 
But I'm not a number. 
Who or what am I?

Stabbed!

Two men are facing each other alone in a large room. There is a clock on the wall. One man, who thinks of himself as a prophet, says to the other, "In five minutes you'll be stabbed in the back." The other man is very distraught and stares at the clock. After five minutes he is stabbed in the back. What happened?

Music Composition

After Beethoven died music could be heard from his grave. People gathered around and they could hear his 8th symphony playing in reverse... Then the 7th... And the 6th. Suddenly the priest realized what was happening and made an announcement, "Everything is okay people! It's just Beethoven decomposing."

WRONG Direction

A little old man told his wife, "I have to go to my doctor's appointment now. I'll see you later." After he left, his wife sat down on the couch and watched television. A news report came on that someone was driving down the interstate highway in the wrong direction. 
Knowing that that was the route he would be on, she called to warn him, "Honey, there's a car going in the wrong direction!" 
The husband replied, "They're all going in the wrong direction!"

Rich Lawyer

A lawyer is getting out of his Rolls Royce and a truck slams into his car. He yells, "What the heck are you doing?!" 
The driver replies, "Are you serious, you care so much about money you didn't even notice your arm is missing?" 
At this point the lawyer freaks out, "And my Rolex!"

RRR!!!

A deckhand approaches the pirate captain and tells him, "The cannons be ready, captain." The captain replies, "Are."

Girlfriend

A man brings his girlfriend into his room and tells her to sit down "There is something I have to tell you." 
She replies "What is it?" 
He tells her "I don't want you to be my girlfriend anymore."
She immediately jumps up and screams at him "I never want to see you again!" 
The man, dumbfounded, says to himself "Well that was a waste of a $5,000 engagement ring..."

Missing teeth

A man went to the dentist because he was missing some teeth. 
The dentist asks him, "How exactly did this happen?" 
He replies, "My wife's bread is as hard as a rock!" 
The dentist says, "You could have said no to eating it." 
The man replies, "I know, how do you think this happened?"

Antique

An antique dealer is walking through town and sees a cat drinking milk from a saucer in a shop window. He is shocked when he realizes that the saucer is very rare and expensive. He enters the shop and asks the owner "Hey, I really like the cat. Would you be willing to sell it to me?" 
The store owner replies "Not for sale." 
The antique dealer thinking quickly responds "I'll give you $100 for it." 
The shop owner agrees and the antique dealer grabs the cat. He acts like he is about to leave then adds "Oh, would you mind throwing in the saucer, the cat seems to like it." 
The shop owner replies "No, that's my lucky saucer. I've sold hundreds of cats since I got it."

Dogs

A man with a dog walks into a bank that has a sign reading "No dogs." 
A security guard walks up to him and asks "Did you read the sign? No dogs." 
The man replies "I know. Someone should fix that. It should say one dog."

Pull it up

Round like a apple, deep like a cup, but all the kings horses can't pull it up. What is it?

Iceland

A very important man is about to take a trip to Iceland. He is awoken in the middle of the night by his security guard the night before he is supposed to leave. His guard tells him he needs to take a boat rather than a plane, because he just dreamt that the plane was going to crash. The guard leaves because it's the end of his shift. The man listens to his guard and takes a boat. Soon after arriving in Iceland he hears that the plane he was supposed to go on crashed. When he arrives home he fires his guard. Why?

Lying Liar

Every time a man lies his nose grows to 150 percent of its size. Every time he tells the truth it shrinks to 50 percent of its size. What will happen if he alternates between lies and the truth?

Few Points

I have a few points but we're not competing. And I'll help you win when you're eating. What am I?

There is a one story house. The walls are blue, the floor is pink, the stove and cupboards are red. What color are the stairs?

Three Men

If it takes three men two days to dig a hole, how long does it take one man to dig half of a hole?

Dad & Four Boys

A dad and his four boys stand in line. 
All crowned, they toil in darkness. 
Another family they see, two birds of a feather. 
All of them together clad in leather. 
What are they?

What you Don't need

Filled with garb, the price is free. 
Just return what you don't need. 
What am I?

Bending Blades

Countless blades that bend with a touch, exploited by kids who want to make a buck. What am I?

Relation

What relation would your father's sister's sister-in-law be to you?

A Jar

There are three jars full of equal amounts quarters, dimes, and penny's. Which one has the highest value?

Man Murder

A man murders his wife with a knife in their car. Nobody is around to see this. He throws her out of the car being careful not to leave any fingerprints on her body. Next he throws the knife off of a cliff into a gorge where it will never be found and he goes home. An hour later the police call him and tell him that his wife has been murdered and he needs to come to the scene of the crime immediately. As soon as he arrives, he is arrested. How did they know he did it?

Noble Cowardly

To give me to someone I don't belong to is cowardly, but to take me is noble. I can be a game, but there are no winners. What am I?

Break Break

What has to be broken before you can use it?

Window Washer

There was a window cleaner who was cleaning a window on the 25th floor of a skyscraper. He suddenly slips and falls. He has no safety equipment and nothing to soften his fall, but he is not hurt at all. How do you account for that?

Sleep Least

During what month do people sleep the least?

High Round

I'm round at the ends and high in the middle. What am I?

See through....

There is an ancient invention still used in some parts of the world today that allows people to see through walls. What is it?

I stare U, U stare I

I stare at you, you stare at me. 
I have three eyes, yet can't see. 
Every time I blink, I give you commands. 
You do as you are told, with your feet and hands. 
What am I?

Every Color

I have every color, but no gold. What am I?

No man Wants

What is it that no man wants, but no man wants to lose?

Something, Nothing

When you do not know what I am, then I am something. But when you know what I am, then I am nothing. What am I?

Droppings

Tom is on his grandpa's farm in the rabbit enclosure. The ground is covered in rabbit droppings. Tom asks, "What are all of the pellets on the floor grandpa?" His grandpa replies, "Oh those? Those are smart pills. You eat them and you get smarter." Tom likes the sound of that so he grabs a large handful of them and shoves them into his mouth, "Yuck! Grandpa, these taste like poo." His grandpa replies, "You're getting smarter already."

Throw me

When you need me, you throw me away. But when you're done with me, you bring me back. What am I?

Jump, Sit

What jumps when it walks and sits when it stands?

Ants on a Stick

Ants on a stick may only move left or right. If they bump into each other they bounce off of each other and immediately move in the opposite direction maintaining speed the entire time. The only time they change speed is when they fall off of the edge of the stick. If 25 ants are randomly put on a 1 meter long stick moving 1 meter per second, what is the longest amount of time it could take for them to all fall off?

Fast Food Chicken

A fast food restaurant sells chicken in orders of 6, 9, and 20. What is the largest number of pieces of chicken you cannot order from this restaurant?

Sound of ME

At the sound of me, men may dream, or they may stamp their feet. At the sound of me, women may laugh, or even weep. What am I?

10 letters

What has ten letters and starts with gas?

Short but Big

The shorter I am, the bigger I am. What am I?

Apples

There are five people and 5 apples in a basket. Each person gets an apple, yet the basket still has an apple in it. How is this possible?

Black Red

What goes in the water black and comes out red?

Chase me!!!

You may always chase me but you are always about 3 miles away. What am I?

Naming Organ

I am the only organ that named myself. What am I?

Foots

I have a foot on either side of me and one in the middle. What am I?

Large Stick

A man is walking through the park one day and sees a group of four boys standing in a circle. A smaller boy is holding a large stick and hands it to a larger boy saying "I couldn't do it, your turn." The larger boy swings the stick twice and the other two boys go to the ground. The smaller boy says "I'll get 'em next time." The man walks away smiling. What just happened?

Cheating

In an apartment complex in New York there are one hundred married couples. When one of the husbands cheats on his wife with one of the other wives, his wife has no idea. With the large amount of gossip in the complex, all of the other wives know he is cheating. If a wife finds out that her husband is cheating on her, she kills him the following morning. Someone anonymously sends an email to all of the wives in the building saying that at least 1 man is cheating on his wife in the building. How many husbands will be killed and how long will it take?

Eggies

John has some chickens that have been laying him plenty of eggs. He wants to give away his eggs to several of his friends, but he wants to give them all the same number of eggs. He figures out that he needs to give 7 of his friends eggs for them to get the same amount, otherwise there is 1 extra egg left. What is the least number of eggs he needs for this to be true?

Cup of Water

You have a large number of friends coming over and they all get thirsty. Your first friend asks for 1/2 a cup of water. Your second friend asks for 1/4 a cup of water. Your third friend asks for 1/8 a cup of water, etc. How many cups of water do you need to serve your friends?

You Shall Fall!

A natural state, I'm sought by all. Go without me, and you shall fall. You do me when you spend, and use me when you eat to no end. What am I?

Barrel of Wine

A man wants to have a party in thirty-one days where he will be serving his 1000 barrels of wine. The only problem is that one of his enemies poisoned one of the barrels. The poison kills any man who drinks any of the wine in about 30 days, give or take a few hours. The man has 10 plants that are also killed by the poison in 30 days and can be used to test the wine. How can identify the single poisoned barrel of wine?

High UP

100 feet in the air, yet its back is on the ground. What is it?

Never eat for Breakfast

What two things can you never eat for breakfast?

ON Detention

A teacher decides to give a pop quiz one day but all of her students refuse to take the quiz thinking that the teacher will call off the quiz. She can give only one of these students a detention for skipping the quiz. All of the students know each other's names and if a student knows he/she is getting a detention they take the quiz. How can she threaten her students with the single detention so they all take the quiz?

Letter Word

What is a word made up of 4 letters, yet is also made up of 3. Sometimes is written with 9 letters, and then with 4. Rarely consists of 6, and never is written with 5.

Enemy Kingdom

A knight and his men come back to the castle after a long day. 
The king asks him, "How are we faring?" 
The knight replies, "Sire, I have been robbing, pillaging and burning down the towns of your enemies in the north all day long." 
The king shrieks, "What?! I have no enemies in the north!" 
The knight replies, "Oh... You do now."

MNO

No matter the shape I sit in, you'll find me in a row. Although my name has no letters, my initials are MNO. What am I?

$100,000 Dollar bill

A man leaves an $100,000 dollar bill on his desk and leaves work. When he returns the money is gone. He has three suspects: the cook, the cleaning lady, and the mail guy. The cook says he put the money under a book on his desk to keep it safe. They check and it is no longer there. The maid says she moved it when she was cleaning to the inside of the book between page 1 and 2. They open the book and look between page number 1 and 2 but it isn't there. The mail guy says he saw it sticking out of the book and to keep it safe he moved it to between page number 2 and 3. Once they are done the culprit is promptly arrested. Who did it and how did he know?

PeePee

A man walks up to a bartender and tells him "I bet you $5,000 I can pee into a cup all the way across your bar." The bartender, knowing this is impossible, agrees. They set it up and the man starts peeing all over the place, missing the cup completely. The bartender gets begins to cheer because he know he just won $5,000. The man walks over to his friends and comes back to the bartender. He pays the bartender his money with a grin on his face. The bartender asks him "Why are you so happy? You just lost $5,000." The man replies "I know, but I bet my friends $10,000 dollars that you would cheer while I pee all over the bar."

Up then Down

What goes up, lets out a load, then goes back down?

Animal Crackers

Little Tommy asks his mom if he can have some animal crackers. His mom gives him a box of crackers and tells him he can have a few. His mom leaves and comes back in a few minutes finding all of the crackers on the floor with Tommy looking through them. His mother asks "What are you doing Tommy?" Tommy replies "It said don't eat if the seal was already broken. But I can't find a seal!"

Talking DOG

A man walks into a bar with his dog but the bartender says "You can't bring your dog into here!" 
The man replies "but this is no ordinary dog. You see, this dog can talk. I'll prove it to you. What covers trees?" The dog replies "Bark!" 
He asks "What's on top of a house?" The dog answers "Roof!" 
Finally the man asks "Who's your favorite baseball player?" The dog says "Ruth!" 
The bartender immediately throws them both out. 
The man says "What was that guy's problem?" 
The dog answers "Maybe he's not a fan of the Yankees."

Hourglass

If you have an 11 minute and 13 minute hourglass, how can you accurately time 15 minutes?

Prison Strategy

There is a prison with 100 prisoners, each in separate cells with no form of contact. There is an area in the prison with a single light bulb in it. Each day, the warden picks one of the prisoners at random, even if they have been picked before, and takes them out to the lobby. The prisoner will have the choice to flip the switch if they want. The light bulb starts off. When a prisoner is taken into the area with the light bulb, he can also say "Every prisoner has been brought to the light bulb." If this is true all prisoners will go free. However, if a prisoner chooses to say this and it's wrong, all the prisoners will be executed. So a prisoner should only say this if he knows it is true for sure. 
Before the first day of this process begins, all the prisoners are allowed to get together to discuss a strategy to eventually save themselves. 
What strategy could they use to ensure they will go free?

20 20

A criminal is brought into a prison for major crimes. The warden informs him that he will be shot in the middle of the prison by 20 of his men. The prisoner is fine with that but he asks for some conditions "All of your men must stand 20 feet away from me and I must be able to select where each of them stands. If I survive, I get to leave." The warden thinks about it and knows that all of his men will still have an open shot at the criminal, so he agrees. 
The next day immediately after the firing squad is positioned the criminal walks out untouched. 
How did he do it?

It not

Whoever makes it, tells it not. Whoever takes it, knows it not. Whoever knows it, wants it not. What is it?

T

What starts with the letter "t", is filled with "t" and ends in "t"?

Next up

What is the next number in the sequence? 
1 
11 
21 
1211 
111221 
312211

Sub-Train

A man in New York City has $10. He spends $6.50 on flowers, and $3 on lunch (hot coffee and a hot dog). He then gets on the subway which will take him 7 stops for 50 cents. But he is forced to get off of the subway just 5 stops away from where he began. Why is this?

What's her name?

A smooth dance, a ball sport, a place to stay, an Asian country, and a girl's name. What's her name?

Bad Lawyer

A man is in court for killing his wife. In the closing statements the man's lawyer surprises everyone when he announces "His wife was just missing. Everyone look at those doors. His wife is going to walk in those doors in about 30 seconds."The entire court is silent and the jury stares at the door as the lawyer and the defendant stare at them. After a couple of minutes the lawyer says "See! If you were so sure he killed his wife, you wouldn't be watching that door!" 
The jury goes into deliberation and comes back almost immediately with a guilty verdict. 
Why did the jury convict him?

Black & White Hats

There are four men: Abe, Butch, Cam, and Dan. There are four hats: two white and two black. They each get a hat: Abe gets black, Butch gets white, Cam gets black, and Dan gets white. They don't know what hat color they have. Abe goes into a room so that no one can see his hat. The others line up in front of the door in the order Butch, Cam, and Dan (Butch can't see the others hats, Cam can see Butch's, and Dan can see Cam and Butch's hats). Whoever can figure out their hat color first wins $1,000. If they are wrong they are out of the running. Which man can figure out his hat color without a doubt?

Bank Robbery

A bank is getting robbed and one of the robbers tells one of the tellers to give him all of the money. The teller tells him she doesn't have access to it. Suddenly the phone rings. The robber tells the teller to answer it and not give them away. She picks up the phone and it happens to be her mother. She tells her mother "Is this an emergency mom? Call me when I get home, I could use some help painting." Then she hangs up. The robbers continue to try to get into the vault but twenty minutes later the police show up with the tellers mom and arrest them all. How did the police know about the robbery?

Pirates!!!

Five pirates are parting ways after finding a treasure of 100 pieces of gold. The pirates decide to split it based on a vote. Each pirate, from oldest to youngest, gets to propose a plan on how to split the gold. If at least 50 percent of the other remaining pirates agree on the plan, that is how they will split the gold. If less than 50 percent of the pirates agree, the pirate who came up with the plan will be thrown overboard. Each pirate is smart, greedy, and wants to throw as many others overboard as possible without reducing the amount of gold they get. What plan can the first (oldest) pirate propose to live and get as much gold as possible?

500

500 is at my end and my start, yet 5 is at my heart. The first letter and the first number make me complete. My name is that of a king. What am I?

Prisoners

There are 100 prisoners lining up to go to jail. Each prisoner is wearing a hat that is either black or white. The prisoners don't know their own hat color, just the hat color of those in front of them in line (the first prisoner in line can't see anyone's hat and the last prisoner can see everyone's hat except their own). Starting from the back, one of the guards asks each prisoner what color their hat is. If they are correct they get to go free but if they are wrong they go to jail. If the prisoners get to discuss a plan, how can at least 99 of them be saved?

The Ant

An ant gets onto one end of a tight rope that is 1 meter long. The ant is traveling at 1 centimeter per second, but the entire rope is being stretched an extra 1 meter a second (it can be stretched forever). 
Will the ant ever reach the other end of the rope?

Tom & Sally

Tom wants to send Sally an expensive ring through the mail because they live thousands of miles apart. The only problem is that everything sent through the mail is stolen unless there is a lock put on it. Both Tom and Sally have plenty of locks and keys but they don't have any of the same locks or keys. 
How can Tom send Sally the ring without it getting stolen?

Work under Pressure

Under pressure is the only way I work, and by myself is the only way I'm hurt. What am I?

Warden

The warden of a circular jail is extremely hyper one day so he begins running around opening cells. The jail has 100 cells numbered from 1 to 100. He runs in a circle and opens all of the cells. Next he runs around and closes every 2nd cell (starting with cell 2, 4, 6 , etc.). If a cell is open he closes it and if a cell is closed he opens it. When he finishes running by all 100 cells he opens/closes every 3rd cell (starting with 3, 6, 9, 12 etc.), then every 4th cell (starting with 4, 8, 12, etc.) and so on. 
He does this until he goes around and only changes the 100th cell. When he is done what cells will be open?

I'm Not

I'm not a pool, a tree, a slave, a website, or a shirt. What am I?

DETENTION

A teacher decides to give a pop quiz one day but all of her students refuse to take the quiz thinking that the teacher will call off the quiz. She can give only one of these students a detention for skipping the quiz. All of the students know each other's names and if a student knows he/she is getting a detention they take the quiz. 
How can she threaten her students with the single detention so they all take the quiz?

1 of the US

My first is often at the front door. My second is found in the cereal family. My third is what most people want. My whole is one of the United States. What am I?

Tall & Short

I’m tall when I’m young and I’m short when I’m old. What am I?

Go through a fall

After you go through a fall I will take over. All life will stall, or at least grow slower. What am I?

COCO

You have two coconuts and you want to find out how high they can be dropped from a 100 story building before they break. 
But you only have $1.40 and the elevator costs a dime each time you ride it up (it's free for rides down). 
How can you drop the coconuts to guarantee you will find the lowest floor they will break at, while starting and ending at floor 1? 
Note: They break when dropped from the same height and they don't weaken from getting dropped.

WE

We hurt without moving. 
We poison without touching. 
We bear the truth and the lies. 
We are not to be judged by our size. 
What are we?

It KILLS You

It brings light to a dark dark world, In a current it travels and through tunnels it's hurled. Touch it and it'll kill you. What is it?

Can Be

I can be cracked, I can be made. I can be told, I can be played. What am I?

More or Less

The more of me you have, the longer your life. The more of me you have, the less you have left. What am I?

Poison Tea

Two girls ate dinner together. They both ordered ice tea. One girl drank them very fast and drank five of them in the time it took the other to drink one. The girl who drank one died while the other survived. All of the drinks were poisoned. Why did the girl that drank more ice tea survive?

Gold Coin

Two men find an old gold coin and want to have a coin toss with it to decide who gets it. The only problem is the coin is heavier on one side so it comes up heads more than tails. What is a fair way for the men to toss the coin and decide who gets the coin?

I'm not for you

If you're looking for something sweet I know what to do. But if you don't like heat I'm not for you. What am I?

ME

Smell me, buy me, and deliver me. I won't change. What am I?

See me

If it's information you seek, come and see me. If it's pairs of letters you need, I have consecutively three. Who am I?

Right Cylinder Glass

You have a glass of water that looks about half full. How can you tell, only using the glass of water itself, if the glass is half full or not? The glass is a right cylinder.