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Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 1hrs 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. I have no body, but I come alive with wind. What am I?

a)

Wind

b)

Echo

c)

Air

2.

I have cities, but no houses. I have mountains, but no trees. I have water, but no fish. What am I?

a)

Land Design

b)

Map

c)

Picture

3.

I have keys, but no locks and space, and no rooms. You can enter, but you can’t go outside. What am I?

a)

A keyboard

b)

A Masterkey

c)

A Modulekey

4.

What is white when dirty and black when clean

a)

Cardbord

b)

Cardboard

c)

Chalkboard

d)

Chalkbord

5.

What can you catch but cannot throw

a)

ball

b)

Shovel

c)

Cold

d)

Hot

6.

Can you name two consecutive days without using the words Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, or Sunday?

a)

Sunday

b)

Today

c)

Tomorrow

d)

Nothing

7.

What occurs once in a minute, twice in a moment but NEVER in a thousand years?

a)

The Letter T

b)

The Letter E

c)

The Letter M

d)

The Letter O

8.

How many months have 28 days?

a)

All

b)

March

c)

Febuary

d)

August

9.

What belongs to you but others use it more than you?

a)

towel

b)

sink

c)

yourself

d)

name

10.

What two things can you never eat for breakfast?

a)

blanket

b)

snow

c)

lunch

d)

dinner

11.

In a race, if you pass the person in second place, what place are you in?

a)

Third

b)

First

c)

Second

d)

Fourth

12.

David's father has four kids, Larry, Barry, and Cary. Who is the fourth son?

a)

Mary

b)

David

c)

David's Father

d)

Parry

13.
What question can you never answer "yes" to?
a)
Do you like me?
b)
Are you  Asleep?
c)
Do you like the show?
d)
Do you know who I am?
14.

I'm tall when i'm young and i'm short when i'm old. What Am i?

a)

A Candle

b)

A Backwards Person

c)

I Don't Know

d)

...uh...light?

15.

What Has An Eye But Cannot see?

a)

A Hurricane

b)

A Blind Person

c)

Somebody With there Eyes Glued Shut

d)

A Needle

16.

You are driving and you are hungry and thirsty.On the road you find 2 doors.1 has food and 1 has water(drinkable).:Question:What door do you open first?

a)

your car door

b)

the food places door

c)

the water places door

d)

no door

17.

What kind of room has no doors or windows

a)

a hotel room

b)

a mushroom

c)

a doorles bathroom

d)

a plain room

18.

What month do people sleep the least

a)

December

b)

they are all the same

c)

January

d)

February

19.

You are my brother, but I am not your brother. Who am I?

a)

You are my dad

b)

I'm your sister

c)

I'm Jimmy

d)

I'm your cousin

20.

What has to be broken before you can use it?

a)

a egg

b)

a window

c)

glass

21.
10 Fish are in a tank. 2 Drown. 4 Swim Away. 3 Die. How many are left?
a)
10
b)
7
c)
1
d)
0
22.
I have a bed, but never sleep. I run but I cannot stop. I have a mouth, but I never talk. What am I?
a)
A river
b)
Ocean
c)
Computer
d)
Robot
23.

What has 4 eyes but can't see?

a)

spider

b)

Mississippi

c)

a needle

d)

a storm

24.

What has a head, a tail, is brown, and has no legs?

a)

Coin

b)

Penny

c)

None

d)

Both

25.
What gets wet while it dries?
a)
Towel
b)
Pool
c)
Broom
d)
Shirt
26.

What can you break, even if you never pick it up or touch it?

a)

Glass

b)

Mirror

c)

Promise

27.

You walk into a room that contains a match, a kerosene lamp, a candle and a fireplace. What would you light first?

a)

Candle

b)

Kerosene lamp

c)

Fireplace

d)

Match

28.

I follow you all the time and copy your every move, but you can’t touch me or catch me. What am I?

(a)  

29.

What has legs, but doesn’t walk?

(a)  

30.

What kind of band never plays music?

(a)  

31.

What has many teeth, but can’t bite?

(a)  

32.

What has a thumb and four fingers, but is not a hand?

(a)  

33.

The more of this there is, the less you see. What is it?

a)

Black

b)

Darkness

c)

Trees

d)

Moon

34.

What is always in front of you but can’t be seen?

a)

Mistake

b)

Future

c)

Shadow

d)

Mirror

35.

Imagine you are in a room with no windows or doors. How will you get out?

a)

Jump over the window

b)

Break the door

c)

Stop imagining

d)

Call up someone for help

e)

Cry

36.

I am (a)   . I’m orange, I wear a green hat and I sound like a parrot. What am I?

37.

I am (a)   . I have 6 faces and 21 eyes, but can't see a thing.

38.

I am (a)   . Tear one off and scratch my head. What once was red is black instead

39.

What is seen in the middle of March and April that can’t be seen at the beginning or end of either month?

a)

Letter R

b)

Letter A

40.

What is in seasons, seconds, centuries and minutes but not in decades, years or days?

a)

The letter 's'

b)

The letter 'n'

c)

The letter 'e''

d)

The letter 'a'