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S. No.	Question Title
1	What gets wetter and wetter the more it dries?
2	You throw away the outside and cook the inside. Then you eat the outside and throw away the inside. What did you eat?
3	What goes up and down the stairs without moving?
4	What can you catch but not throw?
5	I can run but not walk. Wherever I go, thought follows close behind. What am I?
6	What's black and white and red all over?
7	What goes around the world but stays in a corner?
8	I have holes in my top and bottom, my left and right, and in the middle. But I still hold water. What am I?
9	Give me food, and I will live; give me water, and I will die. What am I?
10	The man who invented it doesn't want it. The man who bought it doesn't need it. The man who needs it doesn't know it. What is it?
11	I run over fields and woods all day. Under the bed at night I sit not alone. My tongue hangs out, up and to the rear, awaiting to be filled in the morning. What am I?
12	Throw it off the highest building, and I'll not break. But put me in the ocean, and I will. What am I?
13	What can run but never walks, has a mouth but never talks, has a head but never weeps, has a bed but never sleeps?
14	No sooner spoken than broken. What is it?
15	A certain crime is punishable if attempted but not punishable if committed. What is it?
16	You use a knife to slice my head and weep beside me when I am dead. What am I?
17	I'm the part of the bird that's not in the sky. I can swim in the ocean and yet remain dry. What am I?
18	I am mother and father, but never birth or nurse. I'm rarely still, but I never wander. What am I?
19	I went into the woods and got it. I sat down to seek it. I brought it home with me because I couldn't find it. What is it?
20	I am weightless, but you can see me. Put me in a bucket, and I'll make it lighter. What am I?
21	I never was, am always to be, No one ever saw me, nor ever will, And yet I am the confidence of all To live and breathe on this terrestrial ball.What am I?
22	I'm light as a feather, yet the strongest man can't hold me for much more than a minute. What am I?
23	I am the black child of a white father, a wingless bird, flying even to the clouds of heaven. I give birth to tears of mourning in pupils that meet me, even though there is no cause for grief, and at once on my birth I am dissolved into air. What am I?
24	Pronounced as one letter, And written with three, Two letters there are, And two only in me. I'm double, I'm single, I'm black, blue, and gray, I'm read from both ends, And the same either way. What am I?
25	At night they come without being fetched, and by day they are lost without being stolen. What are they?
26	If we say MUMMY, they come together & go apart when we say DADDY. what are they?
27	What goes up & never comes down?
28	Patches over patches but no stitches; What is it?
29	What is that we cannot see, but is always before you?
30	What goes up & down a hill, but never moves?
31	You can never wet it. What is it?
32	What belongs to You, but used by your friends more often you do?
33	I am the beginning of the end. You can see mee twice in a week but not in a day, once in a year but twice in a decade. What am I?

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taryn@ravemail.co.za on Mon, Mar 12th, 2007 at 9:13 AM

17 - The bird's shadow

puppyluvr4life@carolina.rr.com on Mon, Apr 16th, 2007 at 3:03 PM

2. corn on the cob 3. the railing 4. a cold 5. your nose (thought = brain) 12. a tissue 14. silence 15. suicide? not sure 17. the birds shadow 19. an idea?? not sure bout this one either 22. fire ~~hope that helps!

lizrnm@yahoo.com on Sun, Apr 22nd, 2007 at 5:19 PM

this is all I've got: 1. Towel 2. Corn on the Cob 3. Railing 4. a Cold 6. Newspaper (red = read) 11. Shoe 12. Wave 14. Secret 15. Suicide 16. an Onion? 20. Hole 22. a Breath 25. the Stars

chooshuweet@gmail.com on Mon, May 7th, 2007 at 9:00 AM

21.oxygen

kbgan@starhub.com on Wed, Jun 20th, 2007 at 1:45 AM

7 Stamp

suryganesh@gmail.com on Sun, Jun 24th, 2007 at 8:29 AM

Please give the answer. It is very hard to find.

kryton@orcon.net.nz on Tue, Jun 26th, 2007 at 9:40 PM

1: A Towel

tanvir30bd@yahoo.com on Wed, Jul 11th, 2007 at 3:25 AM

Question 1. Ice

nospam@email.org on Fri, Aug 10th, 2007 at 5:19 AM

Here are the answers.
1. Towel
2. Corn on the Cob
3. Railing
4. Cold
6. Newspaper (Red means Read)
7. A Postage Stamp
9. Fire
10. Coffin
11. Shoes/Boots
12. Paper Napkin or Tissue Paper
13. River
14. Silence
15. Suicide
16. Onion
17. Bird's Shadow
18. A Tree
20. Hole
21. Oxygen
22. Breath
23. Smoke
24. Eye
25. Stars in the Sky.

annna@msn.com on Sun, Aug 5th, 2007 at 3:02 AM

19. a splinter!

khushi116@yahoo.co.in on Fri, Aug 10th, 2007 at 10:30 AM

8. Sponge

ashwini_kanchi@rediffmail.com on Sat, Aug 11th, 2007 at 1:14 AM

i think the ans for 22 is breath

anbust@yahoo.co.in on Mon, Sep 10th, 2007 at 2:12 AM

3. Escalator. I want to know the answers of those questions.

addictedlover2006@yahoo.com on Sat, Sep 22nd, 2007 at 5:11 AM

absolutely fantastic

smilesyami@gmail.com on Sun, Sep 23rd, 2007 at 5:35 AM

32.name

arumai.selvam@tcs.com on Mon, Oct 1st, 2007 at 7:13 AM

Quite refreshing yet challenging.

thankachan.saji@gmail.com on Tue, Oct 9th, 2007 at 12:12 AM

32) my name & mobile no.

sharon_goodnews@rediffmail.com on Thu, Oct 18th, 2007 at 5:57 AM

27.age

nali_kumar86@yahoo.co.in on Tue, Oct 16th, 2007 at 7:15 AM

The answer for 26 is lips.

sudhakar.m2002@gmail.com on Sun, Oct 14th, 2007 at 2:07 AM

This exercise is very helpful to increase my brainpower. Answer to 26 is lips.

anandkumar.yellamanchili@cognizant.com on Mon, Oct 22nd, 2007 at 6:09 AM

8. Sponge 25. Stars 26. Lips 30. Road 31. Water 32. Name

rhakhee_bhikha@yahoo.co.uk on Thu, Oct 25th, 2007 at 4:13 AM

1. A Towel 2. Corn / Mealies 3. The Railing 4. A Cold 5. Your Nose 6. A Newspaper 7. A Postage Stamp 8. A Sponge 9. A Fire 10. A Coffin 11. Shoes 12. Paper 13. A River 14. Silence 15. Suicide 16. Onion 17. Bird's Shadow 18. A Tree 19. A Splinter 20. A Hole 21. Oxygen 22. Breath 23. Smoke 24. Eye 25. The Stars 26. Your Lips 27. Age 28. A Cabbage Patch 29. The Future 30. A Road 31. The only one I couldn't figure out. 32. Your name If anyone has the answer to No. 31, please share.

rubabrv@hotmail.com on Fri, Nov 2nd, 2007 at 5:42 AM

9. Fire, 10. Coffin, 13. River, 26. Lips, 31. Water. I tried to answer those which have not been answered. I hope these are right answers.

pinkyjain@yahoo.co.in on Tue, Nov 20th, 2007 at 5:02 AM

it was good

adyasha_14@yahoo.com on Fri, Nov 30th, 2007 at 5:36 AM

2. corn 6. newspaper 4. cold

kamaljeet_sachdev@yahoo.com on Thu, Dec 6th, 2007 at 12:52 PM

31. Water

ben.ninan2007@yahoo.com on Thu, Dec 6th, 2007 at 10:31 PM

No. 1 - Towel

rmlahoti@gmail.com on Fri, Dec 7th, 2007 at 8:40 AM

16. Onion