Q: Alive without breath, as cold as death, never thirsty, ever drinking, clad in mail, never clinking, drowns on dry land, thinks an island is an mountain, thinks a fountain is a puff of air. What am I?
A: A fish
Q: This thing all things devours: birds, beasts, trees, flowers, gnaws iron, bites steel, grind hard stones to meal, slays king, ruins town and beats high mountain down. What am I?
A: Time
Q: The cost of making only the maker knows, valueless if bought but sometimes traded. A poor man may give one as easily as a king. When one is broken pain and deceit are assured. What am I?
A: Promise
Q: Three lives have I. Gentle enough to soothe the skin, light enough to caress the sky, hard enough to crack rocks. What am I?
A: Water
Q: A man was found dead in his study. He was slumped over his desk and a gun was in his hand. There was a cassette recorder on his desk. When the police entered the room and pressed the play button on the tape recorder they heard: "I can't go on. I have nothing to live for". Then there was the sound of a gunshot. How did the detective immediately know that the man had been murdered and it wasn't a suicide?
A: The cassette had started at the beginning of the man's utterance. Someone else had to be there to rewind the tape
Q: Before mount Everest was discovered, what was the highest mountain on earth?
A: Mount Everest
Q: If there are fifteen crows on a fence and the farmer shoots a third of them. How many crows are left?
A: None. The rest of the crows flew away when they heard the gunshot
Q: In a tunnel of darkness lies a beast of iron. It can only attack when pulled back. What is it?
A: A bullet
Q: What clothing does a house wear?
A: A dress, address, get it
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