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1: I am not alive, but I grow. I don’t have lungs, but I need air. What am I?
Hint: I consume things and leave ash.
Answer: fire
2: What has keys but can’t open locks?
Hint: You press it to play music.
Answer: piano
3: What can fill a room but takes up no space?
Hint: It helps you see things.
Answer: light
4: I’m tall when I’m young and short when I’m old. What am I?
Hint: I melt slowly.
Answer: candle
5: The more you take, the more you leave behind. What are they?
Hint: You make them when you walk.
Answer: footsteps
6: What has keys but can’t open locks?
Hint: You press it to play music.
Answer: piano
7: What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?
Hint: It’s hidden in spelling.
Answer: the letter m
8: I am not alive, but I grow. I don’t have lungs, but I need air. What am I?
Hint: I consume things and leave ash.
Answer: fire
9: Forward I am heavy, but backward I’m not. What am I?
Hint: Try spelling me both ways.
Answer: ton
10: I’m tall when I’m young and short when I’m old. What am I?
Hint: I melt slowly.
Answer: candle
11: I’m tall when I’m young and short when I’m old. What am I?
Hint: I melt slowly.
Answer: candle
12: I’m tall when I’m young and short when I’m old. What am I?
Hint: I melt slowly.
Answer: candle
13: Forward I am heavy, but backward I’m not. What am I?
Hint: Try spelling me both ways.
Answer: ton
14: What can fill a room but takes up no space?
Hint: It helps you see things.
Answer: light
15: The more you take, the more you leave behind. What are they?
Hint: You make them when you walk.
Answer: footsteps
16: I’m tall when I’m young and short when I’m old. What am I?
Hint: I melt slowly.
Answer: candle
17: The more you take, the more you leave behind. What are they?
Hint: You make them when you walk.
Answer: footsteps
18: I am not alive, but I grow. I don’t have lungs, but I need air. What am I?
Hint: I consume things and leave ash.
Answer: fire
19: What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?
Hint: It’s hidden in spelling.
Answer: the letter m
20: What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?
Hint: It’s hidden in spelling.
Answer: the letter m
21: What can fill a room but takes up no space?
Hint: It helps you see things.
Answer: light
22: What can fill a room but takes up no space?
Hint: It helps you see things.
Answer: light
23: I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. I have no body, but I come alive with the wind. What am I?
Hint: It's a sound you can hear in mountains.
Answer: echo
24: What has keys but can’t open locks?
Hint: You press it to play music.
Answer: piano
25: The more you take, the more you leave behind. What are they?
Hint: You make them when you walk.
Answer: footsteps
26: Forward I am heavy, but backward I’m not. What am I?
Hint: Try spelling me both ways.
Answer: ton
27: What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?
Hint: It’s hidden in spelling.
Answer: the letter m
28: Forward I am heavy, but backward I’m not. What am I?
Hint: Try spelling me both ways.
Answer: ton
29: I’m tall when I’m young and short when I’m old. What am I?
Hint: I melt slowly.
Answer: candle
30: What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?
Hint: It’s hidden in spelling.
Answer: the letter m
31: What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?
Hint: It’s hidden in spelling.
Answer: the letter m
32: I am not alive, but I grow. I don’t have lungs, but I need air. What am I?
Hint: I consume things and leave ash.
Answer: fire
33: What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?
Hint: It’s hidden in spelling.
Answer: the letter m
34: I have cities, but no houses. I have mountains, but no trees. I have water, but no fish. What am I?
Hint: You fold me to find places.
Answer: map
35: What has keys but can’t open locks?
Hint: You press it to play music.
Answer: piano
36: Forward I am heavy, but backward I’m not. What am I?
Hint: Try spelling me both ways.
Answer: ton
37: I have cities, but no houses. I have mountains, but no trees. I have water, but no fish. What am I?
Hint: You fold me to find places.
Answer: map
38: What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?
Hint: It’s hidden in spelling.
Answer: the letter m
39: Forward I am heavy, but backward I’m not. What am I?
Hint: Try spelling me both ways.
Answer: ton
40: What has keys but can’t open locks?
Hint: You press it to play music.
Answer: piano
41: The more you take, the more you leave behind. What are they?
Hint: You make them when you walk.
Answer: footsteps
42: I am not alive, but I grow. I don’t have lungs, but I need air. What am I?
Hint: I consume things and leave ash.
Answer: fire
43: What has keys but can’t open locks?
Hint: You press it to play music.
Answer: piano
44: What can fill a room but takes up no space?
Hint: It helps you see things.
Answer: light
45: I am not alive, but I grow. I don’t have lungs, but I need air. What am I?
Hint: I consume things and leave ash.
Answer: fire
46: What has keys but can’t open locks?
Hint: You press it to play music.
Answer: piano
47: Forward I am heavy, but backward I’m not. What am I?
Hint: Try spelling me both ways.
Answer: ton
48: I’m tall when I’m young and short when I’m old. What am I?
Hint: I melt slowly.
Answer: candle
49: I am not alive, but I grow. I don’t have lungs, but I need air. What am I?
Hint: I consume things and leave ash.
Answer: fire
50: What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?
Hint: It’s hidden in spelling.
Answer: the letter m
51: What has keys but can’t open locks?
Hint: You press it to play music.
Answer: piano
52: Forward I am heavy, but backward I’m not. What am I?
Hint: Try spelling me both ways.
Answer: ton
53: I have cities, but no houses. I have mountains, but no trees. I have water, but no fish. What am I?
Hint: You fold me to find places.
Answer: map
54: What has keys but can’t open locks?
Hint: You press it to play music.
Answer: piano
55: Forward I am heavy, but backward I’m not. What am I?
Hint: Try spelling me both ways.
Answer: ton
56: I have cities, but no houses. I have mountains, but no trees. I have water, but no fish. What am I?
Hint: You fold me to find places.
Answer: map
57: I have cities, but no houses. I have mountains, but no trees. I have water, but no fish. What am I?
Hint: You fold me to find places.
Answer: map
58: I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. I have no body, but I come alive with the wind. What am I?
Hint: It's a sound you can hear in mountains.
Answer: echo
59: I’m tall when I’m young and short when I’m old. What am I?
Hint: I melt slowly.
Answer: candle
60: I have cities, but no houses. I have mountains, but no trees. I have water, but no fish. What am I?
Hint: You fold me to find places.
Answer: map
61: I am not alive, but I grow. I don’t have lungs, but I need air. What am I?
Hint: I consume things and leave ash.
Answer: fire
62: What has keys but can’t open locks?
Hint: You press it to play music.
Answer: piano
63: What has keys but can’t open locks?
Hint: You press it to play music.
Answer: piano
64: The person who makes it, sells it. The person who buys it never uses it. What is it?
Hint: Used only once and you never see it.
Answer: coffin
65: I’m tall when I’m young and short when I’m old. What am I?
Hint: I melt slowly.
Answer: candle
66: I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. I have no body, but I come alive with the wind. What am I?
Hint: It's a sound you can hear in mountains.
Answer: echo
67: What can fill a room but takes up no space?
Hint: It helps you see things.
Answer: light
68: I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. I have no body, but I come alive with the wind. What am I?
Hint: It's a sound you can hear in mountains.
Answer: echo
69: The more you take, the more you leave behind. What are they?
Hint: You make them when you walk.
Answer: footsteps
70: What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?
Hint: It’s hidden in spelling.
Answer: the letter m
71: The more you take, the more you leave behind. What are they?
Hint: You make them when you walk.
Answer: footsteps
72: The more you take, the more you leave behind. What are they?
Hint: You make them when you walk.
Answer: footsteps
73: I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. I have no body, but I come alive with the wind. What am I?
Hint: It's a sound you can hear in mountains.
Answer: echo
74: Forward I am heavy, but backward I’m not. What am I?
Hint: Try spelling me both ways.
Answer: ton
75: I have cities, but no houses. I have mountains, but no trees. I have water, but no fish. What am I?
Hint: You fold me to find places.
Answer: map
76: I am not alive, but I grow. I don’t have lungs, but I need air. What am I?
Hint: I consume things and leave ash.
Answer: fire
77: What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?
Hint: It’s hidden in spelling.
Answer: the letter m
78: I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. I have no body, but I come alive with the wind. What am I?
Hint: It's a sound you can hear in mountains.
Answer: echo
79: The more you take, the more you leave behind. What are they?
Hint: You make them when you walk.
Answer: footsteps
80: I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. I have no body, but I come alive with the wind. What am I?
Hint: It's a sound you can hear in mountains.
Answer: echo
81: I have cities, but no houses. I have mountains, but no trees. I have water, but no fish. What am I?
Hint: You fold me to find places.
Answer: map
82: I have cities, but no houses. I have mountains, but no trees. I have water, but no fish. What am I?
Hint: You fold me to find places.
Answer: map
83: The more you take, the more you leave behind. What are they?
Hint: You make them when you walk.
Answer: footsteps
84: Forward I am heavy, but backward I’m not. What am I?
Hint: Try spelling me both ways.
Answer: ton
85: Forward I am heavy, but backward I’m not. What am I?
Hint: Try spelling me both ways.
Answer: ton
86: What can fill a room but takes up no space?
Hint: It helps you see things.
Answer: light
87: Forward I am heavy, but backward I’m not. What am I?
Hint: Try spelling me both ways.
Answer: ton
88: What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?
Hint: It’s hidden in spelling.
Answer: the letter m
89: I’m tall when I’m young and short when I’m old. What am I?
Hint: I melt slowly.
Answer: candle
90: I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. I have no body, but I come alive with the wind. What am I?
Hint: It's a sound you can hear in mountains.
Answer: echo
91: I have cities, but no houses. I have mountains, but no trees. I have water, but no fish. What am I?
Hint: You fold me to find places.
Answer: map
92: What has keys but can’t open locks?
Hint: You press it to play music.
Answer: piano
93: The person who makes it, sells it. The person who buys it never uses it. What is it?
Hint: Used only once and you never see it.
Answer: coffin
94: Forward I am heavy, but backward I’m not. What am I?
Hint: Try spelling me both ways.
Answer: ton
95: I have cities, but no houses. I have mountains, but no trees. I have water, but no fish. What am I?
Hint: You fold me to find places.
Answer: map
96: The person who makes it, sells it. The person who buys it never uses it. What is it?
Hint: Used only once and you never see it.
Answer: coffin
97: The person who makes it, sells it. The person who buys it never uses it. What is it?
Hint: Used only once and you never see it.
Answer: coffin
98: I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. I have no body, but I come alive with the wind. What am I?
Hint: It's a sound you can hear in mountains.
Answer: echo
99: What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?
Hint: It’s hidden in spelling.
Answer: the letter m
100: Forward I am heavy, but backward I’m not. What am I?
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