If you were standing directly on Antarctica's South Pole facing north, which direction would you travel if you took one step backward? North -- all directions from the South Pole are north.

If you were locked in a concrete room with no windows or doors, and all you have with you is a bed and a calendar, how would you eat and drink? Dates from the calendar, and water from the bed springs.
If you have it, you want to share it, but if you share it, you don't have it. What is it? A secret
If two's company, and three's a crowd, what are four and five? Nine.
If a rooster laid a brown egg and a white egg, what kind of chicks would hatch? None, roosters can't lay eggs!
I know a word of letters three. Add two and fewer there will be. What is the word? Few
How much dirt is in a hole 4 feet deep and 2 feet wide? There is no dirt in the ""hole"".
How many times can you subtract the number 5 from 25? Only once. After that, you will be subtracting 5 from 20, then 5 from 15, etc.
How many bricks does it take to complete a building made of brick? Only one, the last one!
Forward I am heavy, but backward I am not. What am I? A ""ton""
Even if they are starving, natives living in the Arctic will never eat a penguin's egg. Why not? There are no penguins in the Arctic; they are native to Antarctica.
Clara Clatter was born on December 27th, yet her birthday is always in the summer. How is this possible? She lives in the southern hemisphere where the seasons are reversed from those in the U.S.
What is the tallest building in town? The library -- it has a lot of stories!
As I was going to St. Ives, I met a man with seven wives, the seven wives had seven sacks, the seven sacks had seven cats, the seven cats had seven kittens; kittens, cats, sacks and wives, how many were going to St. Ives? One! It doesn't say that the people he met along the way were going to St. Ives!
What doesn't get any wetter, no matter how much rain falls on it? Water
The one who made it, didn't want it. The one who bought it, didn't need it. The one who used it, never saw it. What is it? A coffin