Before Mount Everest was discovered, what was the highest mountain in the world?

They came out at night, without being called.
They lost at day, without being stolen.
Who are they?

What word begins and ends with an E, but has only one letter?

Three ants are going up a hill, one behind the other. The last ant then says to the other ants, 'There is an ant behind me!'' How come?

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

A man started to town with a fox, a goose, and a sack of corn. He came to a stream which he had to cross in a tiny boat. He could only take one across at a time. He could not leave the fox alone with the goose or the goose alone with the corn. How did he get them all safely over the stream?

How many times can you subtract the number 5 from 25?

The dirtier I get, the whiter I look. Who am I?

A new Engineering building containing 100 offices had just been completed. John was hired to paint the numbers 1 to 100 on the doors. How many times will John have to paint the number nine (9)?

I am the beginning of the end, and the end of time and space. I am essential to creation, and I surround every place. What am I?