General Riddles

A man is pushing his car along the road when he comes to a hotel. He shouts, "I'm bankrupt!" Why?
He was playing Monopoly.

What happens when an elephant sits on a chair?
It's time to buy a new chair!

How many times is the alphabet "a" used while writing the spelling of each number from 1 to 500?
Not a single time.

Paris, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Libya, England, ? Complete the sequence by choosing the correct one amongst the following: Mexico, Singapore and Netherland.
Singapore Explanation: The first letters of each word makes the word PUZZLES.

Fill in the blank: If Tom's father is Tony then Tony is the ________ of Tom's father.

A calendar year has how many seconds?
12 (2nd January, 2nd February, 2nd March.....)

Show that half of 5 equals to 4.
Remove F and E from FIVE IV = 4 (Roman)

What has a head and a tail, but no body?

There was a green house. Inside the green house there was a white house. Inside the white house there was a red house. Inside the red house there were lots of babies. What is it?
Watermelon.

Let us imagine that you are standing at the southern-most point of the earth. Now on the eastern side of that point is an island and on the western side of that point is a lake. Which one is closer to you - the island or the lake - and why?
Neither of the two because when you are standing at the southern-most point of the earth, all directions are north.

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