General Riddles

What belongs to you but others use it more than you do?
Your Name

Two lawyers were fighting against each other in a case in a courtroom. One of them is the father of the other's son. How are they related?
They are husband and wife.

What is greater than God, more evil than the devil, the poor have it, the rich need it, and if you eat it, you'll die?
Nothing.

A red house is made up of red bricks, a blue house is made up of blue bricks, a green house is made up of _______.

What occurs once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?
The letter "M"

Only one color, but not one size, Stuck at the bottom, yet easily flies, Present in sun, but not in rain, Doing no harm, and feeling no pain. What am I?
A shadow.

A basket contains 5 apples. Do you know how to divide them among 5 kids so that each one has an apple and one apple stays in the basket?
Answer to this riddle goes as follows: 4 kids get an apple (one apple for each one of them) and the fifth kid gets an apple with the basket still containing the apple

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

Fill in the sequence: ND, JF, MA, ?, ?, SO
MJ and JA Explanation:: "ND" is for November & December, "JF" is for January & February, "MA" is for March & April and so on.

Where does Friday comes before Thursday?
In the dictionary

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