General Riddles

What is that which everybody has seen but will never see again?
Yesterday

Two children, who were all tangled up in their reckoning of the days of the week, paused on their way to school to straighten matters out. "When the day after tomorrow is yesterday," said Priscilla, "then 'today' will be as far from Sunday as that day was which was 'today' when the day before yesterday was tomorrow!" On which day of the week did this puzzling prattle occur?
The two children were so befogged over the calendar that they had started on their way to school on Sunday morning!

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

What gets broken without being held?
A promise.

What is it that's always coming but never arrives?
Tomorrow.

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.

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 _______.

First, you kill me with a knife and then you chop me in anger. Then you cry beside me. Who am I?

Fill in the blanks. Both words are anagrams of each other. This year the top 10 horse ______ took place in this huge ground measuring two _______.
races, acres

The peacock is a bird which doesn't lay eggs. Then how does it come into the world?
Peahens lay eggs, not peacocks

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