General Riddles

What comes twice in a week, once in a year, but never in a month or a day?
The Letter 'E'.

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

I am so fragile that even if anybody says my name I break. Who am I?

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

If someone robbed you in the shower, what would you be?
An eye wetness.

Tear one off and scratch my head what was red is black instead.
A matchstick.

What kind of tree can you carry in your hand?

A rooster was injected with strong fertility inducing injections that could yield an average production of 10 score eggs over a period of 10 months. How many eggs would it deliver in a single day?
A rooster does not deliver eggs, it's the hen who does that!

I am very fragile. I crack easily. If you cry in front of me, I too start crying. If you smile at me, then I too smile back. Who am I?

Which weighs more, a pound of feathers or a pound of bricks?
Neither, they both weigh one pound.

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