General Riddles

Feed me and I live, yet give me a drink and I die.

Tim came second in Math. When his mother asked him how much he had scored, he answered that he got the sum of the first 9 even numbers. His mother immediately worked out the answer. How much had he scored in Math?
90 Explanation: Sum = (n x n) + n Hence, 9 x 9 = 81 + 9 = 90

I started learning to drive today. Just a few minutes back, I went down a one-way street in the wrong direction but I did not break the traffic rules. How?
Simple, I was not driving then, I was walking.

How many of each species did Moses take on the ark with him?
None, Moses wasn't on the ark Noah was.

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

Place the following letters in such a manner that it becomes something which is used to clean: boas
soap (flip the alphabet b so that it becomes p).

I have a tongue but I can't talk. I have no legs or wings but I can move from one place to another. Who am I?

I am clean when I look black and dirty when I look white. Who am I?
Blackboard

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?

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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