General Riddles

How can you lift a hippopotamus with one hand?
You won't find a hippo having one hand!

I have three wings. At times I have 4 wings but still I cannot fly. I can rotate but I can't move from one place to other. People always relax in my company. Who am I?
Ceiling Fan

Forward I am heavy, but backward I am not. What am I?
Forward I am ton, backwards I am not

I am an eight letter standard word used by almost everybody. If you take away two alphabets from me I will make a logical sequence. Who am I?
STANDARD

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

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.

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

If six thousand six hundred and six dollar is written as $6,606, then write eleven thousand eleven hundred and eleven dollars.
$12,111.

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?

Find the odd one out: level, civic, madam, eye, mouth
Mouth. Explanation: All the words except "mouth" are palindromes (reads the same backward and forward).

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