General Riddles

What happens when an elephant sits on a chair?
It's time to buy a new chair!

I am white in color. You can't see me in water. I am appreciated if only added in the right measure. Who am I?

A ladder hangs over the side of a ship anchored in a port. The bottom rung touches the water. The distance between rungs is 20 cm and the length of the ladder is 180 cm. The tide is rising at the rate of 15 cm each hour. When will the water reach the seventh rung from the top?
If the tide is raising water, then it is raising the ship on water, too. So water will reach still the first rung.

We are 3 friends. Our product and our sum always give the same answer. Who are we?
1, 2, 3.

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

He has married many women, but has never been married. Who is he?
A priest.

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

Spell eighty using only two alphabets.

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 _______.

Some months have 31 days, some have 30 days, how many months in the Gregorian calendar have 28?
All the 12 months!

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