General Riddles

When is a man drowned, but still not wet?
When he's trapped in quicksand.

How can you drop an egg on a floor 20 yards below, without cracking it?
The floor will not crack by the dropping of an egg on it!

The eight of us go forth not back to protect our king from a foes attack.
Chess pawns.

Who makes it, has no need of it. Who buys it, has no use for it. Who uses it can neither see nor feel it. What is it?
A coffin.

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

What is as light as a feather, but even the world's strongest man couldn't hold it for more than a minute?
His breath.

Two girls were born to the same mother, on the same day, at the same time, in the same month and year and yet they're not twins. How can this be?
The two babies are two of a set of triplets.

I look like a pearl. Clouds are my grandparents. I am very delicate. I die as soon as anybody touches me. Who am I?

If NUMERAL is written as UEALRMN then how would you write ALGEBRA?

A man is pushing his car along the road when he comes to a hotel. He shouts, "I'm bankrupt!" Why?
He was playing Monopoly.

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