General Riddles

I'm sometimes white, But most often I'm black. I take you there, But never bring you back. What am I?
A hearse.

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 _______.

I am in the beginning of sorrow and sadness. You will find me in happiness also. You will find me in sun and stars but not in moon. I am in summer and spring but not in fall or winter. Who am I?
The alphabet S.

I am a seven letter word. I am very heavy. Take away two letters from me and you will get 8. Take away one letter from me and you will get 80. Who am I?

I am an English word. I have three consecutive double letters. Who am I?
Bookkeeper

Adam is 13 years old in 1980. In 1985 he is 8 years old. How?
The dates are in BC (Before Christ).

End always begins with me. Time, space and universe always end with me. Who am I?
The letter 'E'.

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).

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.

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.

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