General Riddles

What is that which everybody has seen but will never see again?
Yesterday

The anagram of this phrase is an instrument used in the orchestra. What is it? A bliss nectar
Bass clarinet

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.

Which weighs more, a pound of feathers or a pound of bricks?
Neither, they both weigh one pound.

I am a part of your body. You can hold me in your left hand but not in your right hand. Who am I?
Right hand.

If it took fifteen men ten days to build a tower, how long would it take four men to build it?
No time at all, as the tower it is already built!

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

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.

Tear one off and scratch my head what was red is black instead.
A matchstick.

I have one letter but my name is spelled with eight. What am I?
Envelope

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