General Riddles

What has roots as nobody sees, Is taller than trees. Up, up, up it goes, And yet never grows?
Mountain.

I have four sides. Anyone can calculate my area if they come to know the length of any one side of mine. I have four right angles within me. Which shape am I?

I start with T and end with T and have T in me. Who am I?

A woman met one of her classmates after 20 long years. After exchanging pleasantries, the first woman told the other that she has 4 children, half of them female. At this, the other woman smiled and replied, even half of her children too are female. However, she has 3 children. How is this possible?
The second woman has all female children.

Where does Friday comes before Thursday?
In the dictionary

Sam's son is the brother of the only sister of Andrew. Dorothy, the only daughter of Sam, has only two brothers. What is the relation between Sam and Andrew?
Sam is Andrew's father.

A calendar year has how many seconds?
12 (2nd January, 2nd February, 2nd March.....)

I don't have legs but I have hands. I can run but I can't walk. Who am I?
A clock.

Some might say we are red some might say we are green. Some play us some spray us and sometimes our color is in between. What am we?
Peppers.

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!

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