General Riddles

How can you lift a hippopotamus with one hand?
You won't find a hippo having one hand!

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'm the start of nothing and the end of sun and I'm also in the number one What am I?
The letter "N".

If you have me, you want to share me. If you share me, you haven't got me. What am I?

How many two cent stamps are there in a dozen?
12. There are 12 2-cent stamps in a dozen!

There are 17 pigeons sitting in a row on a wall. A boy shoots the fifth pigeon. How many pigeons remain?
None. Explanation: They all fly away at the sound of the gunshot.

Only one color, but not one size, Stuck at the bottom, yet easily flies, Present in sun, but not in rain, Doing no harm, and feeling no pain. What am I?
A shadow.

What belongs to you but others use it more than you do?
Your Name

I am so fragile that even if anybody says my name I break. Who am I?

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

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