General Riddles

I can be long, or I can be short. I can be grown, and I can be bought. I can be painted, or left bare. I can be round, or I can be square. What am I?
Fingernails.

Forward I am heavy, but backward I am not. What am I?
Forward I am ton, backwards I am not

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).

If there are 8 chocolates and you take away 5, how many do you have?
5 of course. If you take 5, what else do you expect to have?

An American woman living in Australia was refused a burial in India. Why?
Living people can't be buried, isn't it!

I am a six letter word. I always follow you in light, but I disappear at night as I am afraid of darkness. Who am I?

The diameter of a hole is 4ft 5in. How much dirt does it contain?
A hole has no dirt in it. It contains only air.

Which word in the dictionary is spelled incorrectly?
Incorrectly.

What gets wetter as it dries?
A towel.

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

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