General Riddles

What gets broken without being held?
A promise.

Two children, who were all tangled up in their reckoning of the days of the week, paused on their way to school to straighten matters out. "When the day after tomorrow is yesterday," said Priscilla, "then 'today' will be as far from Sunday as that day was which was 'today' when the day before yesterday was tomorrow!" On which day of the week did this puzzling prattle occur?
The two children were so befogged over the calendar that they had started on their way to school on Sunday morning!

What comes twice in a week, once in a year, but never in a month or a day?
The Letter 'E'.

I have wheels and flies. But I don't have any wings. Who am I?
Garbage truck

When I am open I am U-shaped but when I am closed I am V-shaped. Who am I?
Umbrella

If someone robbed you in the shower, what would you be?
An eye wetness.

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

The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?
Footsteps

Who makes it, has no need of it. Who buys it, has no use for it. Who uses it can neither see nor feel it. What is it?
A coffin.

Find the missing number: 6 13 25 51 101 ?
203 Explanation: 6x2+1=13 13x2-1=25 25x2+1=51 51x2-1=101 101x2+1=203

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