General Riddles

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

A basket contains 5 apples. Do you know how to divide them among 5 kids so that each one has an apple and one apple stays in the basket?
Answer to this riddle goes as follows: 4 kids get an apple (one apple for each one of them) and the fifth kid gets an apple with the basket still containing the apple

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

I'm sometimes white, But most often I'm black. I take you there, But never bring you back. What am I?
A hearse.

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

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).

How many of each species did Moses take on the ark with him?
None, Moses wasn't on the ark Noah was.

A rooster was injected with strong fertility inducing injections that could yield an average production of 10 score eggs over a period of 10 months. How many eggs would it deliver in a single day?
A rooster does not deliver eggs, it's the hen who does that!

What is at the end of a rainbow?
The letter W.

What happens when an elephant sits on a chair?
It's time to buy a new chair!

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