General Riddles

Which weighs more, a pound of feathers or a pound of bricks?
Neither, they both weigh one pound.

First, you kill me with a knife and then you chop me in anger. Then you cry beside me. Who am I?

Fill in the sequence: 10 10 22 9 24 8 26 ?
7 Explanation: There are two series - 20, 22, 24, 26 and 10, 9, 8, 7.

Place the following letters in such a manner that it becomes something which is used to clean: boas
soap (flip the alphabet b so that it becomes p).

I have a tongue but I can't talk. I have no legs or wings but I can move from one place to another. Who am I?

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

The captain of a ship was telling this interesting story: "We traveled the sea far and wide. At one time, two of my sailors were standing on opposite sides of the ship. One was looking west and the other one east. And at the same time, they could see each other clearly." How can that be possible?
The marines were standing back against the sides of the ship so they were looking at each other. It does not matter where the ship is (of course it does not apply to the North and South Pole).

I am a part of your body. You can hold me in your left hand but not in your right hand. Who am I?
Right hand.

A box without hinges, key, or lid, Yet golden treasure inside is hid.

If it took fifteen men ten days to build a tower, how long would it take four men to build it?
No time at all, as the tower it is already built!

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