General Riddles

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

I am made up of the head of a lamb, middle of a pig, hind of a buffalo and the tail of a dragon. Who am I?

I am an eight letter word. My first four letters combine to form an atmospheric state. My third, fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh letters give support. My last three letters is the name of a person. Who am I?
MISTAKEN

If NUMERAL is written as UEALRMN then how would you write ALGEBRA?

Sam's son is the brother of the only sister of Andrew. Dorothy, the only daughter of Sam, has only two brothers. What is the relation between Sam and Andrew?
Sam is Andrew's father.

A red house is made up of red bricks, a blue house is made up of blue bricks, a green house is made up of _______.

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

If six thousand six hundred and six dollar is written as $6,606, then write eleven thousand eleven hundred and eleven dollars.
$12,111.

A grandfather, a father and 2 sons were having tea in the garden. But there are only 3 cups on the table. Justify how.
Grandfather is the father of one son and he himself also has one son. That makes two fathers and two sons.

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

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