General Riddles

Place a word with 4 letters in between the two words so that it can be used as a prefix and suffix to make two new words. SPOILS_______ION

What is half of 4 plus 4?
6. Explanation: Half of 4 is 2 and then plus 4 is 6.

Does the government of Texas permit a man to marry his widow's sister?
No question of legitimacy, because the man is already dead!

What is greater than God, more evil than the devil, the poor have it, the rich need it, and if you eat it, you'll die?
Nothing.

What is as light as a feather, but even the world's strongest man couldn't hold it for more than a minute?
His breath.

Fill in the sequence: ND, JF, MA, ?, ?, SO
MJ and JA Explanation:: "ND" is for November & December, "JF" is for January & February, "MA" is for March & April and so on.

What is it that's always coming but never arrives?
Tomorrow.

What is that which everybody has seen but will never see again?
Yesterday

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.

A ladder hangs over the side of a ship anchored in a port. The bottom rung touches the water. The distance between rungs is 20 cm and the length of the ladder is 180 cm. The tide is rising at the rate of 15 cm each hour. When will the water reach the seventh rung from the top?
If the tide is raising water, then it is raising the ship on water, too. So water will reach still the first rung.

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