General Riddles

What occurs once in every minute, twice in every moment, yet never in a thousand years?
The letter m.

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

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.

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

What can you catch but not throw?

As I was going to the mall I met a man with seven wives, Each wive held two bags, Each bag held a mother cat, Each mother cat had six babies, How many people where going to the mall?
One! As I was going to the mall I met a man...

Tim came second in Math. When his mother asked him how much he had scored, he answered that he got the sum of the first 9 even numbers. His mother immediately worked out the answer. How much had he scored in Math?
90 Explanation: Sum = (n x n) + n Hence, 9 x 9 = 81 + 9 = 90

What is always coming but never arrives?
Tomorrow.

A calendar year has how many seconds?
12 (2nd January, 2nd February, 2nd March.....)

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).

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