General Riddles

If there are 8 chocolates and you take away 5, how many do you have?
5 of course. If you take 5, what else do you expect to have?

I am heavy and have an odd shape. You drop me when you need me and pick me up when you don't need me. Who am I?
Ship anchor

On an average, how many birthdays do men on earth have?
1, just one! It is the day when we hit the earth. It is a different story that we celebrate our birthday every year, which actually implies Anniversary.

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

I can be long, or I can be short. I can be grown, and I can be bought. I can be painted, or left bare. I can be round, or I can be square. What am I?
Fingernails.

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.

I am clean when I look black and dirty when I look white. Who am I?
Blackboard

Fill in the sequence: 1 5 9 15 ?
21 Explanation: Position of the vowels a e i o u.

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

When I am open I am U-shaped but when I am closed I am V-shaped. Who am I?
Umbrella

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