General Riddles

The peacock is a bird which doesn't lay eggs. Then how does it come into the world?
Peahens lay eggs, not peacocks

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

Fill in the blanks. Both words are anagrams of each other. This year the top 10 horse ______ took place in this huge ground measuring two _______.
races, acres

Some might say we are red some might say we are green. Some play us some spray us and sometimes our color is in between. What am we?
Peppers.

Name four days of the week starting with the alphabet "T".
Tuesday, Thursday, Today and Tomorrow

I have wheels and flies. But I don't have any wings. Who am I?
Garbage truck

Show that half of 5 equals to 4.
Remove F and E from FIVE IV = 4 (Roman)

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.

The more I am present, the less you can see. Who am I?
Darkness.

An American woman living in Australia was refused a burial in India. Why?
Living people can't be buried, isn't it!

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