General Riddles

The diameter of a hole is 4ft 5in. How much dirt does it contain?
A hole has no dirt in it. It contains only air.

I reach for the sky, but clutch to the ground; sometimes I leave, but I am always around. What am I?

Make the following equation correct by using only 1 line: 102 + 5 + 8 = 650
102+548=650 (use the single line to make the + 4)

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

What has a head and a tail, but no body?

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

You need to spend a night in a building where there is no power. There are three rooms in this building. On the door of each room there are three different signs. One says "Lions Inside - anyone goes inside becomes their supper", the second one says "Open the door and a machine gun starts firing" and the third one says "Electric Room - touch anything and you will die". Which room would you choose?
Electric Room. Explanation:: There is no power in the building.

I am a six letter word. I always follow you in light, but I disappear at night as I am afraid of darkness. Who am I?

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.

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 _______.

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