General Riddles

When is a man drowned, but still not wet?
When he's trapped in quicksand.

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

6 15 18 20 ? = FORTY
25. Explanation: Replace each number with the corresponding letters in the alphabet. 6 = F 15 = O 18 = R 20 = T 25 = Y

You can catch me but cannot throw me. Who am I?

I have four sides. Anyone can calculate my area if they come to know the length of any one side of mine. I have four right angles within me. Which shape am I?

If NUMERAL is written as UEALRMN then how would you write ALGEBRA?

What gets broken without being held?
A promise.

A box without hinges, key, or lid, Yet golden treasure inside is hid.

Fill in the blanks with a word which makes two different words if you read from both sides: Tim's father has kept his ______ in the ______ for scoring good marks in math.
Reward and Drawer.

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

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