General Riddles

Where does Friday comes before Thursday?
In the dictionary

People use me to keep themselves clean. I get slimmer whenever I do some work. After my workout is over people need water. Who am I?
A bar of soap.

I am an English word. I have three consecutive double letters. Who am I?
Bookkeeper

Let us imagine that you are standing at the southern-most point of the earth. Now on the eastern side of that point is an island and on the western side of that point is a lake. Which one is closer to you - the island or the lake - and why?
Neither of the two because when you are standing at the southern-most point of the earth, all directions are north.

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

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

What is the closest relationship my son can have has with my brother's niece's father's brother's mother?
She can be my son's grandmother.

How many times is the alphabet "a" used while writing the spelling of each number from 1 to 500?
Not a single time.

Fill in the blank: If Tom's father is Tony then Tony is the ________ of Tom's father.

There are three men in a boat with four cigarettes but no matches. How do they manage to smoke?
They throw one cigarette overboard and made the boat a cigarette lighter.

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