General Riddles

Paul's height is six feet, he's an assistant at a butcher's shop, and wears size 9 shoes. What does he weigh?

A calendar year has how many seconds?
12 (2nd January, 2nd February, 2nd March.....)

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.

What gets broken without being held?
A promise.

What is always coming but never arrives?
Tomorrow.

I am white in color. You can't see me in water. I am appreciated if only added in the right measure. Who am I?

What is at the end of a rainbow?
The letter W.

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

How can you write 23 using the number 2 only 4 times? You can use addition, subtraction, division, multiplication.

Take off my skin - I won't cry, but you will! What am I?
An onion.

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