General Riddles

. At the sound of me, men may dream or stamp their feet. At the sound of me, women may laugh or sometimes weep. Who am I?

I look like a pearl. Clouds are my grandparents. I am very delicate. I die as soon as anybody touches me. Who am I?

A basket contains 5 apples. Do you know how to divide them among 5 kids so that each one has an apple and one apple stays in the basket?
Answer to this riddle goes as follows: 4 kids get an apple (one apple for each one of them) and the fifth kid gets an apple with the basket still containing the apple

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

A container without hinges, lock or a key, yet a golden treasure lies inside me. What am I?

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

First, you kill me with a knife and then you chop me in anger. Then you cry beside me. Who am I?

Find the odd one out: level, civic, madam, eye, mouth
Mouth. Explanation: All the words except "mouth" are palindromes (reads the same backward and forward).

I start with T and end with T and have T in me. Who am I?

What gets broken without being held?
A promise.

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