General Riddles

I have a thumb and four fingers, but I have no flesh or bone. Who am I?

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

I am heavy and have an odd shape. You drop me when you need me and pick me up when you don't need me. Who am I?
Ship anchor

Fill in the blanks in the following sentence with an anagram: Almost a _________ started between two brothers to decide who will use their father's _________.
battle and tablet.

An American woman living in Australia was refused a burial in India. Why?
Living people can't be buried, isn't it!

What is the beginning of eternity, the end of time and space, the start of every end, and the end of every race?
The letter 'E'.

Some months have 31 days, some have 30 days, how many months in the Gregorian calendar have 28?
All the 12 months!

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

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).

Who makes it, has no need of it. Who buys it, has no use for it. Who uses it can neither see nor feel it. What is it?
A coffin.

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