General Riddles

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

Complete the sequence: 49 61 51 63 53 65 55 ?
67 Explanation: Alternate numbers increase by 2. 49 become 51 then 53 and so on. Similarly, 61 becomes 63 and then 65.

I am made up of the head of a lamb, middle of a pig, hind of a buffalo and the tail of a dragon. Who am I?

If it took fifteen men ten days to build a tower, how long would it take four men to build it?
No time at all, as the tower it is already built!

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'.

Does the government of Texas permit a man to marry his widow's sister?
No question of legitimacy, because the man is already dead!

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 is always coming but never arrives?
Tomorrow.

I am deaf, dumb and blind. But I am very shiny and always speak the truth. Who am I?

The eight of us go forth not back to protect our king from a foes attack.
Chess pawns.

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