General Riddles

Fill in the sequence: 10 10 22 9 24 8 26 ?
7 Explanation: There are two series - 20, 22, 24, 26 and 10, 9, 8, 7.

When is a man drowned, but still not wet?
When he's trapped in quicksand.

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

Two girls were born to the same mother, on the same day, at the same time, in the same month and year and yet they're not twins. How can this be?
The two babies are two of a set of triplets.

What gets broken without being held?
A promise.

What is as light as a feather, but even the world's strongest man couldn't hold it for more than a minute?
His breath.

How can you lift a hippopotamus with one hand?
You won't find a hippo having one hand!

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'.

I am very fragile. I crack easily. If you cry in front of me, I too start crying. If you smile at me, then I too smile back. Who am I?

A crime is reported from 6 Park Avenue. The police reach the scene of the crime and find that a single life has been lost. The killer is also there on the spot and so are the evidences that are pointing to his crime, but the police cannot arrest him. Why?
The person who has lost his life, has killed himself. In other words, he has committed suicide

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