General Riddles

What comes twice in a week, once in a year, but never in a month or a day?
The Letter 'E'.

Name four days of the week starting with the alphabet "T".
Tuesday, Thursday, Today and Tomorrow

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.

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.

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

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

A shepherd has 18 goats. All but 6 die. How many are left?
6 of course!

What kind of tree can you carry in your hand?

What room can no one enter?
A mushroom.

He has married many women, but has never been married. Who is he?
A priest.

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