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?

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

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!

If you have me, you want to share me. If you share me, you haven't got me. What am I?

I am fair and shiny. People use me to find how hot they are. Some call me God. Who am I?

What has an eye but can not see?

Which creature walks on four legs in the morning, two legs in the afternoon, and three legs in the evening?
Man. He crawls on all fours as a baby, then walks on two feet as an adult, and then walks with a cane as an old man.

End always begins with me. Time, space and universe always end with me. Who am I?
The letter 'E'.

I'm sometimes white, But most often I'm black. I take you there, But never bring you back. What am I?
A hearse.

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

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