General Riddles

What kind of tree can you carry in your hand?

I am a six letter word. Subtract one letter and twelve will remain. Who am I?

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

I have a tongue but I can't talk. I have no legs or wings but I can move from one place to another. Who am I?

A container without hinges, lock or a key, yet a golden treasure lies inside me. What am I?

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 slice of cake costs $3 if it is cut into two pieces. How much will it cost if it is cut into seven pieces?
$3. As the entire slice costs $3, it doesn't matter how many pieces it is cut into.

I have one letter but my name is spelled with eight. What am I?
Envelope

Two children, who were all tangled up in their reckoning of the days of the week, paused on their way to school to straighten matters out. "When the day after tomorrow is yesterday," said Priscilla, "then 'today' will be as far from Sunday as that day was which was 'today' when the day before yesterday was tomorrow!" On which day of the week did this puzzling prattle occur?
The two children were so befogged over the calendar that they had started on their way to school on Sunday morning!

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!

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