General Riddles

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

You can find me in the middle of each month in all the countries. You can always find me only in the night but never in the day.
The alphabet "N".

What can you catch but not throw?

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!

Use the word "dormitory" to make two words which will complete the below sentence. Daniel stays in a _______ _______.
dirty room

What happens when an elephant sits on a chair?
It's time to buy a new chair!

How many of each species did Moses take on the ark with him?
None, Moses wasn't on the ark Noah was.

Complete the sequence: 4, 7, 15, 29, 59, 117 ?
235 Explanation: 4+3=7 7+4x2=15 15+7x2=29 29+15x2=59 59+29x2=117 117+59x2=235

What has roots as nobody sees, Is taller than trees. Up, up, up it goes, And yet never grows?
Mountain.

Fill in the blank: If Tom's father is Tony then Tony is the ________ of Tom's father.

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