General Riddles

I am transparent. You can see and feel me, but you cannot hold me. I always take the shape of my container. Who am I?

Complete the sentence using two words, which are anagrams. The man with the _______ wanted to have _______.
The man with the beard wanted to have bread.

Swap one letter from each of the words "Right" and "Blight" to make two related words.
Light and Bright.

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.

I am white in color. You can't see me in water. I am appreciated if only added in the right measure. Who am I?

I don't have legs but I have hands. I can run but I can't walk. Who am I?
A clock.

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

A girl who was just learning to drive went down a one-way street in the wrong direction, but didn't break the law. How come?
She was walking.

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

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

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