General Riddles

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

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

I am heavy and have an odd shape. You drop me when you need me and pick me up when you don't need me. Who am I?
Ship anchor

The more I am present, the less you can see. Who am I?
Darkness.

Find the odd one out: level, civic, madam, eye, mouth
Mouth. Explanation: All the words except "mouth" are palindromes (reads the same backward and forward).

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 grandfather, a father and 2 sons were having tea in the garden. But there are only 3 cups on the table. Justify how.
Grandfather is the father of one son and he himself also has one son. That makes two fathers and two sons.

What occurs once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?
The letter "M"

A crime is reported from 6 Park Avenue. The police reach the scene of the crime and find that a single life has been lost. The killer is also there on the spot and so are the evidences that are pointing to his crime, but the police cannot arrest him. Why?
The person who has lost his life, has killed himself. In other words, he has committed suicide

Two girls were born to the same mother, on the same day, at the same time, in the same month and year and yet they're not twins. How can this be?
The two babies are two of a set of triplets.

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