General Riddles

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

What can travel around the world while staying in a corner?
A stamp.

What is half of 4 plus 4?
6. Explanation: Half of 4 is 2 and then plus 4 is 6.

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 there are 8 chocolates and you take away 5, how many do you have?
5 of course. If you take 5, what else do you expect to have?

I reach for the sky, but clutch to the ground; sometimes I leave, but I am always around. What am I?

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

Fill in the blanks. Both words are anagrams of each other. This year the top 10 horse ______ took place in this huge ground measuring two _______.
races, acres

I run around a house but I don't move. Who am I?

I have four sides. Anyone can calculate my area if they come to know the length of any one side of mine. I have four right angles within me. Which shape am I?

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