General Riddles

When I am open I am U-shaped but when I am closed I am V-shaped. Who am I?
Umbrella

I am a two digit even number. I am a square of a number, and also a cube of another number. Who am I?

Adam is 13 years old in 1980. In 1985 he is 8 years old. How?
The dates are in BC (Before Christ).

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

When I get multiplied by any number the sum of the figures in the product is always me. Who I am?
9 e.g. 9 X 6 = 54; 5 + 4= 9

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

How can you write 23 using the number 2 only 4 times? You can use addition, subtraction, division, multiplication.

A shepherd has 18 goats. All but 6 die. How many are left?
6 of course!

Which weighs more, a pound of feathers or a pound of bricks?
Neither, they both weigh one pound.

When is a man drowned, but still not wet?
When he's trapped in quicksand.

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