General Riddles

What occurs once in every minute, twice in every moment, yet never in a thousand years?
The letter m.

I don't have eyes, but once I did see. Once I had thoughts, but now I'm white and empty.

What is as light as a feather, but even the world's strongest man couldn't hold it for more than a minute?
His breath.

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

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

Some might say we are red some might say we are green. Some play us some spray us and sometimes our color is in between. What am we?
Peppers.

Mr. & Mrs. Smith went for a picnic. Mrs. Smith has 5 sons and each son has a sister who has 5 daughters each of whom have 1 brother each. How many of them went for the picnic?
2 people. Explanation: The puzzle only says that Mr. and Mrs. Smith went for a picnic. It does not say that the others accompanied them.

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.

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

There are 17 pigeons sitting in a row on a wall. A boy shoots the fifth pigeon. How many pigeons remain?
None. Explanation: They all fly away at the sound of the gunshot.

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