General Riddles

I have wheels and flies. But I don't have any wings. Who am I?
Garbage truck

What comes twice in a week, once in a year, but never in a month or a day?
The Letter 'E'.

What is the closest relationship my son can have has with my brother's niece's father's brother's mother?
She can be my son's grandmother.

There are three men in a boat with four cigarettes but no matches. How do they manage to smoke?
They throw one cigarette overboard and made the boat a cigarette lighter.

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?

Look at me. I can bring a smile to your face, a tear to your eye, or even a thought to your mind. But, I can't be seen. What am I?
Memories

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.

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.

How many times is the alphabet "a" used while writing the spelling of each number from 1 to 500?
Not a single time.

I'm sometimes white, But most often I'm black. I take you there, But never bring you back. What am I?
A hearse.

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