General Riddles

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?

Replace one letter in each step to change the word COLD to its opposite. Each step has to be a legitimate word. COLD ? ? ? ?
WARM Explanation: COLD CORD WORD WORM WARM

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

Does the government of Texas permit a man to marry his widow's sister?
No question of legitimacy, because the man is already dead!

If NUMERAL is written as UEALRMN then how would you write ALGEBRA?

Complete the sequence: 49 61 51 63 53 65 55 ?
67 Explanation: Alternate numbers increase by 2. 49 become 51 then 53 and so on. Similarly, 61 becomes 63 and then 65.

You need to spend a night in a building where there is no power. There are three rooms in this building. On the door of each room there are three different signs. One says "Lions Inside - anyone goes inside becomes their supper", the second one says "Open the door and a machine gun starts firing" and the third one says "Electric Room - touch anything and you will die". Which room would you choose?
Electric Room. Explanation:: There is no power in the building.

I am made up of the head of a lamb, middle of a pig, hind of a buffalo and the tail of a dragon. Who am I?

I am a fruit. I am tasty and provide lots of energy. You can find also me in a calendar. Who am I?

I have just one, but with eight to spare, I am usually friendly, but I sometimes act like I don't care. What am I?
A cat (9 lives).

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