General Riddles

How can you lift a hippopotamus with one hand?
You won't find a hippo having one hand!

Some months have 31 days, some have 30 days, how many months in the Gregorian calendar have 28?
All the 12 months!

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

Voiceless it cries, Wingless flutters, Toothless bites, Mouthless mutters.

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

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

A calendar year has how many seconds?
12 (2nd January, 2nd February, 2nd March.....)

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.

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

I am so fragile that even if anybody says my name I break. Who am I?

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