General Riddles

I am very fragile. I crack easily. If you cry in front of me, I too start crying. If you smile at me, then I too smile back. Who am I?

He has married many women, but has never been married. Who is he?
A priest.

What is it that's always coming but never arrives?
Tomorrow.

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

Two children, who were all tangled up in their reckoning of the days of the week, paused on their way to school to straighten matters out. "When the day after tomorrow is yesterday," said Priscilla, "then 'today' will be as far from Sunday as that day was which was 'today' when the day before yesterday was tomorrow!" On which day of the week did this puzzling prattle occur?
The two children were so befogged over the calendar that they had started on their way to school on Sunday morning!

Paul's height is six feet, he's an assistant at a butcher's shop, and wears size 9 shoes. What does he weigh?

Name four days of the week starting with the alphabet "T".
Tuesday, Thursday, Today and Tomorrow

Forward I am heavy, but backward I am not. What am I?
Forward I am ton, backwards I am not

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

A container without hinges, lock or a key, yet a golden treasure lies inside me. What am I?

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