General Riddles

A shepherd has 18 goats. All but 6 die. How many are left?
6 of course!

Tear one off and scratch my head what was red is black instead.
A matchstick.

What invention lets you look right through a wall?
A window

What happens when an elephant sits on a chair?
It's time to buy a new chair!

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.

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

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

I am an eight letter word. My first four letters combine to form an atmospheric state. My third, fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh letters give support. My last three letters is the name of a person. Who am I?
MISTAKEN

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

What belongs to you but others use it more than you do?
Your Name

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