General Riddles

How can you drop an egg on a floor 20 yards below, without cracking it?
The floor will not crack by the dropping of an egg on it!

What has roots as nobody sees, Is taller than trees. Up, up, up it goes, And yet never grows?
Mountain.

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

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

Adam is 13 years old in 1980. In 1985 he is 8 years old. How?
The dates are in BC (Before Christ).

I start with T and end with T and have T in me. Who am I?

Fill in the blanks in the following sentence with an anagram: Almost a _________ started between two brothers to decide who will use their father's _________.
battle and tablet.

I am an English word. I have three consecutive double letters. Who am I?
Bookkeeper

Fill in the blanks with a word which makes two different words if you read from both sides: Tim's father has kept his ______ in the ______ for scoring good marks in math.
Reward and Drawer.

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