General Riddles

A grandfather, a father and 2 sons were having tea in the garden. But there are only 3 cups on the table. Justify how.
Grandfather is the father of one son and he himself also has one son. That makes two fathers and two sons.

When is a man drowned, but still not wet?
When he's trapped in quicksand.

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!

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

We are 3 friends. Our product and our sum always give the same answer. Who are we?
1, 2, 3.

What room can no one enter?
A mushroom.

There are three men in a boat with four cigarettes but no matches. How do they manage to smoke?
They throw one cigarette overboard and made the boat a cigarette lighter.

I help all living things to survive. I give shade to others. People use me for their various needs. I have rings to determine my age. Who am I?

End always begins with me. Time, space and universe always end with me. Who am I?
The letter 'E'.

Complete the sentence using two words, which are anagrams. The man with the _______ wanted to have _______.
The man with the beard wanted to have bread.

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