General Riddles

I'm sometimes white, But most often I'm black. I take you there, But never bring you back. What am I?
A hearse.

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

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

Place the following letters in such a manner that it becomes something which is used to clean: boas
soap (flip the alphabet b so that it becomes p).

What is greater than God, more evil than the devil, the poor have it, the rich need it, and if you eat it, you'll die?
Nothing.

What is half of 4 plus 4?
6. Explanation: Half of 4 is 2 and then plus 4 is 6.

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

I have one letter but my name is spelled with eight. What am I?
Envelope

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.

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.

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