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!

6 15 18 20 ? = FORTY
25. Explanation: Replace each number with the corresponding letters in the alphabet. 6 = F 15 = O 18 = R 20 = T 25 = Y

Imagine you are in a dark room. How do you get out?
Stop imagining.

What is that which everybody has seen but will never see again?
Yesterday

I reach for the sky, but clutch to the ground; sometimes I leave, but I am always around. What am I?

First, you kill me with a knife and then you chop me in anger. Then you cry beside me. Who am I?

I am a four letter word. I am an animal. You use me to call your dear ones. Who am I?

When can you make the following equation correct? 14+1=3
In a clock when we add 14hrs and 1hr we get 15hrs i.e. 3 o'clock

On an average, how many birthdays do men on earth have?
1, just one! It is the day when we hit the earth. It is a different story that we celebrate our birthday every year, which actually implies Anniversary.

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.

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