General Riddles

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

I run around a house but I don't move. Who am I?

Tim came second in Math. When his mother asked him how much he had scored, he answered that he got the sum of the first 9 even numbers. His mother immediately worked out the answer. How much had he scored in Math?
90 Explanation: Sum = (n x n) + n Hence, 9 x 9 = 81 + 9 = 90

Some might say we are red some might say we are green. Some play us some spray us and sometimes our color is in between. What am we?
Peppers.

As a whole, I am both safe and secure. Behead me, and I become a place of meeting. Behead me again, and I am the partner of ready. Restore me, and I become the domain of beasts. What am I?
A Stable

I have just one, but with eight to spare, I am usually friendly, but I sometimes act like I don't care. What am I?
A cat (9 lives).

How many of each species did Moses take on the ark with him?
None, Moses wasn't on the ark Noah was.

What is always coming but never arrives?
Tomorrow.

Which word in the dictionary is spelled incorrectly?
Incorrectly.

Does the government of Texas permit a man to marry his widow's sister?
No question of legitimacy, because the man is already dead!

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