General Riddles

A slice of cake costs $3 if it is cut into two pieces. How much will it cost if it is cut into seven pieces?
$3. As the entire slice costs $3, it doesn't matter how many pieces it is cut into.

I have a thumb and four fingers, but I have no flesh or bone. Who am I?

How can you lift a hippopotamus with one hand?
You won't find a hippo having one hand!

What occurs once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?
The letter "M"

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

I am a two digit even number. I am a square of a number, and also a cube of another number. Who am I?

A calendar year has how many seconds?
12 (2nd January, 2nd February, 2nd March.....)

I'm the start of nothing and the end of sun and I'm also in the number one What am I?
The letter "N".

The anagram of this phrase is an instrument used in the orchestra. What is it? A bliss nectar
Bass clarinet

A basket contains 5 apples. Do you know how to divide them among 5 kids so that each one has an apple and one apple stays in the basket?
Answer to this riddle goes as follows: 4 kids get an apple (one apple for each one of them) and the fifth kid gets an apple with the basket still containing the apple

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