General Riddles

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

Which time of a day when written in capital letters reads the same from all the four sides?

I have three wings. At times I have 4 wings but still I cannot fly. I can rotate but I can't move from one place to other. People always relax in my company. Who am I?
Ceiling Fan

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

If NUMERAL is written as UEALRMN then how would you write ALGEBRA?

Fill in the blanks in the following sentence with an anagram: Almost a _________ started between two brothers to decide who will use their father's _________.
battle and tablet.

I look like a pearl. Clouds are my grandparents. I am very delicate. I die as soon as anybody touches me. Who am I?

A red house is made up of red bricks, a blue house is made up of blue bricks, a green house is made up of _______.

Which room has no doors or windows?
A Mushroom

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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