General Riddles

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

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

Find the odd one out: level, civic, madam, eye, mouth
Mouth. Explanation: All the words except "mouth" are palindromes (reads the same backward and forward).

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

How many times is the alphabet "a" used while writing the spelling of each number from 1 to 500?
Not a single time.

Fill in the blanks. Both words are anagrams of each other. This year the top 10 horse ______ took place in this huge ground measuring two _______.
races, acres

I have a tongue but I can't talk. I have no legs or wings but I can move from one place to another. Who am I?

What occurs once in every minute, twice in every moment, yet never in a thousand years?
The letter m.

What gets broken without being held?
A promise.

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

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