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!

I have four sides. Anyone can calculate my area if they come to know the length of any one side of mine. I have four right angles within me. Which shape am I?

How many two cent stamps are there in a dozen?
12. There are 12 2-cent stamps in a dozen!

When is a man drowned, but still not wet?
When he's trapped in quicksand.

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

Forward I am heavy, but backward I am not. What am I?
Forward I am ton, backwards I am not

What invention lets you look right through a wall?
A window

Why did the boy go to his bedroom with a pencil?
He wanted to draw the curtains.

When I am open I am U-shaped but when I am closed I am V-shaped. Who am I?
Umbrella

The eight of us go forth not back to protect our king from a foes attack.
Chess pawns.

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