General Riddles

I cannot speak but I tell everything. I am not a tree but I have leaves. I have hinges but I am neither a door nor a window. Who am I?

What is half of 4 plus 4?
6. Explanation: Half of 4 is 2 and then plus 4 is 6.

An American woman living in Australia was refused a burial in India. Why?
Living people can't be buried, isn't it!

We are 3 friends. Our product and our sum always give the same answer. Who are we?
1, 2, 3.

What has an eye but can not see?

A ladder hangs over the side of a ship anchored in a port. The bottom rung touches the water. The distance between rungs is 20 cm and the length of the ladder is 180 cm. The tide is rising at the rate of 15 cm each hour. When will the water reach the seventh rung from the top?
If the tide is raising water, then it is raising the ship on water, too. So water will reach still the first rung.

I go around the world, but always stay in a corner.
Postal Stamp

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

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

Take off my skin - I won't cry, but you will! What am I?
An onion.

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