General Riddles

As a whole, I am both safe and secure. Behead me, and I become a place of meeting. Behead me again, and I am the partner of ready. Restore me, and I become the domain of beasts. What am I?
A Stable

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".

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

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

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

What is the beginning of eternity, the end of time and space, the start of every end, and the end of every race?
The letter 'E'.

I am clean when I look black and dirty when I look white. Who am I?
Blackboard

I'm sometimes white, But most often I'm black. I take you there, But never bring you back. What am I?
A hearse.

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

Fill in the blanks with a word which makes two different words if you read from both sides: Tim's father has kept his ______ in the ______ for scoring good marks in math.
Reward and Drawer.

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