General Riddles

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

Feed me and I live, yet give me a drink and I die.

Paul's height is six feet, he's an assistant at a butcher's shop, and wears size 9 shoes. What does he weigh?

Little John has a habit of throwing things whenever he gets angry. One day he throws a toy of his and it again comes back to him without bouncing off anything. How did this happen?
John had thrown the toy straight up in the air.

Sam's son is the brother of the only sister of Andrew. Dorothy, the only daughter of Sam, has only two brothers. What is the relation between Sam and Andrew?
Sam is Andrew's father.

What belongs to you but others use it more than you do?
Your Name

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".

Does the government of Texas permit a man to marry his widow's sister?
No question of legitimacy, because the man is already dead!

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.

7. I have three letters. I read the same forward and backwards. I know you'll get the answer, I know you'll see. It's a word that is important to you and me. What word am I?

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