General Riddles

What happens when an elephant sits on a chair?
It's time to buy a new chair!

He has married many women, but has never been married. Who is he?
A priest.

I reach for the sky, but clutch to the ground; sometimes I leave, but I am always around. What am I?

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

I am a part of your body. You can hold me in your left hand but not in your right hand. Who am I?
Right hand.

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?

Complete the sequence: 49 61 51 63 53 65 55 ?
67 Explanation: Alternate numbers increase by 2. 49 become 51 then 53 and so on. Similarly, 61 becomes 63 and then 65.

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

There are a few trees in a garden. On one of them, a pear tree, there are pears (quite logical). But after a strong wind blew, there were neither pears on the tree nor on the ground. How come?
At first, there were 2 pears on the tree. After the wind blew, one pear fell on the ground. So there where no pears on the tree and there were no pears on the ground.

As I was going to the mall I met a man with seven wives, Each wive held two bags, Each bag held a mother cat, Each mother cat had six babies, How many people where going to the mall?
One! As I was going to the mall I met a man...

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