General Riddles

I have a mouth but I can't speak, I can run but I can't walk. Who am I?

Adam is 13 years old in 1980. In 1985 he is 8 years old. How?
The dates are in BC (Before Christ).

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

Fill in the sequence: 1 5 9 15 ?
21 Explanation: Position of the vowels a e i o u.

How can you write 23 using the number 2 only 4 times? You can use addition, subtraction, division, multiplication.

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...

Let us imagine that you are standing at the southern-most point of the earth. Now on the eastern side of that point is an island and on the western side of that point is a lake. Which one is closer to you - the island or the lake - and why?
Neither of the two because when you are standing at the southern-most point of the earth, all directions are north.

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

Which weighs more, a pound of feathers or a pound of bricks?
Neither, they both weigh one pound.

I am made up of the head of a lamb, middle of a pig, hind of a buffalo and the tail of a dragon. Who am I?

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