General Riddles

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

Some might say we are red some might say we are green. Some play us some spray us and sometimes our color is in between. What am we?
Peppers.

I am a 5 letter word. Take away my first and last letter, I will remain same. If you also take away my middle letter, I will remain same. Who am I?

Tim came second in Math. When his mother asked him how much he had scored, he answered that he got the sum of the first 9 even numbers. His mother immediately worked out the answer. How much had he scored in Math?
90 Explanation: Sum = (n x n) + n Hence, 9 x 9 = 81 + 9 = 90

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

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

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

I am a 7 letter word. I become longer when my third letter is removed. Who am I?

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

Show that half of 5 equals to 4.
Remove F and E from FIVE IV = 4 (Roman)

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