General Riddles

What is half of 4 plus 4?
6. Explanation: Half of 4 is 2 and then plus 4 is 6.

What is it that's always coming but never arrives?
Tomorrow.

I am a four letter word. I am an animal. You use me to call your dear ones. Who am I?

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

I have one letter but my name is spelled with eight. What am I?
Envelope

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

I have a thumb and four fingers, but I have no flesh or bone. Who am I?

I help you in fixing your appointments and important schedules. You use me everyday several times. Still you keep on changing me every month. Who am I?
A Calendar

A ladder hangs over the side of a ship anchored in a port. The bottom rung touches the water. The distance between rungs is 20 cm and the length of the ladder is 180 cm. The tide is rising at the rate of 15 cm each hour. When will the water reach the seventh rung from the top?
If the tide is raising water, then it is raising the ship on water, too. So water will reach still the first rung.

A grandfather, a father and 2 sons were having tea in the garden. But there are only 3 cups on the table. Justify how.
Grandfather is the father of one son and he himself also has one son. That makes two fathers and two sons.

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