General Riddles

The peacock is a bird which doesn't lay eggs. Then how does it come into the world?
Peahens lay eggs, not peacocks

Fill in the blanks. Both words are anagrams of each other. This year the top 10 horse ______ took place in this huge ground measuring two _______.
races, acres

What is as light as a feather, but even the world's strongest man couldn't hold it for more than a minute?
His breath.

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

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

When I am open I am U-shaped but when I am closed I am V-shaped. Who am I?
Umbrella

If NUMERAL is written as UEALRMN then how would you write ALGEBRA?

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

There are three men in a boat with four cigarettes but no matches. How do they manage to smoke?
They throw one cigarette overboard and made the boat a cigarette lighter.

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

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