General Riddles

What kind of tree can you carry in your hand?

Tear one off and scratch my head what was red is black instead.
A matchstick.

How can you lift a hippopotamus with one hand?
You won't find a hippo having one hand!

Fill in the blanks with a word which makes two different words if you read from both sides: Tim's father has kept his ______ in the ______ for scoring good marks in math.
Reward and Drawer.

Fill in the sequence: 10 10 22 9 24 8 26 ?
7 Explanation: There are two series - 20, 22, 24, 26 and 10, 9, 8, 7.

7. I have three letters. I read the same forward and backwards. I know you'll get the answer, I know you'll see. It's a word that is important to you and me. What word am I?

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.

The anagram of this phrase is an instrument used in the orchestra. What is it? A bliss nectar
Bass clarinet

When I get multiplied by any number the sum of the figures in the product is always me. Who I am?
9 e.g. 9 X 6 = 54; 5 + 4= 9

I am a six letter word. Subtract one letter and twelve will remain. Who am I?

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