General Riddles

Fill in the blanks in the following sentence with an anagram: Almost a _________ started between two brothers to decide who will use their father's _________.
battle and tablet.

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

Place the following letters in such a manner that it becomes something which is used to clean: boas
soap (flip the alphabet b so that it becomes p).

What can you catch but not throw?

As a whole, I am both safe and secure. Behead me, and I become a place of meeting. Behead me again, and I am the partner of ready. Restore me, and I become the domain of beasts. What am I?
A Stable

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

A slice of cake costs $3 if it is cut into two pieces. How much will it cost if it is cut into seven pieces?
$3. As the entire slice costs $3, it doesn't matter how many pieces it is cut into.

Sam's son is the brother of the only sister of Andrew. Dorothy, the only daughter of Sam, has only two brothers. What is the relation between Sam and Andrew?
Sam is Andrew's father.

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

If there are 8 chocolates and you take away 5, how many do you have?
5 of course. If you take 5, what else do you expect to have?

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