General Riddles

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

. At the sound of me, men may dream or stamp their feet. At the sound of me, women may laugh or sometimes weep. Who am I?

There was a green house. Inside the green house there was a white house. Inside the white house there was a red house. Inside the red house there were lots of babies. What is it?
Watermelon.

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

What occurs once in every minute, twice in every moment, yet never in a thousand years?
The letter m.

6 15 18 20 ? = FORTY
25. Explanation: Replace each number with the corresponding letters in the alphabet. 6 = F 15 = O 18 = R 20 = T 25 = Y

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

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?

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?

How many times is the alphabet "a" used while writing the spelling of each number from 1 to 500?
Not a single time.

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