General Riddles

You can catch me but cannot throw me. Who am I?

I am deaf, dumb and blind. But I am very shiny and always speak the truth. Who am I?

What can travel around the world while staying in a corner?
A stamp.

A basket contains 5 apples. Do you know how to divide them among 5 kids so that each one has an apple and one apple stays in the basket?
Answer to this riddle goes as follows: 4 kids get an apple (one apple for each one of them) and the fifth kid gets an apple with the basket still containing the apple

I help all living things to survive. I give shade to others. People use me for their various needs. I have rings to determine my age. Who am I?

I look like a pearl. Clouds are my grandparents. I am very delicate. I die as soon as anybody touches me. Who am I?

What gets wetter as it dries?
A towel.

Which word in the dictionary is spelled incorrectly?
Incorrectly.

Forward I am heavy, but backward I am not. What am I?
Forward I am ton, backwards I am not

A man is pushing his car along the road when he comes to a hotel. He shouts, "I'm bankrupt!" Why?
He was playing Monopoly.

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