General Riddles

When is a man drowned, but still not wet?
When he's trapped in quicksand.

Which weighs more, a pound of feathers or a pound of bricks?
Neither, they both weigh one pound.

A red house is made up of red bricks, a blue house is made up of blue bricks, a green house is made up of _______.

I help you in fixing your appointments and important schedules. You use me everyday several times. Still you keep on changing me every month. Who am I?
A Calendar

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?

I am a part of your body. You can hold me in your left hand but not in your right hand. Who am I?
Right hand.

Sometimes I am bigger than you and sometimes I am smaller than you. Sometimes I follow you and sometimes you follow me. I don't have any weight. Who am I?
Your shadow

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.

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

I am clean when I look black and dirty when I look white. Who am I?
Blackboard

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