General Riddles

I reach for the sky, but clutch to the ground; sometimes I leave, but I am always around. What am I?

I am so fragile that even if anybody says my name I break. Who am I?

When I am open I am U-shaped but when I am closed I am V-shaped. Who am I?
Umbrella

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.

I am a seven letter word. I am very heavy. Take away two letters from me and you will get 8. Take away one letter from me and you will get 80. Who am I?

How can you write 23 using the number 2 only 4 times? You can use addition, subtraction, division, multiplication.

Tim came second in Math. When his mother asked him how much he had scored, he answered that he got the sum of the first 9 even numbers. His mother immediately worked out the answer. How much had he scored in Math?
90 Explanation: Sum = (n x n) + n Hence, 9 x 9 = 81 + 9 = 90

Two lawyers were fighting against each other in a case in a courtroom. One of them is the father of the other's son. How are they related?
They are husband and wife.

Which room has no doors or windows?
A Mushroom

I am an English word. I have three consecutive double letters. Who am I?
Bookkeeper

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