General Riddles

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

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

Which room has no doors or windows?
A Mushroom

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

You can find me in the middle of each month in all the countries. You can always find me only in the night but never in the day.
The alphabet "N".

What belongs to you but others use it more than you do?
Your Name

Where does Friday comes before Thursday?
In the dictionary

What is as light as a feather, but even the world's strongest man couldn't hold it for more than a minute?
His breath.

A ladder hangs over the side of a ship anchored in a port. The bottom rung touches the water. The distance between rungs is 20 cm and the length of the ladder is 180 cm. The tide is rising at the rate of 15 cm each hour. When will the water reach the seventh rung from the top?
If the tide is raising water, then it is raising the ship on water, too. So water will reach still the first rung.

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.

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