General Riddles

Complete the sequence: 49 61 51 63 53 65 55 ?
67 Explanation: Alternate numbers increase by 2. 49 become 51 then 53 and so on. Similarly, 61 becomes 63 and then 65.

How many two cent stamps are there in a dozen?
12. There are 12 2-cent stamps in a dozen!

Find the odd one out: level, civic, madam, eye, mouth
Mouth. Explanation: All the words except "mouth" are palindromes (reads the same backward and forward).

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

What is at the end of a rainbow?
The letter W.

I'm the start of nothing and the end of sun and I'm also in the number one What am I?
The letter "N".

What is it that's always coming but never arrives?
Tomorrow.

I can be long, or I can be short. I can be grown, and I can be bought. I can be painted, or left bare. I can be round, or I can be square. What am I?
Fingernails.

A slice of cake costs $3 if it is cut into two pieces. How much will it cost if it is cut into seven pieces?
$3. As the entire slice costs $3, it doesn't matter how many pieces it is cut into.

There are three men in a boat with four cigarettes but no matches. How do they manage to smoke?
They throw one cigarette overboard and made the boat a cigarette lighter.

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