General Riddles

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.

Spell eighty using only two alphabets.

Voiceless it cries, Wingless flutters, Toothless bites, Mouthless mutters.

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

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

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.

A box without hinges, key, or lid, Yet golden treasure inside is hid.

I am transparent. You can see and feel me, but you cannot hold me. I always take the shape of my container. Who am I?

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

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

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