General Riddles

What has roots as nobody sees, Is taller than trees. Up, up, up it goes, And yet never grows?
Mountain.

If you have me, you want to share me. If you share me, you haven't got me. What am I?

The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?
Footsteps

I have a mouth but I can't speak, I can run but I can't walk. Who am I?

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

How can you lift a hippopotamus with one hand?
You won't find a hippo having one 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

I have four sides. Anyone can calculate my area if they come to know the length of any one side of mine. I have four right angles within me. Which shape am I?

What invention lets you look right through a wall?
A window

You need to spend a night in a building where there is no power. There are three rooms in this building. On the door of each room there are three different signs. One says "Lions Inside - anyone goes inside becomes their supper", the second one says "Open the door and a machine gun starts firing" and the third one says "Electric Room - touch anything and you will die". Which room would you choose?
Electric Room. Explanation:: There is no power in the building.

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