General Riddles

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.

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

Which creature walks on four legs in the morning, two legs in the afternoon, and three legs in the evening?
Man. He crawls on all fours as a baby, then walks on two feet as an adult, and then walks with a cane as an old man.

Fill in the blanks. Both words are anagrams of each other. This year the top 10 horse ______ took place in this huge ground measuring two _______.
races, acres

Adam is 13 years old in 1980. In 1985 he is 8 years old. How?
The dates are in BC (Before Christ).

What occurs once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?
The letter "M"

A shepherd has 18 goats. All but 6 die. How many are left?
6 of course!

End always begins with me. Time, space and universe always end with me. Who am I?
The letter 'E'.

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.

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

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