General Riddles

If there are 8 chocolates and you take away 5, how many do you have?
5 of course. If you take 5, what else do you expect to have?

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

Place the following letters in such a manner that it becomes something which is used to clean: boas
soap (flip the alphabet b so that it becomes p).

What is half of 4 plus 4?
6. Explanation: Half of 4 is 2 and then plus 4 is 6.

What is the closest relationship my son can have has with my brother's niece's father's brother's mother?
She can be my son's grandmother.

He has married many women, but has never been married. Who is he?
A priest.

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

How can you drop an egg on a floor 20 yards below, without cracking it?
The floor will not crack by the dropping of an egg on it!

Paul's height is six feet, he's an assistant at a butcher's shop, and wears size 9 shoes. What does he weigh?

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.

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