General Riddles

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

Where do fish store all their money?
On the river banks!

I am an eight letter word. My first four letters combine to form an atmospheric state. My third, fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh letters give support. My last three letters is the name of a person. Who am I?
MISTAKEN

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

What comes twice in a week, once in a year, but never in a month or a day?
The Letter 'E'.

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.

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

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

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

A ladder hangs over the side of a ship anchored in a port. The bottom rung touches the water. The distance between rungs is 20 cm and the length of the ladder is 180 cm. The tide is rising at the rate of 15 cm each hour. When will the water reach the seventh rung from the top?
If the tide is raising water, then it is raising the ship on water, too. So water will reach still the first rung.

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