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.

First, you kill me with a knife and then you chop me in anger. Then you cry beside me. Who am I?

A container without hinges, lock or a key, yet a golden treasure lies inside me. What am I?

I have wheels and flies. But I don't have any wings. Who am I?
Garbage truck

If NUMERAL is written as UEALRMN then how would you write ALGEBRA?

How many times is the alphabet "a" used while writing the spelling of each number from 1 to 500?
Not a single time.

I can fill up an entire room and still not take up any space. Who am I?

I am a 5 letter word. Take away my first and last letter, I will remain same. If you also take away my middle letter, I will remain same. Who am I?

The captain of a ship was telling this interesting story: "We traveled the sea far and wide. At one time, two of my sailors were standing on opposite sides of the ship. One was looking west and the other one east. And at the same time, they could see each other clearly." How can that be possible?
The marines were standing back against the sides of the ship so they were looking at each other. It does not matter where the ship is (of course it does not apply to the North and South Pole).

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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