General Riddles

A man is pushing his car along the road when he comes to a hotel. He shouts, "I'm bankrupt!" Why?
He was playing Monopoly.

A basket contains 5 apples. Do you know how to divide them among 5 kids so that each one has an apple and one apple stays in the basket?
Answer to this riddle goes as follows: 4 kids get an apple (one apple for each one of them) and the fifth kid gets an apple with the basket still containing the apple

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

Fill in the sequence: 1 2 3 2 1 2 3 4 2 ?
1 Explanation: Number of characters used in writing the numbers in roman numerals.

What belongs to you but others use it more than you do?
Your Name

Mr. & Mrs. Smith went for a picnic. Mrs. Smith has 5 sons and each son has a sister who has 5 daughters each of whom have 1 brother each. How many of them went for the picnic?
2 people. Explanation: The puzzle only says that Mr. and Mrs. Smith went for a picnic. It does not say that the others accompanied them.

The diameter of a hole is 4ft 5in. How much dirt does it contain?
A hole has no dirt in it. It contains only air.

The eight of us go forth not back to protect our king from a foes attack.
Chess pawns.

Find the missing number: 6 13 25 51 101 ?
203 Explanation: 6x2+1=13 13x2-1=25 25x2+1=51 51x2-1=101 101x2+1=203

What gets broken without being held?
A promise.

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