General Riddles

How can you lift a hippopotamus with one hand?
You won't find a hippo having one hand!

When is a man drowned, but still not wet?
When he's trapped in quicksand.

Sometimes I am bigger than you and sometimes I am smaller than you. Sometimes I follow you and sometimes you follow me. I don't have any weight. Who am I?
Your shadow

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

You can catch me but cannot throw me. Who am I?

If 0=4, 1=3, 2=3, 3=5, 4=4, 5=4, 6=3, 7=5, 8=5 and 9=4, find the value of 10, 11 and 12.
10=3, 11=6, 12=6. Explanation: Number of letters in the spelling of each figure.

When can you make the following equation correct? 14+1=3
In a clock when we add 14hrs and 1hr we get 15hrs i.e. 3 o'clock

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

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

If you have me, you want to share me. If you share me, you haven't got me. What am I?

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