General Riddles

Take off my skin - I won't cry, but you will! What am I?
An onion.

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

I am transparent. You can see and feel me, but you cannot hold me. I always take the shape of my container. Who am I?

I am heavy and have an odd shape. You drop me when you need me and pick me up when you don't need me. Who am I?
Ship anchor

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

Let us imagine that you are standing at the southern-most point of the earth. Now on the eastern side of that point is an island and on the western side of that point is a lake. Which one is closer to you - the island or the lake - and why?
Neither of the two because when you are standing at the southern-most point of the earth, all directions are north.

Fill in the sequence: prl, my, jn, jly, gst ?
sptmbr Explanation:Name of the months after removing the vowels - APRIL, MAY, JUNE, JULY, AUGUST, SEPTEMBER.

What is as light as a feather, but even the world's strongest man couldn't hold it for more than a minute?
His breath.

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

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!

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